Melaka – Page 3 – Simply cycling around

Melaka, Arjan, Kate and Pee Ta continue their trip

Only one day of rest and The Thai team is already on the starting blocks. As I mentioned before, they don’t have much time and nearly know already where are they going to stop every night. They have friends on the way too. They wanted me to follow them again but this is not what I want. I want to rest, take the time, enjoy. I don’t need to rush. I will stay here as long as I need until I’ve uploaded all my website. Then I will decide where I go and when. Enjoy your trip guys and see you later in Thailand :-)

Melaka, bicycle tour

Today we didn’t do much things apart repairing our bicycles, bags, clothes. In that backpacker, I met Shen from California and Dang from Philippines. Both of them are working at the hostel. Shen is on his way to become a freelance developer. We have lots of things to exchange :-) Later tonight, we did a bicycle tour and went to… that mosk… again. I’ve been there 3 times now!

Kampung Sungai Sudah Muar, Chinese temple > Melaka, Ringo’s foyer guest house (73km)

Back to Malacca today! This is where we are going to split. Kate, Arjan and Pee Ta will stay two nights and then will continue their trip. Personally I want to stay minimum a week to work on my blog. I did not take any picture along the road today for two reason: One, I’ve been in the area before and there was nothing really exciting about today. Two, Kate and Arjan want to stay on the road number 1 all the way to Thailand which is the opposite of what I do when I’m cycling by myself. I normally try to avoid this busy and noisy roads. There is nothing to see along the way… Fortunately, the Ringo’s Foyer guest house, a backpacker where cyclists can stay for free, was worth it :-) This place is very nice, like a big home. Many things are broken too so I will have some work to do here, nice :-)

Melaka > Semerah (75km)

First day travelling in Malaysia! Wow finally I made it. It was hard to wake up this morning but I’m happy to be on the road again :-). For now, I want to reach Singapore or around and then cycle north on the east coast. In about two weeks I will be back in Malacca for one night only because I must collect a parcel. First good thing about Malaysia, there is not that much traffic and I can find some roads, even path with no one on it! Well almost, because I’ve seen goanas, monkeys and other birds :-)

Melaka, bicycle tour

Do you remember this place? no? I’ve been here 2 days ago :-) This morning we started around 7:30. I was sleeping so well (finally, because on of the guy in the dormitory snored the whole night) when Bilel woke me up. Okay, okay, I’m ready. We started visiting the city centre (again!) and then we moved to the mosque I’ve been to few days ago. The place, next to the sea is quiet. After that, Bilel and Abdou wanted to see the submarine museum so we all cycled there and I’ve visited the same place again :-) At least, we were cycling everywhere so I was in my element ;-)

Melaka, visit with Abdou and Bilel

As I said previously we are now visiting the city of Melaka. Yesterday I planned to visit this museum (Sultanate Palace Museum) but I went out too late and it was closed. Finally, because I’m staying here one more night and Abdou and Bilel want me to be their guide for the day. Well, I visited only few places until now and I don’t know if there is much more. There is a lot of museums but not all of them are interesting from what I’ve heard. At the end of the day, we got nearly to the same places that I visited yesterday except the submarine which is too far by walk.

Melaka, Abdou and Bilel

Hello, as usual, I’m still late on my blog. This evening I met two guys from Tunisia. Abdou and Bilel. They speak French. As soon as they knew I we could speak the same language they did not want to speak english anymore. Well, that’s a while I’ve met some French speaking people so this is okay for this time :-) When they realised I’m cycling around they decided to offer me a drink and we went out to find a place. I might stay one more night finally so we could visit Melaka tomorrow together.