Walking Tour

It was one of those days where we needed to set an alarm to stop us over sleeping. We didn't need to be at the tourist office to register for our tour until 9am. However, we did not want to skip the excellent breakfast served at the hostel.

Breakfast was great, followed by delicious coffee. We walked to the tourist office, registered and joined the 9.30am Melaka Heritage tour. The guide was very nice and she took us around many places in the old town from the old Governors House, the fortress destroyed by the British and Harmony Street. We saw great views from St Paul's Hill, the church with no roof and visited many other religious buildings: mosques, Hindu temples, Chinese Toaist-Buddhist temple. Yesterday we also went to a Sikh Gurdwara but although it was beautifully lit they had closed the main gate to entrants.

When the tour had finished we walked through the streets of the old city looking at the British, Dutch and Portuguese buildings. We also visited a few boutique art shops before walking to a small Indian restaurant. We ate quite a spicy chicken curry, rice, vegetables and poppadums. The waiter was really nice and other staff helped answer our questions about the milk in tea tarik.

We moved on to the air conditioned luxury of the mall. We were in search of a special gadget to take to France. A mosquito zapper. We knew the Mr DIY store had them so this is where we headed. We didn't manage to get the tennis racquet style we had intended to get but a very cool 'owl version' that lights up. We have tested it and it zaps mosquitos really well!

Next we headed back to our hostel via the cookie stall, Dutch graveyard and sweet shop. We picked up a few snacks for tomorrow when we leave Malaysia and head south to Singapore.

After a short break and a chat to 3 English girls fresh out of uni, we decided food was required. A short walk to our favourite hawker stall where we shared chicken satay and a bowl of noodles. We finished off with sweet glutinous black rice with coconut milk and a cup of iced Chinese tea.

Our last night in Malaysia - complete!