26 December 2004

Second trip to Malaysia!

Malacca, 27-29 Dec 2004



My first trip to Malaysia was in late 2003 - to JB! Went along with Yan and her friends for shopping and seafood.

For Malacca, I'm not too sure about the dates.. We could have been there for four days.. Anyway, three or four days, it was a bit too long. Or we didn't where to go :p Later trips to Malacca became more and more fun with our cousins who knew where to go!

Blogged a little about this trip, but that was when I just started blogging so there was no pictures. So I'll let the pictures say more now!

Written 10 Apr 2011.

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Spent a long time chatting here.. For some reason, I only took it in B&W!


A building we passed by, with 3D advertisement on the side:


Another building along the way - I like old and new stuff, ok..


But old buildings have a kind of charm that draws me to them - to look, not live in them unless they come with modern sanitation!

Another old building :)


Found a rickshaw!


Also found some scary mannequins in a showcase - I last saw these in shopping malls in Singapore when I was a kid. I think it was somewhere in Katong...


PS: Thankfully, these mannequins were no longer there when I went back to Malacca some years later..

Now, time for some poser shots!

That was a youthful me, still a little chubby from four years in the UK but with perfect skin! Was carrying my bag from Bangkok and my shoes from Oxford days..


卖豆腐!Hoho!


The gaze... But I should have removed the bag!


That was in Malaqa House, btw. I liked it.

22 May 2004

Sawatdee kha!

Bangkok 22-25 May 2004


Source: http://wikitravel.org/en/Image:Tuktukpktalad05b.jpg

I don't remember much of this trip but I do have some recommendations:
  1. Go for a Thai massage - feel your body move in ways you never think possible!
  2. Also go for a Chinese massage, including foot reflexology!
  3. Shop your heart out - just be prepared for the heat at Chatuchak
  4. Watch a tiger show - we regretted not going...
  5. Go for a massage again!
Oh, and if you bargain too hard for the tuktuk, the driver may just decide to drop you some distance away from your destination!! =(

Somehow, I didn't really enjoy my trip - must be the heat. And how tiny the Thai girls are - I couldn't buy any clothes there, sob sob!

Will update if I go to Bangkok again!