Melaka

A few months ago I travelled to Melaka with a luxury bus (but it was cheap (usd$5) from Kuala Lumpur it's two hours away.  Melaka has a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It has been occupied  by the Portugese, Dutch and the British. All these have left many traces of the colonial on the city. I  found the Dutch quarter it's  the starting point of the heritage trip. there are many great place to sell  antiques, shop of craft and some Chinese restaurant . I found a nice a place for lunch and it was quite...

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toba in sumatra

I headed  to toba lake in sumatra via kijang taxi (around 75,000rp-90,000rp/person) from medan airport. the all road through several provinces was bumpy and narrow two-lane. it made a rough ride. I arrived in PARAPAT(boat pier to tuk tuk of samosir island) around 3:30pm, having set-off around 6 am, an eleven hour day. On the road I sat next to a very cheerful India Malaysian couple who was a retied English teacher.I'm guessing he was around 55, his wife around 50, but he was 65 and his wife 60. there were surprisingly youthful. They...

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Bunaken in Manado

Early in the morning I went on a plane (by batavia air) to Manado which is about 3hr away from Jakarta. and took a taxi (around 50-70,000rp) to port.it took  30 minutes and there are two choices to bunakenisland. you book a boat(one way -around 300,000rp/boat) or ride a public boat (50,000rp)but the latter is not easy. public boat will run once a day(around 3pm) to bunaken. if you arrive in the morning or late afternoon at port. Make reservations for boat in advance to hotel. After arriving in Daniel's homestay(150,000rp/person),...

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