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More melaka today, andries planned a trip through town to see some of the highlights that missed the menu of yesterday.
First the musuem of beauty = old pictures, bad translations, unfortunately nothing new...just 0,5€ spent.
Second, Bukit China = biggest chinese cemetery outside of china = a very large park on & around a hill with tombs spread around. We couldn't really grasp the scale of it on pics, but its big. Also it seems thay have been stacking up deads here since a lonnnnngggggg time...explains the size of the sudden hill perhaps?
Third, Dutch fort = a small remain of a fort on top of yet another hill, with most "amsteldams" canons pointing inland (most attacks came from that side, why? We don't know)...Ardan feels the power.
Fourth, Mosque island = a modern mosque build on pillars into the sea on a man-made island in front of melaka coast. Strange, island is packed with empty, semi finished flats, shops, hotel,...& somebody continues building "the first arab city outside the arabs" on it...wtf is up with these stupid constructions??
Final, local wisdom, probably the smartest thing we've read from all the 1-liners in asia until now, painted on the side of a local school in melaka. "Academis brilliance is no compensation tp the poverty of character"
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More melaka today, andries planned a trip through town to see some of the highlights that missed the menu of yesterday.
First the musuem of beauty = old pictures, bad translations, unfortunately nothing new...just 0,5€ spent.
Second, Bukit China = biggest chinese cemetery outside of china = a very large park on & around a hill with tombs spread around. We couldn't really grasp the scale of it on pics, but its big. Also it seems thay have been stacking up deads here since a lonnnnngggggg time...explains the size of the sudden hill perhaps?
Third, Dutch fort = a small remain of a fort on top of yet another hill, with most "amsteldams" canons pointing inland (most attacks came from that side, why? We don't know)...Ardan feels the power.
Fourth, Mosque island = a modern mosque build on pillars into the sea on a man-made island in front of melaka coast. Strange, island is packed with empty, semi finished flats, shops, hotel,...& somebody continues building "the first arab city outside the arabs" on it...wtf is up with these stupid constructions??
Final, local wisdom, probably the smartest thing we've read from all the 1-liners in asia until now, painted on the side of a local school in melaka. "Academis brilliance is no compensation tp the poverty of character"
Hey Ardaan en line,
BeantwoordenVerwijderenGeniet van de kerst die komt en het zet het nieuwe jaar daar goed in!!!
Veel fietsplezier nog!
Tinne
Hey reizigers,
BeantwoordenVerwijderenLui zweet is gauw gereed, wij zweten omdat we zoveel sneeuw moeten ruimen. Maar het is ook wel mooi. Geniet daar ook van al het moois, knuf
Mieke
hm, Malaysia geeft een heel ander aanvoelen en beleving dan Thailand. Hoe is dat voor jullie?
BeantwoordenVerwijderenGeniet nog enkele dagen van het samenzijn en we skypen op Kerst he! liefs, Chantal
Maleisië is inderdaad heel anders. Onze voorkeur gaat momenteel dan ook uit naar Thailand. Daar hadden we meer het gevoel dat we echt ergens anders waren, Maleisië is zeer Westers. Singapore zal nog harder zo zijn, maar daar verwachten we ons aan :) Cambodja zal een cultuurshock zijn.
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