March - August 2008

March - August 2008
Route: London --- Delhi (see Rajastan and the Golden Triangle before flying to Amritsar and Chandigar). Delhi --- Hong Kong (a short stay). Hong Kong --- Tokyo (catch the shinkansen north to Sapporo and back - with a few stops on the way). Tokyo --- Beijing (travel overland via Xi'an and the Yellow River to Shanghai). Shanghai --- Hong Kong and then hop on the ferry to Macau for a flight to Bangkok. Then travel overland to Chiang Mai, through Laos and then back down to Bangkok (to catch a flight to London for a wedding). From Bangok travel down to Singapore via Malysia, before flying to Oceania.

28 August 2008

Melaka Photos

This is the Dutch square at the centre of town. For some reason all the historic buildings here are painted this red colour, making it all very festive. There's also a miniature windmill behind the small Vicki (unfortunately just out of shot). The best thing about the square are the rickshaws though - these things would give Indian rickshaw drivers a stroke! They are all yellow, festooned with plastic flowers, and have their very own car radio-cassette players - complete with extra-loud sub-woofer under the passenger seats. You can hear them coming miles away and hide from the touts! Probably not the original intention...
Gary in the heart of China Town - very quaint buildings and very nice weather for once.

More of China Town - this time Vicki's by a very authentic temple with some really beautiful Dragons carved into the stone around the doors.

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