Melaka, Malaysia

As a side trip to get away from the glitz of Singapore, we embarked on a bus tour to historic Melaka.



Once a port to the Dutch, Portuguese and British, the town is now vying for the tourist dollar. There were ubiquitous trishaws looking for passengers around every corner. Seeing how the petite Chinese tourists were fitting 2 to a trishaw, we both tried to squeeze our 'robust' frames into one, much to the amusement of the owner till he realised that he'd have to pedal such a large combined weight. In the end a second trishaw came to our aid and off we went.



Part of our tour included a stop at a Taoist temple where people were coming to pay their respects to their forebears as part of the Lunar New Year. The historic Jonkers street was filled with anachronisms. Motorbike repair shops and traditional flour mills next to small batik tailors and shops of hand made pastries.




Unsuccessfully posing for a photo



With the intent of travelling light, all I packed was the 18-200mm which was a shame given the ornate detail in the carvings at the temple. Also trying some different post processing as the light was very diffuse and overcast.