'Melaka', no 'Melacca', no 'Malacca'.....trip up to a port town in Malaysia

We had heard lots of good things about 'Melaka' (multiple different spellings about!) so decided to scope it out for ourselves with a trip of our own up the coast to have an explore. We decided to head out on a Friday evening after work to make the most of our weekend - a stop over at Muar for Friday night and then on to Melaka Saturday morning; good plan. Two bars of petrol, "that's plenty to get us going!" I stated, "there's bound to be a petrol station on the way". Well, it turns out that in Malaysia petrol stations aren't quite as convenient as they are back home.

Smoggy smog smog

SMOG. This is the word of the moment.

"It's a bit smoggy today" we said, at the start of September.

"Ooh, isn't this smog hanging around?" a week later.

"Erm, the smog is still here..." after another week.

Celebrations in Singapore

Singapore is sometimes referred to as the 'Jewel of Asia' but people's opinions on it are somewhat divided. Some argue that it's dull and draconian, with too many rules and not enough charm, whereas others see the luxury and glamour as standards to which other Asian countries should be aspiring to.