Me likey Melaka

We have had a great time in Kuala Lumpur.

We had a very hectic day and managed to cram loads in! In the morning we went to the National Mosque and learned all about Islam. Its quite a modern building and was built some time in the late 60s. Its pretty cool, the roof is like an opening umbrella. Its pretty huge and can hold up to 15,000 people!!! Probably the best thing about visiting this mosque was the purple hooded cloak that Charlotte had to wear to cover up her slutty white western skin.

After this we caught the monorail to Time Square shopping centre. If you can imagine a shopping centre that has 3 or 4 times the ground floor area of Ocean Terminal and is 8 storeys high then that is what Time Square is like. The top 3 floors are dedicated to a theme park which has a massive rollercoaster zooming around the roof space of the mall. I went on it and it was pretty fantastic. Charlotte couldn't be convinced!

After this we went to the Malaysian Tourism centre to see a traditional Malaysian dance show which was pretty cool. It was really fast and energetic and the costumes were bright and colourful. At one point they got volunteers out of the audience to burst a balloon with a blow dart. Needless to say, there is now an ex-balloon in Malaysia, courtesy of me. I didn't tell them that I've done it before!

Afte this we went up KL Tower which sits in virgin rainforest right in the middle of the City! The tower is 276m tall and offers 360 degree views of the city. The lift travels at 6m/s and reaches the top in 58 seconds!

In the evening we had dinner on the 33rd floor of the Traders Hotel and watched the Petronas Twin towers light up as the sun went down. We got some great photos.

Yesterday we got a bus from KL to Melaka. Melaka was the largest port in South East Asia before Singapore was founded. It has been occupied by the Portugese, Dutch, French and British and the European influences can be seen in lots of the buildings as well as Chinese and Indian influences.

Today we have been on a replica pf a Portugese trading ship which was ok, but there was a lot of reading to do. Next we went to the Museum of enduring beauty which is all about things like scarification, long neck people, feet binding in China, wearing of lip plates and tattooing etc. It was pretty interesting. After this we went the Sultanate Palace, where the Sultan of Melaka used to live. There is no longer a Sultan in this Province. It was a huge long wooden building with intricate roofing and walls. Apparantly not one single nail was used in its construction.

Last night we went to the Cinema to see Dinner for Schmucks and tonight we are going back to see The Other Guys.

Its like John Lennon said; "You may say I'm adreamer, but I'm not."

That's a line in the movie.

Hope everyone is well. We miss you all loads and can't wait to see you on Sunday.

Laura, my phone ran out of credit while I was talking to you, sorry. Nevermind, I'll see you soon anyway!