The quiet streets of Melaka

Today is our last day in Melaka and tomorrow our last day in Asia. We've been travelling now for exactly a month and its been a very rich experience, though not without its challenges. The highlight for me is still the three days spent in Kanchanaburi province sleeping on the floating house on the River Kwai, riding the death train and swimming and riding the elephants. Next would be the amazing food of Singapore and Malaysia, the quiet strolls through Little India and the Arab/Malay quarter (of Singapore) and the day trip to futuristic Putrajaya.

Last night we chatted to an entertaining American who left the US twenty years ago (very disillusioned by what he says is becoming a 'third world country) and has himself hit the road. There seem to be a lot of people who are travelling the world with no end date to their travels and no set itinerary. They are all open-minded, interesting and with great travel stories to tell. It feels like a community of sorts.

Anyway, enough of my ramblings, here are some pics taken in and around Melaka:

St Paul's church dating back to the 1500s

The canal in Melaka

The old Dutch square