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We arrived in Melaka around 3 and had to decide if we wanted to get the 5 or 7pm bus on to Singapore as we didnt want to stay in Melaka, just a fly by to check it out. We decided a few hours was long enough so went for the 5pm. We then found out that the bus station we were at was about 30 mins from the sea, ahh crap! Oh well, we decided to check out the town instead so jumped in a cab and asked the cabbie to give us a little tour around the area. We threw our bags in the boot and set of on a mini tour.
At first it didnt look all that nice but then we got to the village area and it was really nice, all the chinese new year decorations were up which were real cool. We asked the cabbie to stop at a small market and wait so we could have a quick look around. We jumped out and then thought hmmm, better to take our bags just incase he drives away, we didnt give him any money and i didnt want him to think we were running away so i left my guitar in the front seat so he knew we were coming back. We had a quick look around and sarah bought some cool chopsticks and then we turned around to see that the cabbie had driven off!!!! what an arse, my guitar had been nabbed, i was annoyed for a few minutes but then thought hey, we dont have to pay him now and it only cost 30 quid anyway.
We jumped in another cab and realised that we only had 15 mins to get back, uh oh, lots of traffic, we told the cabbie to step on it (in the nicest possible way of course) and had to jump out on the dual carridgeway and run across the road with our backpacks to the station to make the bus. We were last on but at least we made it.
it was a bit of a shame we didnt get to see more of melaka, Id go back again to check out the beaches and food as its supposed to be nice. You can also see turtles but it wasnt the right season for that anyway so we didnt miss too much except the beach and we've seen plenty of those!
Singapore here we come!
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