Saturday October 26

                                     

Doors to a Chinese Temple

Caroline and Ali had joined us late last night, so we all toured the European area of town.  The down-town core has the official buildings and old Dutch architecture.  We went to only 1 museum but that was enough to give us nightmares.  The museum of beauty chronicles the brutality heaped on mostly women to make them more desirable.  From lip disc’s, nose plugs, ear stretching to tattoos and scarification – it all looks painful.

      On a brighter note Malaka has trishaws.  Old bikes with a side-car for 2 and the most colourful setups.  Most also have a sound system that specializes in loud music.  After lunch we took a trishaw back to the hotel.  Because of her dress colour Caroline got the pink trishaw and I had to take the yellow flowered special.  It clashed horribly with my red backpack.                                        

Caroline and Ali in the Pink Trishaw

                            
     At night tracked down the number one restaurant in Malaka.  The Pac Putra is rated the best on Trip Advisor and in the lonely planet.  It is a Pakistani/Indian special.  The 5 of us ordered 10 meat or veggie dishes a lot of Nan bread and drinks called Mango Lassies.  We ate in the parking lot along with a hundred other patrons.  Some of the food was cooked on the sidewalk, some inside the restaurant.  It was

Trishaw at night

great food.  All at less than $8 per person.