After having some pretty great breakfast in Melaka this morning, Molly, Monti and me said goodbye to Vitalis and went to the Melaka Central bus station. I got on my bus to Penang at 10:30 and they were gonna catch theirs to Singapore at 11am. At the first bathroom stop we made, I already had my first adventure of the day. When I stepped outside the restrooms, the bus wasn’t in its parking spot anymore. It was gone. With my backpack and my guitar. The stop was supposed to be 10 minutes long but it had only been 7 min! I almost died of a heart attack …
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This day has just been amazing! Definitely the best day so far:
It started out with the great happening of getting 11 1/2 hours of sleep. The first night for me since I got here that I didn’t wake up – at least not really. There was that guy from the mosque across the street singing his prayer out loud at 6am but that was alright – and already went to bed at midnight! After sleeping in, I just walked around town for a little while, trying to find some fruit for the bus ride tomorrow, which was actually not as easy as I would’ve thought. Continue reading →

This jet lag is really starting to bother me .. Since I got here I haven’t gotten a decent night of sleep because I either wake up in the middle of the night or I can’t fall asleep until 4/5am.
Anyway, after two hours of sleep I got up at 6:30am this morning because Shaun and I had to catch the bus to malacca, Malaysia. After one hour of waiting (turns out nothing is ever on time here) and thinking about plan b, the bus finally showed up and Shaun, me and a couple of dads with their kids got on the road to Malaysia. First stop: Legoland! Continue reading →