Melaka- Malaysia

Time to save a bit of money!A few days to spare! So we decided to head back to Melaka in Malaysia as we had been there before and really like the place.
Melaka is very multi-cultural and demographics suggests it is made up of the following:

• Malays: 57%;
• Chinese: 32%
• Indians a sizeable minority;
• Kristang, people with partial Portuguese ancestry: a small community;
• Dutch Eurasians, Eurasians with Dutch ancestry: a minority within the Malacca Eurasian community.

The city center has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 7 July 2008 and is very beautiful!
The cuisine is a fusion of Chinese (mostly southern Hokkien or Fujian influence), Portuguese, Dutch, Indian, British and Malay cooking with most dishes being spicy in nature. It includes dishes like Itik Tim (a soup containing duck and salted vegetables), Ayam Pong Teh (chicken casserole with salted brown-bean sauce usually served with potatoes) as well as the famous Chicken Rice Ball.

While we were here we met up with our old friends Candice and Dan (who we met in Vietnam)! It was really great seeing them and we had lots of fun as usual! Dan and Candice treated us to the cinema (Avengers is a very good film)! Thanks guys for an awesome few days see you back in Essex xxx

 THE DEMONSTRATIONS

While we were in Melaka there were peaceful demonstrations regarding the right to fair voting in Malaysia. It appears the demonstrations in KL were not so peaceful. The video (appears to) show a high ranking police officer deliberately hitting protestors. He is then beaten up by unhurt people nearby.The media in Malaysia failed to mention that 1 of the people hit was killed and 5 others injured but did report on the police officers injuries...hmmmm!