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Tourism Melaka :: Melaka United
Facts about Malaysia
Melaka.net
A Melaka Homepage
Historical Places to Visit
The Malacca Fort
Old paintings and Maps
120 km Race photos
Images by Steph
Melaka - Arrivals
Bev Gray and I met in the Kuala Lumpur airport today. She had arrived a couple hours earlier on a flight from Los Angeles. Two policemen met us at the airport, and drove us (in a very official car!) down the highway from KL - Selangor - to Melaka (Malacca is the English spelling) . It was an hour or so drive through miles and miles of date palm forests. We arrived at the Everly Resort Hotel on the Atlantic coast (a beach!) at around 4pm, had a quick shower, gathered up laundry to do (everything I have needs washing after 2 weeks in Spain!) and then Bev said 'lets go do something!' I think she's going to be a fun travel partner :) We took a taxi into the city and had a wonderful dinner at a Chinese restaurant, then set off to look for some shops, and right across the street was a 'Health Shop' - massage and reflexology (foot massage/stimulation techniques) and other Asian sorts of therapies. Bev said 'let's go!' (yes, she's going to be fun). So we did and I had my first ever foot massage and reflexology thing. It was fantastic!!! Hot water soak (with a tea bag in the water), massaging and pressing and finding some very painful spots in my feet - and then a leg massage (oh those riding muscles) and then they had to pry me from the chair because I was too relaxed to move. It was really quite wonderful. I think we're going to go back tomorrow for a head/neck/shoulder massage. My neck and shoulders have been hurting since I came off of the mare at the Ladies Challenge in Abu Dhabi ... maybe all I need is a good massage!
Acclimation - Bev Gray
It was a very long and cold winter (training in a snowboard half pipe) I was anxious to retrieve my summer cloths and travel to Melaka, Malaysia and ride the Malaysia International Endurance Event. My Malaysia Air flight was not completely full, but still no place to stretch out and sleep. Only fourteen hours later was a stop in Taipai. Great, I'll check out the duty free area (can't go anywhere else as a transit passenger). It's a treat to check out all the chocolates, fruits, nuts and packaged legs of whatever. I bought a safe can of macadamia nuts. Livin' Wild!