A family break in Melaka - November 2009
So as there is not much to do in Sunderland on a Sunday afternoon I have finally decided to post this thread, armed with 6 cans of Carlsberg Export to help me through it.
I was in Melaka (or Malacca if you like) after departing a ship there and as I had a few days leave owing to me I took the unprecedented step of asking my wife and kids to join me - they took a coach from Singapore.
The first night I was alone, and it was on the company account, so I stayed in the Holiday Inn, which was reasonable but a bit too pricey two rooms for when the wife and kids arrived and I would have to pay out of my own pocket.
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^ The room at the Holiday Inn - pretty standard.
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^ The view outside my window. I tried my best the window refused to fall off.
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^ The Holiday Inn swimming pool.
The next morning I checked out and waited for the wife and kids to arrive at the Hotel Equatorial, which is in a great location, within walking distance of most of the places of interest. Like me, it's getting a bit old and tired now. We booked a couple of rooms on the executive floor as thats all that was available (the Singapore school holidays were on so rooms were a little scarce)
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