Melaka, KL and arriving in Thailand...

So after the great trip into Sumatra we headed down to Melaka in Malaysia for the weekend before heading back to KL to get our Thai visas.
Mmmm Melaka....LP states its a quiet place which cant sustain tourism.
Wrong!!
It was a nice enough place but very touristy and full of weekender visitors, not really our type of place.
The highlight was the Saturday night market which had loads of food stalls and stall selling the usual tat which people seem to love!! The food was great (as ever) and there was a guy doing a show which consisted of him punching his finger through a coconut. He was a Kung fu master and basically does the show to sell his healing "oil"!!. He was a great showman and interacted with the crowd, building everything up before finally punching his finger into the coconut. No mean feat to be honest, I noticed his finger was bent at a weird angle and had some bony growths and callouses on it!! He seemed to do well selling his oil, the crowds were flat out buying it!! I didnt though ;-).

Kung Fu Charlie and his coconuts

Getting around Melaka was a pain as there was loads of building work going on, but we did get a tour in a trishaw...they were all over the place and very ahem "Bling". We also went to the Cinema and watched Bruce Lee, my brother one rainy afternoon which was cool. A good film if you are a Bruce fan.

How romantic!!

We bused up to KL to get our Thai visas sorted, a trip to the embassy and an over night wait to collect later and it was all sorted. Very easy, which ed surprised us as everyone else seemed to have reams of paper and had to pay!!. The joys of having a brit passport I think.
We also caught Harry Potter in the local Cinema in KL, we got the gold tickets in as we though it would be a mare with loads of kids etc in there...and we all know how much I enjoy the cinema at home don't we? ;-)
The gold tickets were teh right option, full reclining lazyboy armchairs with blankets and full bar service. There were only 8 of us in there, the film was great with no interruptions and a few beers! Here is Karen all comfy with the blankey on!!

Lazy Girl

A short flight into Thailand and we are in Hat Yai down South and have met Kris who is teaching us a bit of Wing Chun in the evenings. We are doing the mundane stuff here in the day, Laundry etc so not really exciting but a welcome chill times for us too.
Karen had a nice birthday and thanks for all the texts and mails etc, we went out for dinner at a local place with was stunning Thai food. Again the only Westerners but as Kris is local he gave us the inside info. We had loads to eat and a few beers all for 14 quid!! You can take the boy out of Jersey but not the Jersey out of the boy...great value!!

The Birthday girl in the Tuk Tuk on the way home

So, not loads to update but we are moving on Tuesday up the coast a bit to slowly make our way to meet Jodi.

Cheers

JK