When I woke up this morning, I had eight blisters on my feet. I have fewer this evening, but only because they've merged. It was a good day for a bus trip to Malacca.
Another great thing about this country is that English is so widely spoken. It makes everything so much easier! So, for example, I hobbled to the bus station and found that it was closed for renovation. So I asked some Indian guys, who spoke English and directed me to a shuttle bus to the temporary station. When I got to the bus stand, a Chinese guy who spoke English pointed out the bus, and then the Malay driver confirmed in English that I was on the right bus. Easy!
Malacca is great--full of wonderful old Chinese-Malay architecture.
After much hobbling around town, I tried cendol, which is a specialty of this town.
It contained kidney beans, corn, peanuts, sliced apricot, some green gooey bits, and some big round translucent gooey things. On top of all that was shaved ice, coconut milk, and a sweet brown syrup. "Very refreshing" as my seat-mates exclaimed.
Okay, so for me....Beans and Shaved ice don't belong on the same plate let alone one on top of the other, and the gooey bits just made me {{{{{shudder}}}}} ha ha ha.
ReplyDeleteBut I'm sure your powers of persuasion could probably get me to take a bite were I there. ha ha ha
Patty
Sorry about the blisters but they don't seem to be slowing you down.
ReplyDeleteI'm amazed you took a bike ride and I would of probably jumped into the river you stopped by or that fountain your sitting on to cool off.
But that's just me you've got more reserve.
The pictures are great and so is your blogging I feel like I'm almost there.........wish I was.
Patty
Looks delicious. If you find out, I'd be interested to know what the big round translucent gooey things are.
ReplyDelete-Chris