Pulau Besar - Melakka (Malaysia) trip

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Pulau Besar is a small island very near to historical city Melakka in Malaysia. Almost every second building in Melakka is a museum now and that showst he great past of the city which was occupied by Portuguese, Dutch and English in past centuries. Now it is only a place to visit in Malaysia. Pulau Besar is also one of the beautiful islands of Malaysia. Actually, after being to Pulau Redang island on north-east of Malaysia 2 weeks ago, Pulau Besar gave me poor impression, sea was not as clean and clear as it was in Pulau Redang, so no snorkeling and underwater view. But what made that trip great and memorable was the trainee reunion! 15 of us (here is the line-up: Krishna (India), Michal (Slovakia), Devrim (Turkey/USA), Teresa (New Zealand), Luis (Brazil), Pilli (Kenya), Jona (the Philippines), Alex and Lars (Germany), Nacho (Argentina), Vega (Taiwan), Erik (Korea), Zulfi (Lebanon), Gitti (Hungary) and me (Kyrgyz boy) were there. Well? After a very short tour in Melakka, where we could only visit a fortress and museum - sailor ship (I think it was a historical Portuguese trade ship), we took a ferry to the island. We made some noise at the island that weekend. Swimming, singing, biking, eating, laughing altogether, we enjoyed it! Although sea was not clean to swim we enjoyed sitting on the beach, swimming pool was more better although it was clear that they hadn?t changed its water for a while. Karaoke session was fun as usual. Our bicycle tour ?around the island in 80 minutes gave us more idea about the island. Actually this island was full of golf courts in jungle, really cool place for golf lovers, and because it was not a golf season now, island was almost empty. Next thing was that we found a lost city in the island! Imagine a small town-village, almost all white stone buildings reflecting past centuries architecture, settled on the coast with a beautiful view. But completely empty(!), dead silence, with either broken or no glasses on windows, cut cables, swimming pool with brownish smelly water and grass that was not cut for a long time. It reminded us all those horror/mystery films where people suddenly disappear from the city which has its own ghosts, bad luck, etc. things were getting more exciting until a Malay worker came out of a shadow! All excitement was gone at once! Then we found out that it was a golf resort being repaired, renovated. Anyways, we named it as a Lost City and took some photos there. Another thing to remember was food! It was so good that Michal and Vega were insisting on that the thing they ate was fish nugget although it was chicken nugget, but cook approved us! (I think still there is a big difference between fish and chicken, even fried!) At the end of the trip we were tired but relaxed. Another great weekend and big mafia reunion!
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