Many buildings are antediluvian and are constructed of crimson stone, sprinkled like children's blocks. My first trishaw trip with the rider is straining up the hill. I feel guilty, cubed between suitcases in the back. A salmagundi of sweet tempered Malaysians, Chinese, Indians, Indonesians and Aborigines, with their own religions, living analogously. Served on skewers.
Coffee follows and is thick and strong in large cups with tinned condensed milk.
Ashtrays are filled with water, to prevent ash flying from the swirling fan. A constant shower of rain. Ladies come into view with multi coloured, spinning, waxen umbrellas. A wedding in Penang. The jungle soon impinges as we leave Malacca.