Melaka, Malaysia!
This weekend Samson, Lisa, Cindy, Misha, me and Raina (from Mauritius) took a trip into Malaysia to the city of Melaka. After 2 hours to get to Malaysia through the crazy border lineups and then 3 hours on a bus we were there. Once again I was the only white guy on the bus!! You just don't see too many Western travelers in Malaysia, I guess they're all in Thailand.
Melaka is hailed as a historical city because of its rich history, and while it was nice to see it has nothing on most European cities as far as things to see go. Malacca started off as the most important trading port in Asia and the center of the Malay Sultanate. Then the Portuguese arrived, being the first Europeans to SEA, and were subsequently attacked by the Sultan. So the Portuguese sent a load of ships to retaliate and took over the city, collapsing the country. The Dutch were the next to take over, defeating the Portuguese. And then finally the city was handed over to the British when the Dutch were occupied by the French. Unfortunately the British destroyed the massive Portuguese fort before they handed the city back to the Dutch. This is all that remains of it:
There are also a few other cool colonial buildings still remaining:
We also got another one of these photos! This time with 2 boa constrictors and an iguana!!
At night we checked out the Chinese night market. I had the worst tasting fruit ever in my life, something like 'Bua Ley', a Chinese pear. It tastes like sour varnish! I don't understand how people can eat those things.
The Chinese also really love their Karaoke. This was the largest of many karaoke set ups in China Town.
We also went to a Portuguese festival in the old Portuguese part of town Saturday night. This is the only pic I took.
There are way more pictures of the city in the gallery here!
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