Melaka town

Melaka

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December 19th 2006
OK, so this is a bit late as we left Melaka a few days ago now, but we've been busy as ever! We had a bit of an eventful journey from Singapore: just as we left it began to rain so we got a bit wet on the way to the bus station. Not too much of a problem, but then the bus broke down 20 minutes from the bus station and it took 3 and a half hours for a replacement to turn up (so much for Singapor ... read more

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During the late 18th and 19th centuries, Great Britain established colonies and protectorates in the area of current Malaysia; these were occupied by Japan from 1942 to 1945. In 1948, the British-ruled territories on the Malay Peninsula formed the Fe... ... read more