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Melaka Day 1 - Continued

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January 20th 2016
Monday 17 January Leaving our hotel we entered the fairly busy streets of the world heritage city of Melaka. We decided to leave exploration of the Chinese quarter until evening, so crossed the bridge into Dutch square (aka red square).Architecture is a mix of Dutch and English - it was hard to concentrate on the buildings due to the loud Disco music and overwhelming displays of the 3-wheeled c ... read more

Asia » Malaysia » Melaka

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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