Port80's Guide to Malacca / Melaka

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November 2nd 2005

Published: November 5th 2005

This is the 2nd leg of our Singapore-Malacca-Singapore trip from October 30, 2005 to November 4, 2005. Please check Singapore (part 2) for the days preceding this trip and Singapore (part 3) for the return to Singapore. MALACCA, MALAYSIA Wednesday After checking-out and having our luggages stored, we took the MRT to Lavender station for our trip to Malacca. This time we walked and saved the $... Read Full Entry

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Malacca 2005

The Dutch mini-windmill

Malacca 2005

The Christ Church Melaka

Malacca 2005

Stadthuys at the old town plaza (far corner)

Malacca 2005

Flower-laden and music-blaring trishaws :)

Malacca 2005

Double-scoop in Malacca anyone? :)

Malacca 2005

Bright blue-and-white Tourist Police Station and Aldy Hotel

Malacca 2005

The curving cobblestone street of Jalan Kota

Malacca 2005

More red buildings (museums)

Malacca 2005

St. Paul's Church - St. Francis Xavier's last parish

Malacca 2005

St. Francis Xavier

Malacca 2005

View of Malaysia from St. Paul's Church

Malacca 2005

Huge tombstones of the Dutch, English and Portuguese patrons of St. Paul's Church

Malacca 2005

More tombstones inside the church

Malacca 2005

Mausoleum (private) in Temple Street where the founder of the first Chinese temple in Malacca is laid to rest

Malacca 2005

One of the many Chinese temples in Temple Street

Malacca 2005

Another Chinese temple at Temple Street

Malacca 2005

Finally! Our CLEAN room at Hotel Puri

Malacca 2005

Declaration of Independence Memorial

Malacca 2005

A'Famosa

Malacca 2005

A'Famosa again and its cannons

Malacca 2005

Replica of Malacca Sultanate Palace (built without a single nail!)

26th December 2006

Voyager
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Great Post
Hi port80: I really enjoyed reading your nice post!

8th June 2007

lavender
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Great blog and photos
You really had a great time. Your trip details help me in making my trip up in Jun.

19th February 2008

Erin
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Thanks for your guide to Malacca / Melaka!
Hi Port80 - Thanks very much for sharing your guide to Malacca / Melaka! It is informative, detailed, and definitely helpful to people like us who are travelling there. Hope to read more of your posts! Take care and more power!

21st February 2008

cielo
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funny
hi che. i was laughing to death when i read your blog on your malaca trip. i am a filipina and we have almost have the same experiences in our trip to melaka. truly, the taxi drivers if they're not sleepy, they're so fast that i could almost lost my breath. haha. there was one time i was about to tap the driver because his eyes were really closed na, before i knew it, andon na pala kami sa tesco, so thanks God, we were safe. anyways, i read almost all of your blogs, indeed, they're sooo good, very informative and entertaining as well. what's your friendster account, add kita. hehe. you are very articulate, are you a reporter? hehe. ciao!!!

23rd February 2008

port80
Cheche Uy-Visitacion

Hi Cielo, thanks for the compliment :) I'm not a reporter, just a wannabe lonely planeteer-slash-travel writer! :) Thanks for dropping by!

20th June 2009

JB Baylon
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worth publishing
thank you for your post...i just read it now as I am planning to return to Malacca 20 years (!!!) after my first visit. i will definitely learn from your experience....I was part of a tour group in 1989 so I didnt have to go through what you did.

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