Porta de Santiago

56) Melaka - Malaysia's oldest town

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August 12th 2005
This time we planned to stay some time in Malaysia before heading to Indonesia once again. Leaving Singapore and entering Malaysia was really a piece of cake, the Malaysian immigration being far less rigorous than the Singaporean one. We soon arrived in Johor Bahru and there it did not take us long to catch a bus to Melaka. We arrived quite late in the night (around 10:30), took a taxi whos ... read more

Asia » Malaysia » Melaka » Melaka City

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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