Malacca (Melaka)

Visited Malacca on my travels around Asia and found it to be a great place to stop by take in the sights as well as taking in information on the affects varios cultures and countries have had on this small state. To be honest i was a bit dissapointed with the historical area but this was mainly due to my guide book, from the way it described the location it would have been much bigger!not that i didnt enjoy my stay it was very interesting looking in the churches, the museums, the reconstructed portugeuse trading ship is a must although me and my travel buddies were a little more interested in pretending to be pirates :P. I thoroughly recomend having ...  Read the complete review

PART ONE Schoolgirl bottoms wiggled on the open-air stage at one end of Jonkers Street in down town Melaka. It was non-stop karaoke performed by cute Chinese kids, to entertain the Saturday evening crowd, mainly local Chinese and Chinese from Taiwan and Singapore. Jonkers Street is fun at traffic free weekends: red lanterns, oriental music, food stalls, crowds of people.... but, there isn't enough of this kind of thing in Melaka. Too much of Melaka is fast dangerous traffic, ugly modern buildings, no pavements and the occasional mugger. And, it's 90 degrees and ultra-humid. I took a £2 taxi ride heading North along the ...  Read the complete review

There are so many historic places in Melaka to visit. This is because Melaka has been the centre of trade since the 17th century and we have seen this place being conquered by the Portugese, then by the Dutch before it was being taken by the British. That is why it has so many historical places in this small city. As a result, we can see different cultural and races in this city which adds to the uniqueness of this multi-cultural city. Food is a variety in this city and cheap as well. For food lovers, this is definitely the best place to sample all sorts of food from different races in this country. Try visit Melaka! ...  Read the complete review

If one day, you plan to visit Malaysia, one of the destination that you must not miss is Melaka. It is a small state situated about 200 km down south of the capital, Kuala Lumpur. Small it may be now, but 600 years ago, it was one of the superpowers in the South East Asia region. The history of Malaysia in fact begins from Melaka. The empire later collapsed when it lost to the west superpowers, Portugese, the Dutch and the English, during the industrial revolution in the europe. Due to its enriched history, Melaka is known as the historical city of Malaysia. 15th of April is declared as a Melaka historical city day and it is a public holiday. Therefore, ...  Read the complete review

I have been staying in Melaka, Malaysia for about a year. The impression that I have is the various food that you can find in such a small town. I like chicken rice very much, till then, I have not try one like the Melaka version. The steam chicke is served with balls of rice! Interesting presentation! Another local hawker food that I like is the 'oh chian' - fried oyster with eggs. The stall is at a very small lane where at the other end of the lane you can find a great variety of local sweet desert. Quite a good combination. That area (Bunga Raya) is the hawker paradise, flooded with hungry people all year round especially after dark. The ...  Read the complete review