Explore Melaka Through the Eyes of Travelers

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A typical Peranakan house, still seen in Jonker Street, Malacca.

Straits Born Chinese: The Peranakan story

In the early fifteenth century, a beautiful princess from the Chinese Ming Dynasty, Hang Li Poh, ...

Malaysia Ee Lin Wan

Romancing The Traditional Malaysian Home

On this still and steamy Melaka day I step inside Villa Sentosa. In the house's rumah ibu (main r...

Malaysia Tom Cockrem

Praying for good health and prosperity.

Grandfathers of Malacca

A tribute to the chinese immigrant men of Malacca in a photo essay.

Malaysia Lee Alvin

Christ Church Building with the Town Square's Clock Tower in the foreground.

Malaysia's Historic Malacca

Malacca is a place where you can liken it to "a museum within a museum". Your surroundings change...

Malaysia Audrey Lim

Malacca's 1753 Christ Church

Malacca, Melaka, Malaysia

Where... where's that Red Square? gabbled the tourist accosting me, panic-stricken, as she realis...

Malaysia Philip Game

A trishaw in Chinatown, Melaka, Malaysia.

Melaka: A Celebration Of The Past

If ever a city is a living celebration of its past, it has to be the ancient capital of Peninsula...

Malaysia Tom Cockrem

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The Historical City

Here's a little history lesson for all. Although I live pretty close to Malacca (Melaka) and know...

Malaysia Audrey Lim

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