Showing posts with label Malacca. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Malacca. Show all posts

Friday, May 17, 2013

Malacca, Malaysia

An old Portuguese ship

The oldest city in Malaysia, Malacca is a UNESCO world heritage site.  Located at the narrowest point of the Straits of Malacca, this city has been preserved really well and was clean and friendly.  I only stayed two nights and then caught a boat to the port of Dumai on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia.  Look at the captions to learn more.



The historic square with the really nice trishaws.









There is a small arts community also bringing a modern twist to the mostly old fashioned city.


Great signage in the city, I think of King Records (James Brown's first label) when I see this



A great dish of roasted pork, there is still lots of pork in this Muslim country