"the historical city of malacca.." Melaka by eelaine

Melaka Travel Guide: 1,562 reviews and 3,796 photos

Pros and Cons
  • Pros:lots of historical and cultural wonders to offer..
  • Cons:development is slowly eating away the olden day charm..
  • In a nutshell:a historical blend of malay sultanate, chinese, portugese, dutch & baba-nyonya..
  • Last visit to Melaka: May 2003
  • Intro Updated Jun 19, 2003
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  • bpacker's Profile Photo
    Apr 4, 2005 at 7:34 PM

    Hmm, the chicken rice balls look good! Maybe the ones at Hoe Kee is better. Tried the ones in formosa, not so gd leh.

  • whitecliff62's Profile Photo
    Jul 4, 2004 at 8:09 AM

    Superb stuff, and a fab destination, one that most v.ters would love to visit, including me.

  • chancay's Profile Photo
    Apr 5, 2004 at 3:06 AM

    Beautiful page, great photos and writing!....I see I have to make my warholmania dedication bigger again ;.-)

  • l_joo's Profile Photo
    Mar 30, 2004 at 1:38 AM

    Is that your Chicken rice balls on the table? I think everbody been to Melaka tried this restaurant...

  • muddybok's Profile Photo
    Mar 25, 2004 at 1:03 AM

    Cool Malaka page. I'm too lazy to setup mine.

  • btex's Profile Photo
    Mar 2, 2004 at 9:25 AM

    good tips and photos. hang tuah well does look like a tourist trap. happy birthday!

  • mansionion's Profile Photo
    Feb 7, 2004 at 7:35 PM

    Nice page on Melaka here! Agreed that Alor Gajah is an interesting little town, initially I plan to put it as an "off the beaten path" tip in my Melaka page but later decided to make a page of its own as there's more to see & do in Alor Gajah :) -m-

  • Procaccini's Profile Photo
    Feb 6, 2004 at 8:17 AM

    Nice page! I'd like to taste the food there: it seems so tasteful...!

  • Mez77's Profile Photo
    Sep 24, 2003 at 8:19 PM

    Nice page eelaine. Good work.

  • Ekahau's Profile Photo
    Aug 8, 2003 at 9:48 PM

    Hi elaine Great page thanks for the Information I really enjoyed the “Portuguese” community in Malaka

eelaine

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