At this pace I'll be in New Zealand by Christmas! Just kidding of course...
After so much effort to send off the power of attorney, I was hesitant to leave Kuala Lumpur until Erik actually receives it. Also didn't want to stay in KL. So, I backtracked a bit and am spending a few days in Malacca, or Melaka in Malaysian. It is an old trading port with a long history. It has been fought over by the Portuguese, Dutch and of course the English dating back to the early 1500s.
A Famosa was a fort built by the Portuguese in 1512. Most of it was destroyed by the British in the 1800's but the gate remains:
There's the skeleton of an old church on the hill behind this gate with several massive headstones of the people who are buried beneath it. I'm sure for Europeans stuff dating back to the 1500s is no big deal, but I think it's ever so cool.
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| The Church - you can see the tombstones inside to the left |
Since Melaka is only 2 hours from KL, it seems to be a popular holiday spot for many Malaysians. There are what they call Trishaws all over the place - they are bicycle driven rickshaws decked out with extraordinary amounts of fluff in themes like Hello Kitty or Frozen. Some of them even have sound systems pounding out sappy love songs.
More fort remains overlooking the river:
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