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Welcome to Malacca
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The hotel for the stay
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which is somewhere in Malaysia!
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comfy bed-cony included!
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Porta De Santiago
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aka the a'famosa Fortress
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Ruins of Fort A Famosa
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Fire away!
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Cannons along Jalan Kota
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Meet my big gun!
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Inside the fort entrance
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palmy trees!
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Look fort!
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Up we go!
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Behold a hulk of old bricks!
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View from the fort
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Tombs on the top
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what's buzzling here?
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Oh it's a fort
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street buskers included!
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of the Famosa kind
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This used to be a well or sort
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Murals or vandalism, you name it!
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Outside the ruins
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Birdie!
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Malacca (aka Negeri Bersejarah) is the 3rd smallest Malaysian state
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Comprising mainly Malay sultanates...
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Statue of St. Francis Xavier
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the monarchy was abolished when the Portuguese conquered it in 1511
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And the Famosa fort in the background
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Therefore a mix of western buildings in the area
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Picture with birdie!
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some graves are very badly maintained
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The dutch cemetery
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Heading down
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we were up there!
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Yup it's the Famosa alright!
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More Cannons!
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Trishaws here are amazing
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They are like moving hulks of umm. art!
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More of the Jalan Kota trishaw infestation
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So many PRIMARY COLOURS!
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including various transport modes
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there's also a park housing displays
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cannons included!
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An era long forgone
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look s dozer!
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The Stadthuys (Museum of History and Ethnography)
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Constructed in 1650 as the residence of the Dutch Governor
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Jalan Merdeka round about by the Melaka Clock tower