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Melaka%06 / POPULATION: 788,700 / AREA: 1652 SQ KM

Why Go? Melaka City...... 209 Back when Kuala Lumpur was a malaria-ridden swamp and Around Melaka City...... 225 Penang was yet to become the ‘Pearl of the Orient,’ Melaka ...... 225 was already one of the greatejost trading ports in Southeast Pulau Besar...... 225 Asia. Over time it lost ground to Singapore and became a ...... 225 sleepy backwater compared with its high-rolling cousin. Ul- timately this downturn preserved much of the ancient archi- ...... 226 tecture as well as the old ways of life, and today Melaka is hugely back on the tourist radar thanks to its 2008 designa- tion as a Unesco World Heritage Site. Best Places to Eat More allure comes from the city’s mixed Malay, Chinese, Indian and European heritage and the serene kampung (vil- »»Pak Putra (p220) lages) scattered among the state’s tropical forests, farmlands »»Capitol Satay (p221) and beaches. Over generations, this cultural mix has devel- »»Nancy’s Kitchen (p220) oped variations on traditional cuisine, including the famed »»Selvam (p222) Malay-Chinese Nonya food, which is so delicious that just the food is reason enough to visit. »»Hainan Food Street (p220)

Best Places When to Go to Stay Melaka »»45 Lekiu & The °C/°F Temp Rainfall Inches/mm 40/104 32/800 Stable (p217) »»Majestic (p219) 30/86 24/600 »» River View 20/68 16/400 Guesthouse (p217) »»Hotel Puri (p217) 10/50 8/200

»»Apa Kaba Home & 0/32 0 Stay (p219) J F DNOSAJJMAM

Jan–Feb Chinese Apr–Jul The Nov–Dec New Year, high coolest tempera- Christmas and temperatures and tures and tons of Deepavali are little rainfall. festivals. celebrated with great fanfare. - - - - JOHOR Tanjung Tanjung Nati Sungai (p223) and (p223) Bekoh (p213) and (p213) (p226) (p226) Sempang Watching freighters freighters Watching Getting lost in the tangle in the tangle lost Getting E2 M8 show show 8 of the Strait down move while lounging on Melaka of sands white the Bidara galleries the artists with chatting 7 downtown the three of shopping malls stage upon a local stumbling 5 Pulau Besar art Ayer Molek In 1509 the Portuguese came seeking the seeking came Portuguese the 1509 In Suffering harrying attacks from neigh Tasik ra, Melaka declined further. The city passed passed city The further. declined Melaka ra, siege eight-month an after hands Dutch into in 1641 and the Dutch ruled Melaka for Melaka was a powerful trading state. Its po Its state. trading powerful a was Melaka adop by the state’s was consolidated sition century. mid-15th the in Islam of tion wealth of the spice and in 1511 Alfonso de Albuquerque forcibly took the city. Under the Portuguese, the fortress of was A’Famosa constructed, and missionaries strove to implant Catholicism. While Portuguese they Melaka, could conquer easily cannons could not force Muslim there, trading merchants to continue India and Arabia from as Islamic such area, in the ports other and Melaka. overshadow to grew Java, on Demak well as Sembilan, Negeri and Johor bouring Sumat in Aceh of power Islamic the from as

(Tollway) Ayer (Air) Keroh 1 a Anjung - - Batu Jetty Durian (p214) Tunggal (p209) (p223)

Tampin Lebuhray – City Baba-Nonya Heritage Heritage Baba-Nonya Melaka Spending a day browsing browsing Spending a day Feeling like a happy fool fool a happy like Feeling Imagining the past Imagining the past 19 A'Famosa Resort 5 at intricacies and all its the Museum 6 varied Chinatown’s Jonker’s Walk Night Walk Jonker’s Market 4 ’80s out to while rocking Melaka wacky in a hits dance trishaw Alor Gajah Upeh Pulau 5 dim 10 km (p213) 6 miles Kampung Balik Batu Lubok China (p220) Tanah Masjid fabulous Chinese Bidara Tanjung Chinatown Pengkalan Kempas Selat Melaka 0 0 Eating Catching glimpses glimpses Catching Snacking and perusing (Strait of Melaka) Kampung Kuala Linggi leisurely wandering through through wandering leisurely historic 3 at the stands trinket at Melaka’s restaurants 2 while Melaka old-time of 1 sum for breakfast, Nonya food for lunch and Pakistani tandoori for dinner Melaka Highlights Melaka In In 1405 the Chinese Muslim Admiral Founded by Parameswara, a Hindu prince prince Hindu a Parameswara, by Founded History Nonya, Nonya, the or Peranakans Straits Chinese. 1414, in death Parameswara’s of time the By settlers followed, who mixed with followed, the local settlers to Malays become known as the Baba and Cheng Cheng Ho arrived in Melaka bearing gifts of promise the and emperor Ming the from protection from Siamese enemies. Chinese came a favoured port. favoured a came spice islands of Indonesia, Melaka attracted attracted Melaka Indonesia, of islands spice merchants from all over the East and be from Sumatra, and located halfway between between halfway located and Sumatra, from the to access easy with and India, and China was a simple fishing village. fishing simple a was arable from that of the city for which it was was it which for city the of that from arable Melaka century, 14th late the Before named. However However the insep is state history the of story of the told, is the Melaka city-state of

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