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Friday, December 21, 2007

Melaka Historical City ( I would not call it a trip actually because I am from the local)

Last Saturday I went to Melaka to visit my unt. During my four days trip there we went to some of Melaka's famous historical places. On last Wednesday we have decided to make a visit to A Famosa and the Red House of Dutch. A Famosa fortress which is located at the foot of St.Paul's Hill and opposite to the Dataran Pahlawan. This fortress was built by the Portuguese which dates back to 16th century. It is one of the most visited fortress in Malaysia. It is built after the defeat of the Sultanate of Melaka which marked the end of the Sultanate. Alfonso de Albuquerque whom commanded the Portuguese fleet built the fortress to protect them from other foreign invaders. The fortress changed hand when Dutch successfully drove the Portuguese from Melaka. During the reign of Dutch they built churches and some of the administration building which are now known as the Red Houses. British had destroyed some portion of the fortress until Sir Stamford Raffles spare the small gate of the fortress from destruction.

The picture shown the small gate of the fortress which can be seen today.
This is the car used by our very first Prime Minister
Tunku Abdul Rahman during the announcement of independent. To my suprise the car is recondition and everything in the car is being replace with a new accessories and the paint and chrome are as shiny as new car. I wonder how do they get the accessories, even the radiator looks new. The brand of the car is Chevrolet. I have heard some of my relative saying that that brand is new and unreliable. Apparently they are totally wrong. But some of the accesories are a little bit too much such as cd player and modern speakers. It really affect the asthetic of the antique. Then we move on to the Red House of Dutch

While on our way to the Red House of Dutch we stop by at a excavation site. From what I read they are excavating a remain of the A Famosa Tower. The excavation is still in early process.
Next we move on to the Red House of Dutch. The Buildings there of course are in red. It is funny to see how the world have change. They use erected instead of build. and the material are very solid compared to nowadays' buildings.

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