Malacca: June 13-16

In Malacca, stayed at the Travellers’ Lodge, a decent place with aircon and hot showers (shared). The morning of the 14th, I headed out into Malacca. Had some roti canai and kopi again for breakfast, then walked to the Maritime Museum (housed in a recreation of a Portuguese galleon). It was a fairly interesting museum, focused on Malacca’s history vis-à-vis the ocean, trading, etc. It also had a section on the actual ocean (wildlife, etc). Then I walked through town square (leftover from Dutch colonization), then Chinatown (where there were a lot of cool things to buy, but all too big to get home). Then St. Paul’s hill, where the bones of an old Portuguese church stand. Finished up by passing by the big mall (wanted to look in the Tokyo Lonely Planet book).