Melacca

So I decided to visit Melacca because of it's historical past. Afterall It had been a significant tradepoint between india and china as monsoonwinds brought sailships in turns from the east and west. Well, the days of it's past glory were long gone and the growth of Georgetown in Penang and Singapore had long ago diminished its growth. But it used to be a mighty kingdom before the portugese and later the dutch came in. In the end it was probably the Dutch with their monopoly taxing that drove the growth away as in the end there were only dutch ships floating about in the harbor and later the brits, who at the time of conquering melacca had allready established itself in Georgetown and Singapore. The town is full of museums and I visited a museum of architecture, which proved to be interesting with traditional and modern Malaysian architecture. Also the maritime museum was nice as it shone light on the past glory of the place. A part of the museum was built inside a replica of a portugese ship. I never thought the space inside could be so vast.
A picture of a copy of an old painting demonstrating what Melacca looked like during it's days of glory:The guesthouse "Shira's GH" I ended up staying in was a lucky strike as the lady keeping it was the nicest ever offering me food for free and baking cookies -and always being so nice and genuinly interested in your wellbeing. They also had a really nice rooftop where I hung my hammock..