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Penang – Peranakan Museum
PENANG Penang Peranakan Museum Penang Peranakan Mansion is a 19th century Chinese home of an affluent family in Penang. This is now converted to a museum that showcases the culture and traditions followed by the Chinese in this region. Housed in a delicately restored museum, visitors will get to browse from over 1,000 pieces of…
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Malacca – A’Famosa Outlet
MALACCA A’Famosa Outlet Freeport A’Famosa Outlet is a boutique-style outlet shopping centre that brings the cottages and windmills of Amsterdam to Melaka via photo spots and quaint shop fronts. It also comprises over 70 retail shops for shoppers to splurge on clothes at discounted prices. Developed as an open-air mall, the greenery landscape includes five…
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Malacca – Melaka Bee Gallery
MALACCA Melaka Bee Gallery Honey and bee lovers should not miss a trip to Melaka Bee Gallery.At Malacca Bee Gallery you can learn a lot about bees and apiculture and buy some delicious and healthy honey products.This spot is operated by Giant B, which has been producing honey since 1978 in Melaka. Among the products…
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Malacca – The Huskitory
MALACCA The Huskitory Established since 2010, Huskitory first started off as a canine repository specifically catering to grooming Siberian Huskies before one fateful day,Here, visitors will get to cuddle huskies and akitas while you grab a bite and sip on coffee at this pet store and cafe.Akita Cafe on the 2nd floor also has a…
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Malacca – Submarine Museum
MALACCA Submarine Museum There is only one submarine here, the SMD Ouessant, an Agosta 70 class submarine which was built in 1978 by Arsenal de Cherbourg in France. Now the submarine is propped up on steel supports on dry land and is open to the public as a museum.Visitors enter the hull of the submarine…
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Malacca – Upside Down House
MALACCA Upside Down House Create (and document) the illusion that you’re walking on the ceiling, levitating in the bathroom, or doing a handstand on the refrigerator at Upside Down House Melaka. You will be able to view inside a modern house, fully equipped with a living room, dining room, kitchen, master bedroom, bathroom, children bedroom…
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Malacca – Poh San Teng Temple (Sam Po Kong)
MALACCA Poh San Teng Temple (Sam Po Kong) This is a historical Chinese temple located at the foot of Bukit China that was built in 1795 by a Chinese Kapitan during the Dutch Malacca (1641–1825) era. It is dedicated to Tua Pek Kong (Chinese: – God of Prosperity). At the side of the temple, there…
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Malacca – Floating Mosque
MALACCA Floating Mosque The Melaka Straits Mosque, also known as Masjid Selat Melaka, is one of the most beautiful and noteworthy mosques in Malaysia. The King (Supreme Ruler of Malaysia) inaugurated this magnificent modern mosque, on November 24, 2006. This mosque, which cost around MYR10 million, was built with a combination of Middle Eastern and…
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Malacca – Portuguese village
MALACCA Portuguese village If you are interested in Portuguese culture,, Portuguese Settlement is unquestionably the place to go. 30 minutes walk east from central Melaka (Malacca) is the Portuguese village, also known as the Portuguese Settlement. This is an area of town populated by the descendants of the Portuguese who ruled Melaka from 1511 to…
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Sekinchan – Blue Tears
SEKINCHAN Blue Tears Kuala Selangor “Blue tears,” a natural nighttime phenomenon caused by algae “Dinoflagellates,“ can be seen in Kuala Selangor where visitors get to catch a speedboat ride along the waters where the Selangor River meets the Straits of Malacca. “Blue tears” are formed when clusters of marine algae, disturbed by the crashing waves,…