Melaka was another one of these former British colonies (and Dutch and Portuguese), although, unlike Georgetown, the place is long past its prime. I found Melaka a little sleepy. It had a nice old colonial town centre with an old Dutch windmill and church and it's Chinatown was lovely, but apart from that there wasn't many people around. One saving grace about the town was its maratime museum, which is inside a replica of an old Portuguese ship near the docks. It had a very anti European feel about it (understandably :-)) but was quite interesting. The town was a huge port back in its day but by the 19th century had been completely eclipsed by the likes of Georgetown and Singapore.
By the afternoon of our first day there we had run out of things to do. Melaka might be a good jumping off point for other activities, but you'll be finished with the town itself fairly quick.
If by the off chance anyone ever gets here - try your best to stay in Tony's guest house. Totally chilled out and Tony is really sound!
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