Article: Melaka - A Life & History Less Hurried
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Melaka - A Life & History Less Hurried
It's the greenery that tells you are a long way from home. Everywhere tropical vines, banana palms, fruit trees peep over walls or rear overhead providing refreshment of both sight and smell. Clean and green Singapore is the prototype city that Shanghai is modeling itself on - with a long way to go just yet. It was a short ride to the Keong Saik Hotel, a charming old renovated row house, in what we later found out was the former red light district. Though if my memory serves me well there was a lot of old Singapore that was a red light district. Sitting outside a nearby corner café was the wizened 'Tan', an octogenarian all too ready to share stories with anyone nearby and willing to listen. Later we sat around laughing and bantering amongst the smoke, noise and steam of the local night fo...
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