to understand that bliss
to understand that bliss
Just up the road from this tiny streetside kitchen - in lovely Melaka - I spent a glorious hour having my feet nibbled by Doctorfish.
Sixty minutes of pure deliciousness, they were. Memorable deliciousness.
Taken on: 26th January, 2010. Copyright: All Rights Reserved - See :lynn:'s page of Flickr
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Midway between the capital cities of Singapore and Kuala Lumpur and at the mouth of the Strait of Melaka, a crucial shipping route connecting the Indian and Pacific oceans, Melaka has been a centre of trade and cultural exchange for more than 600 years.
Established at the beginning of the 14th century, Melaka (also spelt Malacca) was set up by a renagade Hindu Prince by the name of Parameswara (also known as Iskandar Shah). He originally hailed from Palembang on Sumatra, which, at the time was a part of the waning Srivijayan empire. The Srivijayans were slowly being conquered by the growing Majapahit Empire and when they took Palembang, Parameswara packed his bags and headed to Temasek (modern day Singapore).
Parameswara spent the next five years in Temasek, before fleeing (this time at the ... Read our complete Melaka travel guide
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