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| Also inside.
| A 360-degree panoramic movie of the inside of the temple's ground floor.
| I like the yawning statue on one side.
| The Cheng Hoon Teng Temple, as seen from the second floor of the
Xianglin Temple. (Yes, temples are that densely packed in this part of
town.)
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| Exactingly-painted doors.
| A short panoramic movie of the outdoors portion of the temple.
| A nature-y Buddhist shrine.
| A panoramic movie showing the inside of the temple. Listen to the
people praying.
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| Inside.
| An excellent, three-dimensional, Chinese, impressionist mosaic-painting.
| Under the eaves.
| Another temple next door.
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| Tourists who are supporting the local economy pass by Masjid (mosque)
Kampung Kling.
| An unobstructed view of the mosque and its Moorish watchtower. The whole place is a blend of styles.
| As far into the mosque as I could get as one not of the faith.
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like the look of the gold script hanging from the door frame.
| Another street in varying states of repair.
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| The Sanduo Temple.
| Within the temple. Though the dragon is cool, by this point I was
templed out.
Indeed, I didn't even bother photographing some of
the temples I glanced at before hitting this one.
| Hokkien Huay Kuan. I'm not sure if this attention-grabbing building is
currently a temple or a restaurant.
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| Melaka: Near Bukit St Paul
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| Near the base of Bukit (hill) St Paul, there's a tree with an
astonishingly large root system.
| The Melaka observation tower.
| I exploited my camera's 10x zoom to see the glass-enclosed viewing platform.
| Atop Buket (hill) St Paul are the ruins of St Paul's Church.
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| A 360-panoramic movie showing Melaka and the Strait of Melaka, taken
from atop a hill by the ruins of St. Paul's Church. The movie dips at
the end to show the hill's height.
| Memorial stones inside what was the church.
| The Sultanate Palace's expansive wood buildings were a refreshing sight,
contrasting strongly with the rest of the buildings I'd seen in the
town.
| Excavated remains of some of Portuguese fortress A'Famosa's
fortifications.
The fortress's main gate is the only standing
remains, but it's so run-down I didn't think it was worth photographing.
(I think the reason all the guidebooks talk about it is because there's
a story about how it was narrowly saved being torn down by then governor
of Singapore.)
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| A 360-panoramic movie of a park in this vicinity. There's an old car,
train, and plane on display in the park, not visible in this movie
because they're obscured by trees.
| The Melaka Islamic Museum is a nice color. No one know swhen the
building was built.
| Another parking lot for
rickshaws, clearly meant for lovers.
| A straight-on view of the giant waterwheel that I photographed earlier.
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| The Church of St Francis Xavier.
| Jalan Bunga Raya (?). I took this picture mainly to contrast with the
past pictures of street scenes in the more-Chinese part of town. Unlike
those pictures, this picture is typical of Melaka.
| The sign in my hotel that, among other things, prohibited durians (a
smelly fruit).
Incidentally, I saw similar signs in Singapore.
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| Dinner at Seri Nyonya
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Seri Nyonya,
the Peranakan restaurant I went to inside a fancy hotel for dinner.
It was mostly empty.
| Descriptions of the two dishes I ate. (You'll need to zoom in.)
| Otak otak nyonya. From the description elsewhere on the menu (not the
menu page I took a picture of): "spicy mackerel paste mixed with secret
spices and grilled in a banana leaf."
It vaguely resembled a tamale.
| Once opened, the dish became fragrant, though a bit of the burnt smell
from the banana leaf remained. As for the contents, I liked them quite
a bit.
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