DAILY PHOTO: The Shore Sky Tower & Sigua Park

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DAILY PHOTO: Scenes from Melaka’s Chinese Temples

“Monkey God Temple” [Properly, 齊天府]
Cheng Hoon Teng (Temple of the Green Cloud) is the oldest Chinese temple in Malacca. It is a syncretistic temple (combining Taoist, Buddhist, Confucian, and Chinese Folk Religion elements.)

DAILY PHOTO: St. John’s Fort, Malacca

St. John’s Fort (or Kota St. John) is a preserved Dutch fort built upon existing Portuguese fortifications. This fort is built facing landward to protect against overland attacks by the Acehnese and Bugis (rather than toward the sea to protect from maritime competitors.)

DAILY PHOTO: Flor de La Mar

The Flor de La Mar was a Portuguese ship laden with loot stolen from Malacca when it sunk. This scale replica is a museum (Muzium Sumadera) in Malacca.

DAILY PHOTO: Proclamation of Independence Memorial, Melaka

DAILY PHOTO: Sultanate Palace, Melaka

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DAILY PHOTO: Church of St. Paul, Malacca

Said to be the oldest European building east of India, these hollowed out ruins represent one of the oldest Christian Churches in Southeast Asia.
This statue of St. Francis Xavier stands in front of St. Paul’s Church. Francis Xavier did have his right hand amputated posthumously, and many like to tell the story that the statue’s hand was sheared off by lightning in an act of divine reckoning (though more likely the movers dropped the statue and the hand broke off. At any rate, that’s why they never got around to having it fixed.)

DAILY PHOTO: Cheng Hoon Teng Temple

DAILY PHOTO: A Few Views of Masjid Selat Melaka

DAILY PHOTO: Nighttime Colors, Malacca