Its colonial past was one of the primary reasons we had chosen to visit Malaysia and wherever we went, we got more than what we had expected. George Town, for example, turned out to be so much more than we had thought it would be. Same was the case with Malacca. There was so much history …
Category: Heritage
The Historical Town Of Melaka – In Pictures
We landed in the small but historically very significant town of Melaka after a short but quite enjoyable flight from Penang Island. Driving out of the tiny airport and to our hotel, we almost immediately noticed the rustic charm of the place. Speckless wide roads with charming old houses on both sides of the roads. Melaka …
Weekend Drive To Hajo, Assam – Poa Mecca
It had been a while since I last visited anywhere with family. After moving back, I had expected to travel more frequently, more so because now I will be closer to the mountains. The reality, however, has been different all I had been able to do in all these months here was one single day …
Strolling The Aga Khan Palace
Built in the late nineteenth century near the banks of the Mula river, the grand Aga Khan Palace – one of India’s biggest historic landmarks, sat right at the top of my things to do in Pune list as I tried to explore the city over the weekend. I had explored the iconic Shaniwarwada yesterday, followed by the …
The ‘Tour’ That Never Happened
One of the things that we wanted to do during our stay in George Town, Penang, which is also a UNESCO World Heritage was to take a tour of the Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion, also known as the Blue Mansion. While researching for our trip, I had bumped upon this place unexpectedly and had spent some …