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Room by the River



This bar picture is not at Portugal but at Melaka Rio…

Just to checkout how’s this new Boutique Hotel doing. At present all the review at TripAdvisor are between 4 to 5 rating from 5. A good start for Casa Del Rio.

Checkout their Cuarto del Rio offer here. A special room rates package from 1st July – 30th September 2011.

They got everything by the river – room, cafe, meeting and you can do meeting at The Piazza for that touch of the Mediterranean they say.

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— asmaliana

Melaka Sultanate Ship will be bring back to life…



Artist impression about the ship, source melakahariini.

Now Melaka have Flor De la Mar Ship Replica at Dataran Sungai Melaka. Soon it will be accompanied by another replica from 15th century – the ‘King Ship’ (Kapal Raja Melaka). Just few meters away from Flor De La Mar and at the riverside. Now this area is called ‘Dataran Sungai Melaka’. It said that the ship architecture would be like in Mansur Shah Sultanate era that rule Melaka 600 years ago.

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— asmaliana

Lanterns Plus The Historical River – An Art



Enter the Dragon…



Garden of Lantern-ship…

Chinese New Year will be next week and Melaka River Got a new Jeweleries!. Come walk or cruise along Melaka river in the evening and enjoy the scenery of 500 assorted lantern scattered along the river bank all the way to Banda Hilir. This is not fundamental rounded lantern but an lantern art with living motives like flowers, animals and legendary tales of the past.

Read below about the latern project from State offcial press Melaka Hari Ini.

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— asmaliana

A day with Mr. Bernard..

Mr. Bernard the walking Melaka history book. You can find him at Melaka River Cruise occasionally being a tourist guide. Enjoy the video.



— asmaliana

Casa Del Rio… A House Near The River


casa del rio

Another boutique hotel will be up in Melaka by early 2009. Casa means House and Rio means river. Well.. Just wait for another Casa Del Mar! Or house near the sea.Located near the new CIQ complex and easily accessible from Jonker Street or Taman Kota Laksamana. From Banda Hilir you can see the project clearly if you stand at the river bank along Quay Side cafe or the Flor De La Mar Museum.

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— asmaliana

Cruise Along Melaka River

Melaka River flows across Melaka Town and end at Banda Hilir. At the river mouth (Banda Hilir) there is a small Jetty,Harbour Master’s jetty(Jeti Shahbandar) for Ferry from Melaka to Dumai (Indonesia). Naturally, Melaka river has a muddy river bed. As a result, the river produce strong mud smell with its grey mud color. Wastage from commercial area along the river also contribute to the river problem.

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— asmaliana




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