The Fort A Famosa: Malacca's Pride

A Famosa, the famous name for one of the oldest surviving European fort in Asia situated in Melaka (Malacca). From what I have studied in the history class, the A Famosa was built by the famous Portuguese admiral Alfonso de Albuquerque after they defeated the Malacca Sultanate in the year 1511. Unknown to me until now, A Famosa actually means ‘The Famous’ in Portuguese. The fort changed hands in the year 1641 when the Dutch defeated the Portuguese....

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Tokyo Disneysea: A Nautical Experience

After 5 years hiatus from theme park, yes I got the chance to get back to Disney again. This time I managed to hit Tokyo Disneysea (東京ディズニーシー).　Tokyo Disneysea is located beside Tokyo Disneyland. Surprisingly, I have just found out that Tokyo DisneySea and Tokyo Disneyland are the only Disney parks in the world not owned by The Walt Disney Company.The theme in Tokyo DisneySea has an overall nautical exploration theme to it. The overall...

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Tokyo Disneyland: A Dream Come True

A long overdue post, in the year 2007, my childhood dream came true. Finally I got to visit Disneyland. That’s Tokyo Disneyland!!  Tokyo Disneyland was the first Disneyland to be built outside of the USA and was opened on April 1983 (28 years ago!!) That’s long! To date, there are seven themed areas in the park: the World Bazaar; the four classic Disney lands: Adventureland, Westernland, Fantasyland and Tomorrowland;...

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