Olden Days of Melaka
Melaka is for no doubt a historical city with rich history and heritage. It had a vibrant cultural life, thriving economy and flourishing trade right from the Sultanate Period extending through the colonial periods of Portuguese, Dutch and British. Both, who hasn’t seen Melaka yet or who has been in Melaka in the recent past, would love to know and see how it looked like in those hey-days, which give this city the label of ‘Historical City of Malaysia’. The residents of Melaka realize this very well and have preserved the historic past in shape of invaluable photographs, sketches and paintings. Such photographs, sketches and paintings can be found here and there in Melaka - hanging on the walls of restaurants and hotel lobbies, displayed on stalls on the sides of the streets or can be found with the vendors in the Jonker Street selling them to foreign tourists and enthusiasts. If you have a good camera, you can take snaps of such displayed pictures and drawings or if you are enthusiast of the history and heritage, you can buy from a wide range of cheaper selling posters to high value original paintings, to decorate the walls of your own tasteful home. Here are given some pictures of old historic Melaka which one can find hanging on the walls of restaurants, hotel lobbies, stalls, museums, and can be had from street vendors of Jonker Walk (Jalan Hang Jebat).