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Melaka, Malaysia 💕 this was my first time ~know $Melaka, Malaysia 💕 this was my first time ~knowingly~ visiting a place the Dutch colonized. Digging deeper out of my own free will in my 20s, I feel that my high school education glossed over this part of history, only to casually move on to WW2 . I wonder what Malaysian kids learn about this time---the time (kind of proudly) referred to as "the Dutch Golden Age" in my old school books. What was that education good for . Many of us travelers talk about all the stuff we learn. Maybe it's also good to unlearn things, get uncomfortable, then learn better . And also accept that no matter how much I despise Dutch nationalism and orange, I'm still benefiting from that awful history in many ways. One of those ways: having a powerful passport . Melaka was a stimulating city to visit. Here in this ruined church are gravestone slabs with old Dutch writing. And there was virtually no one around . Not having other tourists around is something I benefit from, but makes others suffer. During this pandemic, many people have lost income or jobs from the lack of tourists visiting the city's UNESCO sites . {Cue happy note to end this post on} . #Melaka #melakatrip #melakacity #melakamalaysia #homestaymelaka #melakaunescoworldheritagecity #melakariver #melakafood #unesco #straitofmalacca #visitmelaka #malaysia #ig_melaka #ig_malaysia$

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Pulau Tikus, Penang, Malaysia 💕 Geotagging this

Ipoh, Malaysia 💕 This is the most beautiful tem

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