Is Malacca part of Europe or Asia? I'm confused!

Today I’m in south western Malaysia to visit the beautiful port town of Malacca (Melaka). Melaka is known for its unique east and west history. It has had historical affiliations with the Portugese, Dutch, and English during its rise as a commercial centre of trade. These days it still is a popular trading hub but increasingly known as a famous tourist destination. Join me on this journey of Melaka and don’t forget to subscribe for more exciting Hussmeister adventures. If you have any questions about my Malaysia vlog, please comment below and I will get back to you. Enjoy! #malacca #melaka
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Site locations -
📍Melaka: maps.app.goo.gl/wTj41WrZsHW9D...
📍Red Square: maps.app.goo.gl/61MFd3xs5vaU2...
📍Church of St. Paul: maps.app.goo.gl/PGmWpLkJcCpU5...
📍A Famosa Fort: maps.app.goo.gl/zStfYr2PTC1Qh...
📍Melaka Straits: maps.app.goo.gl/dvyGEMjZ1moTm...
📍Jonker Walk: maps.app.goo.gl/DCk53GRYcqHYJ...
📍Cheng Hoon Teng Temple: maps.app.goo.gl/yCfDuzKRspmLH...
📍Melaka River Cruise: maps.app.goo.gl/iKwKbouv6DJME...
📍Church of St. Peter: maps.app.goo.gl/yCDrRGHj9ZvU6...
Chapters -
0:00 Introduction
1:50 Red Square
3:35 Church of St. Paul
4:22 A Famosa Fort
6:00 Melaka Straits
6:18 Jonker Walk
6:55 Cheng Hoon Teng Temple
8:51 Melaka River Cruise
14:20 Portugese Tarts
15:31 Church of St. Peter
Music credits -
Track title: Positive Fuse
Artist: French Fuse
Link: / @frenchfuse
About me - Hi I'm Sam from Melbourne, Australia. I grew tired of working 9-5, packed my bag and started to travel more to see the world. I've always loved traveling, experiencing new cultures and customs and meeting new people! The difference this time is that I have decided to document all of my interactions so when I'm older, I can re-live my memories. Memories are forever. Subscribe to follow me on my travels. If you have any questions about this video please comment below.
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Пікірлер: 83

  • @hussmeister
    @hussmeisterАй бұрын

    ❤Thank you for watching my Malacca (Melaka) vlog. ❤Please subscribe, help me reach 5,000 subscribers. ❤Don't forget to watch my Batu Caves video: kzread.info/dash/bejne/n4BrqMmRe5eukbw.html

  • @ricardofreitas7956
    @ricardofreitas7956Ай бұрын

    Loved the video - feel privileged to have been part of the video and I can assure you @hussmeister did an incredible job summarising the day trip! Follow his other content, you can be sure he will point out the highlights of all his visits.

  • @hussmeister

    @hussmeister

    Ай бұрын

    Hello brother 👋🏼 we had a great day and thank you for featuring in the video including your expert Portugese tart advice ☺️👏🏼

  • @user-my8oy6vz2q
    @user-my8oy6vz2qАй бұрын

    Malacca at a glance seems like a Carribean town. I never knew that a Malaysian city looked like this. Thanks for the nice vlog

  • @hussmeister

    @hussmeister

    Ай бұрын

    Hello friend 👋🏼 the world is an amazing place ☺️

  • @sergehussey
    @sergehusseyАй бұрын

    Amazing vlog! Melaka is so beautiful. You have captured it very well 👏🏼

  • @hussmeister

    @hussmeister

    Ай бұрын

    Thank you my friend. Melaka is always a great travel destination with alot to capture and showcase ☺️

  • @keon79
    @keon79Ай бұрын

    It is good to have an honest review of Portuguese Tart by a Portuguese himself.. Haha

  • @hussmeister

    @hussmeister

    Ай бұрын

    Hrllo friend 👋🏼 you ask a very good question 😂 I did remind him that this is a Melaka style Portugese Tart and it could be different 😂

  • @NorAzahMoin
    @NorAzahMoinАй бұрын

    It's beautiful at night n cooler too.

  • @hussmeister

    @hussmeister

    Ай бұрын

    Hrllo friend 👋🏼 yes I definitely agree with you 😊

  • @jasonbonnici7481
    @jasonbonnici7481Ай бұрын

    I loved this video & I love Malacca. Keep up the good work. Love watching your videos.

  • @hussmeister

    @hussmeister

    Ай бұрын

    Thank you my friend ☺️ I’m glad you are enjoying the videos and hopefully it inspires to visit these places also

  • @mylahbarreto5265
    @mylahbarreto5265Ай бұрын

    Interesting place!

  • @hussmeister

    @hussmeister

    Ай бұрын

    Great getaway from the big smoke in KL and I even managed to keep the camera away from being too close from my mouth today ☺️

  • @mylahbarreto5265

    @mylahbarreto5265

    Ай бұрын

    @@hussmeister 😂

  • @antruok4950
    @antruok4950Ай бұрын

    I also spent one day there many moons ago - it’s definitely a beautiful area with many influences - very enjoyable watch ✔️👌👍🙏

  • @hussmeister

    @hussmeister

    Ай бұрын

    Howdy signor 👋🏼 glad you enjoyed the video. Maybe it’s time to go back there at some stage to see what’s changed? ☺️

  • @antruok4950

    @antruok4950

    Ай бұрын

    @@hussmeister True Some nice rain today in Nha Trang

  • @hussmeister

    @hussmeister

    Ай бұрын

    @@antruok4950 enjoy the rain and the views 👍🏼

  • @nickloong
    @nickloongАй бұрын

    You should have made it a 3-day trip as there's so much to explore in Melaka. The ancient city looks even more beautiful at night when its lit up!😊

  • @hussmeister

    @hussmeister

    Ай бұрын

    Hello my friend 👋🏼 Yes you have a good point. Only one problem for me. I was in Melaka 6 months before for three days ☺️ But yes, if anybody reads this, make sure you stay for longer.

  • @azizuladha8201
    @azizuladha8201Ай бұрын

    You deliver those historical facts with accuracy 👌🏻 you sure did your homework very well before making this video. Keep up the good work.

  • @hussmeister

    @hussmeister

    Ай бұрын

    Hello my friend 👋🏼 thank you for the kind words. Yes I do read about the locations I visit. I’ve always had a passion for history, geography and politics. ☺️

  • @TCAUSTRALIA
    @TCAUSTRALIAАй бұрын

    The Chinese temple with three religions is interesting. Maybe other places may want to consider sharing their premises with other religions. It portrays great tolerance

  • @hussmeister

    @hussmeister

    Ай бұрын

    Howdy friend 👋🏼 Great idea in theory ☺️

  • @kyleanuar9090
    @kyleanuar90902 күн бұрын

    It's unthinkable Malacca used to be so rich and known by every sailor as it's the world's most important port and the language for all sailors to communicate. The European church wanted to steal the thousands of tonnes of gold from the kingdom and sent the Portuguese to invade and they did get some ship full of gold however those just left by the king to steer them from chasing the golds divided by five entourage to hide in four corners of the peninsula. The king was prepared as he had a dream beforehand warning him of the invasion.

  • @JimySlow-wq9bw
    @JimySlow-wq9bwАй бұрын

    Cantiknya kota melakka beautiful view landscape city in mallacca hope always in good condition good healty when you travel in every place-country you visit & dont forget to try authentic ice cendol mallacca (if you like sweet you will like it ice cendoll) salam ❤ menyapa from jkrta

  • @hussmeister

    @hussmeister

    Ай бұрын

    Terima kasih brother for your kind words. Yes I will try the cendol ☺️Salam to you and lovely Jakarta 👍🏼

  • @keangwooichoo6138
    @keangwooichoo6138Ай бұрын

    The sad thing is the british destroyed most of the fort. Except one of the main gate. Luckily the governor of singapore stopped the demolition. This is unlike sri Lanka where they kept the fort in galle

  • @hussmeister

    @hussmeister

    Ай бұрын

    Hello friend 👋🏼 Thanks for this great information. It’s unfortunate that alot of historical buildingsare slowly disappearing

  • @JohnIbrahim-nx2ri
    @JohnIbrahim-nx2riАй бұрын

    Nice work Sam! Do the locals prefer the name Melaka or Malacca?

  • @hussmeister

    @hussmeister

    Ай бұрын

    I prefer the Malay spelling of Melaka and I’d say the locals do too. I only use Malacca in the title for SEO purpose

  • @agip1787
    @agip178725 күн бұрын

    Actually there is a fort surrounding the area ....but its was blown by the british once they captured the city from the Portuguese...

  • @hussmeister

    @hussmeister

    25 күн бұрын

    Hello friend 👋🏼 yes that is right. Thank you for sharing that information 🙏🏽

  • @acerazak4087
    @acerazak4087Ай бұрын

    14:08 is that a monitor lizard? That was a huge lizard I thought it was a crocodile at first..FYI, there are wild crocs roaming around Melaka

  • @hussmeister

    @hussmeister

    Ай бұрын

    That’s right my friend 😂 There was actually two of them. I never knew they existed in Malaysia. Woahhhh wild crocodiles in Melaka? I haven’t seen one there

  • @acerazak4087

    @acerazak4087

    Ай бұрын

    @@hussmeister of coz tropical country there are plenty of them here mate, in tropical islands especially they are everywhere..and u are in Sabah rite now rite? There are many saltwater crocodile there

  • @hussmeister

    @hussmeister

    Ай бұрын

    @@acerazak4087 the locals in Sabah did tell me that there are crocodiles there in the rivers and sea. I didn’t see any. I was in Sabah before KL ☺️

  • @sharxM16

    @sharxM16

    Ай бұрын

    bukan buaya itu biawak air tidak bahaya cuma makan ikan

  • @acerazak4087

    @acerazak4087

    Ай бұрын

    @@sharxM16 iye la, sbb tu aku tulis monitor lizard ke tu? Aka biawak

  • @user-tl9wv6wu9h
    @user-tl9wv6wu9hАй бұрын

    Malaysia peninsula was hotspot dreamed by big colonisers once upon a time. Portuguese > Dutch > Britain > Japan > Britain

  • @hussmeister

    @hussmeister

    Ай бұрын

    Hello friend that’s right. It’s a very beautiful and strategic peninsula ☺️

  • @kimmie5861

    @kimmie5861

    Ай бұрын

    In the 60s and 70s, malaysian students went for tertiary education in US. They were asked, do you live on trees? This is how ignorantly, obliviously westerners are.

  • @keangwooichoo6138
    @keangwooichoo6138Ай бұрын

    No a large tree fell on the hand during a storm. I was around when it happened

  • @hussmeister

    @hussmeister

    Ай бұрын

    Really? That’s great information. My tour guide told me it was lightning. Either way it is ironic ☺️

  • @keangwooichoo6138
    @keangwooichoo6138Ай бұрын

    The church of st francis xavier is slightly tilted. Like italy's pisa

  • @hussmeister

    @hussmeister

    Ай бұрын

    Great information again thank you 🙏🏽

  • @sallehudinabdulmanan
    @sallehudinabdulmananАй бұрын

    Melaka is the Home for Panglima Awang, also known as Henry the Black or Enrique de Malacca, World's First Around the World from 1519 to 1522

  • @hussmeister

    @hussmeister

    Ай бұрын

    Hello friend 👋🏼 Thank you for that great information. Very informative ☺️

  • @user-pc5vz5pe8b
    @user-pc5vz5pe8bАй бұрын

    Crocs in the waterways 😱

  • @hussmeister

    @hussmeister

    Ай бұрын

    Mate…no need to be alarmed 😂

  • @user-pc5vz5pe8b
    @user-pc5vz5pe8bАй бұрын

    I have never been to Melaka but I have met a lot of malakas in my life. Are they from here?

  • @hussmeister

    @hussmeister

    Ай бұрын

    That’s a good question 😂

  • @kimmie5861

    @kimmie5861

    Ай бұрын

    Malacca is in the old map.

  • @shaifulmukhelas947
    @shaifulmukhelas94722 күн бұрын

    The statue is of Saint Francis Xavier, not St Paul. St Francis Xavier was a Jesuit who came to Malacca to spread the gospel during the Portuguese rule (1511-1641). When he died in China, his remains were brought back to Malacca and were buried in the church before the Portuguese moved it to Goa in the 1500s. His remains are still in Goa and incorrupted. But his severed hand is currently kept in the Vatican. That is why the marble statue lost one hand: a tree branch fell and broke the hand that was sent to the Vatican.

  • @hussmeister

    @hussmeister

    22 күн бұрын

    Hello friend 👋🏼 thank you yes we have already identified that correction about the name. There seems to be condlicting information about the hand. Some people say it was a tree and others say it was lightning. Either way it is a good story. Thanks for watching the video 🙏🏽☺️

  • @shaifulmukhelas947

    @shaifulmukhelas947

    22 күн бұрын

    You're welcome ❤️ yeah, I even heard the same thing, too - either a tree branch or a lightning. But I'm more convinced by the tree since the tree where the statue stood has been there 100s of years before the statue was erected. Anyway, if you had passed by the Pahlawan Mall before the A Famosa ruins, the mall was built on the original site of the first western hospital in Malacca. The Portuguese built two hospitals - Hospital dos Pobres for the poor folks and Hospital de Rei for the high-ranking officers, merchants and nobilities. Both were destroyed during the Dutch Siege in 1641. Across the mall is the Postal Museum. Before they built the Dutch, the site was a convent for Portuguese nuns and there was this urban legend about a young nun and a Portuguese soldier who would have their nightly tryst. When they found her pregnant, they bricked the nun alive in an outhouse and the soldier was executed. It is said that the pregnant Nun's ghost has been haunting the museum ever since.

  • @hussmeister

    @hussmeister

    22 күн бұрын

    @@shaifulmukhelas947 wow you sound like you really know your history about Melaka. All this is awesome information. I hope to explore Melaka more down the track on my return. Thanks for all the great info 🙏🏽☺️

  • @shaifulmukhelas947

    @shaifulmukhelas947

    22 күн бұрын

    @@hussmeister if you asked around, you'll find more stories that even the locals are unaware of - especially from the Portuguese period. If you were there on Good Friday, you could have witnessed the Senhor Morto procession where some members of the church that you just visited would carry a 500+ year old effigy of the dead Christ in a glass coffin around the city. They've been doing it since the 16th century. I was there in 2017 and it felt like I was in Brazil or Portugal.

  • @shaifulmukhelas947

    @shaifulmukhelas947

    22 күн бұрын

    @@hussmeister if you were in KL, there's one place you should check out. It is called the Lee Rubber building. It's an art deco building near the Petaling Street and used to house a big bookstore. During WW2, the Japanese Armed Forces police (Kempetai) used the building as their base for interrogation and torture. One of their victims was an Australian lady named Doris van Straaten. It was said that Doris was pushed to her death from the highest floor and to this day, no one knows how her remains were disposed. That is one mystery that only a handful folks in KL know.

  • @faizisa6190
    @faizisa6190Ай бұрын

    ohh you missed portugese sattlement

  • @hussmeister

    @hussmeister

    Ай бұрын

    Hello friend 👋🏼 yes I ran out of time. I have noted it down for next time ☺️

  • @jehanc
    @jehanc4 күн бұрын

    The British took over from the Dutch as a care taker but since they have to give this back when the Dutch sorted their problems in Europe and British reluctantly wanted to give this back to the Dutch and therefore they destroyed all the walls and left only this front door but later the Dutch change their mind and decided to exchange Melaka for a British colony with same size in Indonesia and eventually the British found themselves regret they destroyed the walls around the fort.

  • @hussmeister

    @hussmeister

    4 күн бұрын

    Hello friend 👋🏼 it’s such a shame. It would have been great to see the rest of the walls. Either way Melaka is still a beautiful place ☺️

  • @deedatfan6868
    @deedatfan6868Ай бұрын

    In Malacca you might be just imagine...you in originately "Capt. Jack Sparrow" places 😂....

  • @hussmeister

    @hussmeister

    Ай бұрын

    Hello friend 👋🏼 Yes it definitely feels that alot of history has happened here and maybe even some pirates 🏴‍☠️☺️ Thanks for watching ✌️

  • @deedatfan6868

    @deedatfan6868

    Ай бұрын

    @@hussmeister congratulations for you sir,...this "secret gems" if you has capacity...it hide at country you mention in your video...🤫🤭

  • @ZakariaZakaria-to1dz
    @ZakariaZakaria-to1dzАй бұрын

    U westerners once colonised my country....now u seems doesn't know where Malacca location is...? Asia or Europe?..I think it's in Africa.😂😅😊

  • @hussmeister

    @hussmeister

    Ай бұрын

    Hello friend 👋🏼 I promise I didn’t colonise your country. I was only born 40 years ago 😂

  • @nikhassan7713

    @nikhassan7713

    Ай бұрын

    @@hussmeister Haha, exactly. Your forefathers have been brought to a foreign continent of Australia hundreds of years a go and became a white colony which now either wannabe part of Asia or Europe.

  • @nofayusop82

    @nofayusop82

    Ай бұрын

    ​@@hussmeister hahahahaaa...nice answer 😆😆

  • @hanssolos3699
    @hanssolos36998 күн бұрын

    u is wrong! melaka was the famous city port favored by both dutch & portuguese merchants. the portuguese elements exist till today by their offsprings. so, one can say that melaka is pseudo european city.

  • @azizahabdullah1143
    @azizahabdullah1143Ай бұрын

    Thanks to you, I've learned the correct pronunciation of "jonker" (yonker) walk!

  • @hussmeister

    @hussmeister

    Ай бұрын

    Hello friend 👋🏼 I’m glad to be of assistance with the pronounciation ☺️

  • @TheMan-xp4cb
    @TheMan-xp4cbАй бұрын

    Its part of India

  • @hussmeister

    @hussmeister

    Ай бұрын

    Hello friend 👋🏼 i’m sure my passport stamp does not indicate that ☺️

  • @elangovan1592
    @elangovan159225 күн бұрын

    That is the statue of St Fransis Xavier NOT St Paul.

  • @hussmeister

    @hussmeister

    25 күн бұрын

    Thank you for the correction 🙏🏽

  • @kyleanuar9090
    @kyleanuar90902 күн бұрын

    It's unthinkable Malacca used to be so rich and known by every sailor as it's the world's most important port and the language for all sailors to communicate. The European church wanted to steal the thousands of tonnes of gold from the kingdom and sent the Portuguese to invade and they did get some ship full of gold however those just left by the king to steer them from chasing the golds divided by five entourage to hide in four corners of the peninsula. The king was prepared as he had a dream beforehand warning him of the invasion.

  • @hussmeister

    @hussmeister

    2 күн бұрын

    Hello friend 👋🏼 thank you for this great historical information 🙏🏽 Such a great place with a big history. I love Melaka ☺️