In Malaysia, my way of trying a juice was to put my finger on a name and ask for it. I refused to see a dictionary for its meaning or ask somebody who knew English. I wanted to know them by taste.
At times it resulted in disastrous distasteful situations but I was also glad that I could pick up some names. Also, I paid attention when they pronounced the names.
I have tried each one of these and a few more which are not mentioned in this list. My favourite was …

The Cheng Hoon Teng Temple, located at the heart of Malacca Chinatown, is a premier historical monument that has survived the ravages of time. It is the oldest functioning Chinese temple in Malaysia, founded in 1645.

You can read here Malacca Part I & Malacca Part II.

मंदिरों में भी लाल रंग की भरमार ?
मल्ल्क्का जाने पर सबसे पहले जिस पर नज़र जाती है, वो है लाल इमारतें | और साथ ही नज़र जाती है त्रिषा पर | जी हाँ त्रिषा | बहुत सारे

पिछली बार हमने शुरुआत की थी मल्ल्क्का से, अब आगे थोड़ा और जानते हैं |
हालाँकि कुआला लम्पुर से मल्ल्क्का अधिक दूर नहीं है, फिर भी मल्ल्क्का का अपना हवाई अड्डा है | हवाई जहाज़ के अलावा कुआला लम्पुर से मल्ल्क्का जाने के लिए सबसे सरल रास्ता है कार या टूरिस्ट बस द्वारा North-South Expressway होते हुए जाना | यह मलयेशिया की सबसे लम्बी expressway  है जो उत्तर में थाईलैंड और दक्षिण में सिंगापुर तक जाती है | ज़ाहिर बात है, सड़क पर गाड़ी मक्खन की तरह भागती है |
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As some of you know, besides regular posts here, I am also writing some posts in Hindi for Ghumakkar. And it’s been a different experience.
Since I have started getting requests and queries in & for Hindi, I plan to post some here as well.
I will also try to translate a few posts from archives for my Hindi readers. So to start with, here is my first post in Hindi on Malacca, a slightly different version was published on Ghumakkar. Read on if you can, it is different from my …

Inspired by London Eye, Eye On Malaysia is a 60 meter tall, world’s largest portable observation wheel with 42 gondolas, situated at Kota Laksamana near the mouth of Melaka River.

This is how it looks on a bright day
In just 12 minutes ride of 4 rounds, you

This famous private museum is one of the main attractions of Malacca.
This museum illustrates how rich and affluent Chinese merchants came here and settled down. The first merchant married a local Malay girl and thus they became the first couple of this dynasty and so the name of this museum.
Baba = boy
Nyonya = girl

At the entrance
Housed in