Melaka Tourist Central

It’s the town square. I sat there quite a bit during my stay in Melaka. The reason why I sat there quite a bit was the large number of Japanese and Chinese tourists who came like invading armies, armed with the best in photo equipment, nice clothes and fistfuls of yen and yuan. The tourists were great. Typically between the ages of 30 and 50, mostly couples, always in groups, they sometimes rented whole herds of the trishaws that were parked around the town square for the purpose of taking them on a one-hour tour of the UNESCO heritage area. They often took off from the square in groups of ten or more. I love a good parade.