Steeped in sea-trading history....hub of the Straits of Malacca. Established by Malay Sultan with commercial ties to China...inviting many of them to settle and trade in the port (..Chinese temple and graveyard). Succession of European rulers...Portuguese (small colony of descendants still there!), Dutch and finally the British who then shifted this commercial hub to their new city of Singapore, early 19th Century. Later, Savoring the pungent durian fruit...definitely a... sensory experience.
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