Melacca The Historic State

Present-day Melaka reflects its tumultuous history - a multi-racial population of Malays, Indians, and Chinese call this historic city home. Most notably, Peranakan and Portuguese communities still thrive in Melaka, a reminder of the state's long experience with trading and colonization.

Melaka's founder, the ex-pirate Prince Parameswara, was said to be a descendant of Alexander the Great, but it's more likely that he was a Hindu political refugee from Sumatra.

According to legend, the Prince was resting one day under an Indian gooseberry tree (also known as a melaka). As he watched one of his hunting dogs trying to bring down a mouse deer, it occurred to him that the deer shared a similar plight to his own: alone, exiled in a foreign land and surrounded by enemies. The mouse deer then achieved the improbable and fought off the dog.

Parameswara decided that the place where he was sitting was a propitious one for the disadvantaged to triumph, so decided to build a house on the spot.

Malacca did indeed turn out to be a favorable place to found a town, due to its sheltered harbor, its abundant water supply and its prime location relative to the regional trade and monsoon wind patterns.

5/23/2013

The Taman Buaya Melaka (Melacca Crocodile Park) :)

Taman Buaya & Rekreasi Melaka (Melacca Crocodile Park), a sprawling 3.5 hectare park, housed on reserved forest land has been in operation since July 1987. Taman Buaya & Rekreasi Melaka Sdn Bhd (Melaka Crocodile Park) has about 100 species of crocodiles from around the world such as African Dwarf, Siamese, Indian Mugger, Hunchback and many more and they are kept in an atmosphere that is almost equal to their habitat.


Taman Buaya & Rekreasi Melaka (Melacca Crocodile Park) are now having a new attractions; Malaysia In Miniature which was build with 13 replica of historical monument as a symbolic of 13 famous attractions in Malaysia. Now visitor will impress with the beautiful scenery of walkthrough Aviary Bird Park and various species of reptiles at Reptile’s House. The latest attraction at Taman Buaya & Rekreasi Melaka Sdn Bhd (Melaka Crocodile Park) is the Water Playground. Open to all, and it has an area of 6000 square feet and a depth of between 1.5” and 2.5”. Other attraction in this park includes a fun ride, fun games, haunted house and Trains Ride into Jurassic World.


Visit time: 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM


Ticket price: ADULT: RM 5.00
                     KIDS: RM 3.00

For further information you can refer to this : Taman Buaya Melaka Sdn. Bhd.
                                                                          Pusat Pelancongan Air Keroh
                                                                          75450 Melaka
                                                                          Tel: +606 232 2349


That's the crocodile statue right front of the entrance :)

 
 
In the Crocodile farm, you can experience the Ghost House! It is really scary as u can see the pictures above. per entry cost RM 3.00


 So that's the crocodile. It's really scary if you see the crocodile is moving.  But most of the time they will rest and will not move. The farm was quite smelly and hot plus the crocodiles just love to sleep :)


 This young boy is actually working in the crocodile farm. He said that he have been working here for quite sometime and he have to be very careful when he is about to make the crocodile move. He also said that we cant be dreaming while you are in the farm as could be very dangerous. There they have
  • 115 nos of crocodiles
  • 4 spesies of crocodiles & 1 species of alligator


And that's me taking some pictures with the crocodiles! :D


 These crocodiles were actually fighting in the farm! We get to see the way they fight and it was really scary! Their mouth was bleeding and they were in pain. But somehow the farm keeper came and calm them down by making them go farm from each other.


 
Say hello to crocodile Haris! This crocodile is kept alone because he just love to fight and very firece! They said that he can eat 4 chickens at a time and sometimes even 11 chickens at a time! How cool is that! :D


In the farm there is even this beautiful creature! The peacock! They are simply beautiful when they open their wings. The colors are amazing especially the turquoise color on their body! 

 

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This is the baby crocodile. He is 3 years old! :)


And this is crocodile's egg! It looks kind of big and heavy too!


 Say hello to parrots! Parrots, also known as psittacines, are birds of the roughly 372 species in 86 genera that make up the order Psittaciformes, found in most tropical and subtropical regions.


The turtle is huge as u can see the picture above. And there is a small baby turtle with it. The big turtle is actually kept from many years ago till now.
  


These are the Malaysian Miniature:
  • 13 replica of historical monument in Malaysia.
  • Keris, A Famosa, Stadthyus, Building of Parliament, Building of Perdana Putra ( Federal Government Administrative Centre ), Palace of Justice, Sepang F 1 Circuit, Rafflesia Flower, National Monument, National Mosque, Petronas Twin Tower, KL Tower and Penang Bridge.
  • It was build to create awareness of patriotism among Malaysia Citizen.

These architecture to show visitors all the beautiful and important buildings we have here in Malaysia. This is a good experience to know more about Malaysia and the history hence you will love to visit more places here! :)
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