Putrajaya City

 Putrajaya é uma cidade planejada, comecou a ser construida em 1995 e o termino está planejada para 2020. É uma cidade anexada a Kuala Lumpur, ela fica 25km da capital, e sedia a administracão federal, ministérios, etc. Será uma nova Brasília.

  A arquitetura das construcões é uma miscigenacão de culturas, ou seja, em um mesmo prédio você consegue encontrar elementos europeus, chineses, arabes, australianos e malaios.

 Essa é uma ponte de Monorail desativada, pois os custos estavam elevados e não há necessidade de utilizar esse meio de transporte, pois poucas pessoas habitam a cidade. Existe toda uma instalacão de metrô no subsolo da cidade inteira, também desativada. Assim que for necessário eles ativarao.( Essa ponte faz referencia a arquitetura australiana).

De acordo com o guia da cidade esta ponte é a mais maravilhosa. Como todo o resto tem uma mistura de arquitetura, o desenho ''bruto'' dela lembra a construcoes francesas, os pilares, a cor amarelada com detalhes dourados. E as '' cordas'' de cimento penduradas ao longo da ponte pertence a cultura malaia.

Uma imagem em cima da ponte :

 

Aqui temos a Mesquita de Putrajaya, no interior o chão é forrado por um tapete(carpete) e é bem iluminado, aberto, portas de vidro nas laterais. Só os homens podem rezar lá dentro e os turistas tem que colocar um ''roupão'' recobrindo do corpo inteiro e a cabeca com um capuz. 

  

 A cidade é verde, toda arborizada. Há jarrdins e parques no meio dos arranha-céus e vasos com flores ao longo das avenidas e pontes.

Essa avenida é a principal que corta a cidade. tanto do lado esquerdo quanto direito antes de atravesar a ponte pode se observar o ''verde'', nao aparenta ter muitas arvores, realmente não tem, mas está repleto de mudas!  

Heritage City - Melaka

Melaka city was colonized by Portuguese, Chinise, Dutch and English. You know, it was a major port of spice-route and  it was growing to a world wide trade center.

When Melaka was conquered by Portuguese, They build a fort named '' A Famosa'', which literally translates to "The Famous". Inside this fortress, there was a meeting room for the Portuguese council, few churches and a castle. Almost every thing ''disappeared'', the only thing time left behind was the ''Porta de Santiago ''.  "Porta de Santiago"  it's Famosa's gate. This monument is under protection of UNESCO.
( Sorry guys! I was unable to take nice pictures these days due to the rainy days and I didn't want to ruin the camera! )

 On the top of the hill, the Portuguese Capitan build a chapel. The first name was '' Our Lady of the Hill'',  but when the Dutch came to Melaka they started burying their noble dead on this chapel. Consequently, they changed the name to '' St. Paul' Church''. I think the following quote defines the place very well: ''It's built by the Portuguese,  Dutch are buried in it, and named by the English! '' -  (http://www.malaysiasite.nl/malaccaeng.htm)

After visiting the European side of the heritage city, it was time to checkout some Asian culture. I walked through Jonker Walk street which is the main street of Melaka's Chinatown. My mom and I also stayed over a Chinese hotel the hosts were friendly and the place was comfortable, nothing fancy. We were there to explore and not to sleep all day anyways! We had breakfast at the Geographer's Bar.

In the neighborhood there was a diverse range of chinise, muslim and hindu temples. Since Chinese new year was just around the corner, the whole Chinatown was decorated.

 

As a colonial Portuguese city, there are churches in the town. This one is located on the main square of the heritage neighborhood. 

Church of St. FrancisXavier

It's also common to take a night river cruiser that lasts about 30 min. At night, there are a lot of lights along the river, so its very charming.

 Under the rain, I took a walk along the river and for a second I felt like I were somewhere in Europe. - January, 2011