【17返馬】20170805。西馬 West M’sia (4) 馬六甲古城區 Malacca Old Town – Part 1

休息了一晚、在酒店用過自助早餐後,我們帶著兩老、開始遊馬六甲的古城區。馬六甲的歷史文化悠久,始於十四世紀末由拜里米蘇拉成立的滿剌加,先臣屬暹羅;十五世紀初,臣屬明朝、成為一國,與暹羅並列,因它的地理位置,滿剌加成了來自爪哇、印度、阿拉伯和明朝的商人停泊的貿易港口,及明朝鄭和的遠航船隊的前哨基地;1511年,葡萄牙佔領滿剌加,改稱馬六甲;1641年,荷蘭趕走葡萄牙、佔領了馬六甲;1824年,荷蘭把馬六甲割讓給英國;1957年,馬來亞獨立,馬六甲成其一州屬;1963年,馬來西亞成立(歷史可參考維基:點此)。馬六甲在歷經明朝和三個歐洲國家的管治和文化影響後,有了自己獨樹一支的多元文化特色,其中以結合華巫文化的娘惹美食最為矚目。2008年,馬六甲市被列為UNESCO世界文化遺產。我們參觀了A’Famosa堡壘、聖保羅山和教堂廢墟、荷蘭紅屋/馬六甲博物館(前身為市政廳Stadthuys)、馬六甲基督教堂,最後在雞場街街口的Hard Rock Cafe用了午餐即結束行程。這輯分享的是前半段至聖保羅教堂的照片。 After having buffet breakfast at hotel, we began our journey to visit this UNESCO world heritage site. Malacca City is the oldest Malaysian city on the Straits of Malacca. Malacca was established by Parameswara in 1396. In 15th and 16th century, Malacca was an important trading port of Arabs, Persians, Gujaratis, Tamils,…

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20180505。升級全幅機身 Canon 6D Mark II

玩相機燒錢,但燒自己的錢就不必顧忌太多。升級全幅是想了很久的事,應該說是當初從50D升70D就掙扎過。這次決定買全幅入門級的新王者Canon 6D Mark II,然後重新變回一機一鏡的模式,因為只剩下28-300mm這支鏡頭能用了。考慮這台機身,除了它的進階拍攝功能,主要是它的衛星定位(這樣就不必另外帶GPS Tracker,回來還得用軟件輯寫),還有28-300mm就搖身成了廣角變焦旅鏡,挺夠用了! Just upgrade my DSLR camera to full frame Canon 6D Mark II, together with the only lens 28-300mm that still fix to this body, this become my traveling partner in coming years. I consider this camera, not only for its advanced features for photography, but mainly due to its GPS…

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20180503。散步賞鳥 Pure birds

趁好天氣,在住家附近散步4.82km,純賞鳥去。此輯有骨頂雞(一家七口)、烏鶇、野鴨(媽媽+六個寶寶)、加拿大雁、黑水雞、鳳頭鸊鷉、埃及雁、大山雀、藍山雀。 With a nice weather, walk in neighborhood for 4.82km to shot birds’ pictures. These photos include Eurasian coot (a family of 7), common blackbird, wild duck (mum + 6 ducklings), Canada goose, common moorhen, great crested grebe, Egyptian goose, great tit, and blue tit.

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