The Canals of Malacca

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Malacca is built on an old network of canals and a river.  Long ago, Portuguese, then Dutch, and later British ships plied the waterways picking up and dropping off cargo.

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Now the only real river traffic is a fleet of tourist boats that zip up and down the waterways.

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New construction near the beach.

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Workers under a bridge sitting on a barge.

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