Three nights in KL were all right, but it was time to hit the road again. And this time my destination has been one of the jewels of the journey. Malacca, probably the town in this region with the richest colonial history.
An important trading post between Africa and the Indian subcontinent on one side and China on the other, and being part of the lands of the spices, it has been in the center of many historical developments in this region. Having had some brief comercial contact witrh the Spanish and then having been colonised by the Portuguese, later colonised by the Dutch , followed by the British, then the Japanese during WWII and the British again afterwards. Only with the independence of the Malay state, 50 years ago, they managed to start their own life (more or less). ;-)
In an case, all this succession of influences and colonizers have left a rich footprint in the architecture (and gastronomy) of this town. It's time to explore it....
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