Malacca

- Today Malacca or Melaka is a big Malaysian town,

several hundred years ago Malacca was a metropolis during the time when the Portuguese and other started to discover the new worlds.

In 1511, Alfonso de Albuquerque a Portuguese adventurer who ruled Portuguese India, around today Goa, came to conquer Malacca with 1000 men and 14 ships, after some fighting he took the city and the local Sultan who had a army of about 20.000 men for defense, fled.

Today its a fantastic truly Asian ambience at the Indian Ocean with a colonial past, the past is still relevant. This earlier Asian Metropolis and its inhabitants - from the colorful colonial legacy has grown into a impressive modern town. The old town of Malacca is an impressive display of the wealth of former colonies. At the center, with a panoramic views people sips on cocktail in Islam dominates Malaysia's where to the local people it is forbidden to consume alcohol, but many do it anyway since for many this is really nothing more than harassment of free people who are really old enough to know what is good for them.

Malacca is just about half way between Singapore and Kuala Lumpur Malaysia and is good connected for a Malaysia travel tour, by car, train and bus, buses is quite cheap. From Kuala Lumpur to the north is a good 4 lane toll way connecting Malaysia to Thailand via Ipoh and Penang, actually its Butterworth since Penang is the Island off Butterworth connected by a the great Penang Bridge.