Melaka

Malaysia is part of the British Commonwealth (this was new for me), and everybody speaks English, besides Bahasa Malay, which is similar to Bahasa Indonesia. The ethnic minorities speak Chinese and  (mostly) Tamil or Hindi. Global culture again and again. As you may know, European traders came long time ago and settled down in Asia. An example of this is Melaka, which was a Portuguese, a Dutch and later a British colony and now it looks like a puzzle of architecture and cultures. You see a Chinese temple, besides an Indian one, a catholic Church, a mosque, all in about ten minutes walk. It is a nice city close to the sea, small and cozy. I had the best noodle soup in my life in a tiny Chinese restaurant, which made me not forget that place, just for the taste of the noodles.