Singapore left me with the impression of a futuristic city, clean, modern, well planned and organized, maybe not every part to be sure, but lots of it.

We hopped on a bus, bid farewell and several hours later stepped back in time in the historic city of Malacca.

We stayed in an antiques filled hotel in the old china town part of the city.  Between the old style buildings, the cafe we found that looked like something from the 30s, to the antique shops we browsed with their dust covered treasures it felt like we’d been transported to a time long ago.

When we did venture out of our ‘past bubble’ we found a mall complete with ATMs and all the modern conveniences but it was more fun exploring the old ruins of a leftover Portuguese fortress complete with resident cats.

We discovered some interesting new foods too, Rojak which was cut up fruit and veggies with a marvellous dip (no idea what’s in it) and pineapple tarts….I was going to take a picture but we ate them all!