Melaka, Malacca, Malakka - Alien invasion (past and present!)

After the great wildlife encounter at Taman Negara NP I went down south to Malacca (there are a hundred ways of spelling it).
Malacca is a very nice city with a lot of cultural heritage sites, which I did enjoy visiting but the main reason for me going to Malacca was because I wanted to visit a special exhibition. So the full 1 1/2 days I had time in Malacca I wondered around the city centers main sites, catched up on my blog's entries and visited the international exhibition "The Science of Aliens" (http://www.aliens.com.my).
To better understand this blog's title Malacca has been under the influence of Portuguese, Dutch and British settlers throughout history. So the colonial buildings you can see are from different historical areas and there is even a small group of people that still speak "Christao" a 16th/17th century Portuguese dialect.
But the main highlight of this trip to Malacca was actually the exhibition on aliens. But to not entirely get this wrong, this exhibition does only talk about aliens in outer space but also about aliens (alienated animals) on planet earth, e.g. the animals that life in the very deap sea. It was very fascinating to see all this information on the other planets in our solar system and the likelihood of actually not being alone, or the only planet with living beings.

Right now I am in Singapore waiting for my flight (and I can't wait anymore!!). To be honest Singapore is like any new big city (high skyscrapers, shopping malls and entertainment parks). It is sufficient to stay there for 1 full day, after that I would be bored. Tomorrow I am off to Bali for 5 days diving and then to Java for the rest of my trip. So I might not be able to continue my blog for some time as I don't know if I will be able to get online while diving.