I was lucky enough to have the company of a friend’s father yesterday who was able to fill me in on the remarkable history of Malacca. It was first settled (colonised take your pick) by the Chinese… …then the Portuguese… …then the Dutch… …and finally the British. That means the city is stunning… …full of tourists… …beautiful things… …sad things… ….remarkable things… …memories… …and to my eye… …weird things. I really enjoyed… ….wandering round… …and looking at all the remnants… …of a remarkable… ….and often… …bloody past… And this massive duck. No idea what this was about!