The historic centre of Malacca is compact and easy to get around on foot. The only obstacle is the merciless heat.
St. Paul's Church, high on the hill of Bukit St. Paul, picks up what few breezes waft in from the Straits of Malacca. St. Francis Xavier was briefly buried here before being removed to Goa, and a slab in centre of the floor reports another cosmopolitan connection:
Here was a colonial crossroads for the living and the dead alike.
