Touchdown rainy Singapore. Touchdown the Year of the Dragon. The eve prior, people around the world rang in the Lunar New Year whilst I packed for a week-long child-free holiday — a first since giving birth to my youngest. I arrived in the Lion City with only a handbag and a teeny backpack, oddly feeling…
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6 Fun Things You Can Do at Resorts World Sentosa
Off the southern coast of Singapore lies the 49-hectare Resorts World Sentosa (RWS). This integrated resort is home to a variety of dining and entertainment hubs – a visit to which is guaranteed to make even the briefest of stays in the port city-state worthwhile. Beyond trying your luck at its world-class casino, here are…
16 Snaps of 2016 (Yes, This Is A Yearend Post)
Star Cruises’ Superstar Gemini Review (Or, Dear Robin Leach, Cruise Ship Traveling Isn’t Just for the Rich and Groovy Retirees)
Notwithstanding sans a honeymoon mate, I walked towards the gigantic ship bootlegging the swag of Mark Renton at the end of Trainspotting. Only this time, I am Ship-spotting. Unflappably sliding my feet over the smooth carpet of the hallway of Harbour Front in Singapore, I silently declaimed my own version of the film’s famous quote….
Naumi Liora, Singapore: Chinatown Charm
After an eight-hour intercontinental flight and a frantic search for a carry on bag which me mum left in the overhead compartment of our plane from Australia, we stumbled into Naumi Liora’s doors looking mighty frazzled. Henny the receptionist, who was prompt in greeting us outside the entrance, was on our heels — toting our…
Fond Farewell To Pre-School Nomadism
33 countries under her teeny crocheted belt. Some people think that, for her age, it ain’t nothing but a number. Sure, she can’t remember all the country names (and never correctly pronounced most of them). She can’t remember the tens of airports she passed through (though the memory lingers briefly for she’s got a photographic…
Singapore Hotels: J8 Hotel
“A balcony?!” That pretty much sealed the deal. There had been much deliberation between me and the sis over where to stay in Singapore on her 30th. “Splurge”, we said with conviction. But at the last minute realized that our stingy arses could only agree on a mid-range one. That wall!” The decision to bunk…
2013 Year-Ender: When Travel Turned Into A Black Hole
And I got sucked in. In 2012, we were armed with all sorts of excuses: Extended honeymoon stage. A break from the mundane. Discounted airfares for tots. “Still saving up for a house (and/or still haven’t decided where to buy)“. Backpacking while young. Living in the now… The list went on and echoed through the…
2012 Year-Ender/World-Ender
Ahhh… 2012. You are an ebullient homage to wanderlust. Frankly, I am quite obsessed with your ruffled months. In fact it’s almost midnight and amid that end-of-the-world hullabaloo, here I am fondly sewing a patchwork of idyllic imagery to commemorate your flamboyance and purport. Now this may seem like a pathetic way of exiting the…
280 RTW Days… And Why We’re Home So Soon.
“Other things may change us, but we start and end with the family.” ~ Anthony BrandtIt ended sooner than expected. Then again, who’s really counting the days? Not us (but that counter on my sidebar is). And I bet my stenchy goat leather wallet from Morocco that you guys aren’t counting either. You most definitely…