A Weekend in Singapore With budget flights to Singapore from around southeast Asia, a weekend in Singapore is a realistic travel plan from Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, and beyond. The city is known for its fabulous food and plenty of attractions for visitors. Although it consistently ranks near the top of world’s most expensive cities, if …
Introducing: the Singapore Hawker Center Let’s take it back to the mid 1800’s. Singapore was a scrappy, busy, port with loads of laborers from China called coolies. They mostly loaded and unload ships at the docks. No surprise these men were here alone, either single or far away from their families. Many of them lived …
I recently met up with Singaporean blogger Eunice Khong, and it reminded me of how little I actually know about Singapore and its citizens. It also made me aware of how little the world knows about Singapore. We see the media reporting about what an oddity Singapore is and all the attention it gets for …
By Stephen Bugno I am definitely not a mall person. You might even be able to classify me as a mall hater. Here are five reasons I didn’t fight malls when I visited Singapore. 5) A National Obsession To understand Singapore without eating at or entering a mall is like trying to understand Ireland without …
One of the most lively and interesting places in Singapore is Little India. Vastly different from the rest of the island, Little India is a neighborhood of shops spilling onto the sidewalks. Saris, flowers, CDs, trinkets, spices, vegetables are all being sold. Not only are the colors striking, but so are the sights and smells. …
