Good People
Travel Blogs from Singapore
Day 1
... cooking out of the smallest delis/kitchens ever. The markets were incredible with sellers swinging massive knives which looked more like machettes to slice the fruit and fresh fish. I didn't know what half the fruit was, and the bananas were bigger than my arm.
We saw a couple of crazy looking temples and synagogs being worshipped at, ...
Cool Day
... Steve Romano, you missed a great time!) Because I told him to, Rory pulls out a long iron and carves it between the trees. Great scot - What a shot! He knocks it 7 feet from the cup and a few minutes later I watch him drain the eagle putt. The golf course was quite nice. Well-contoured with beautiful contemporary homes, it's set against a hill on one side and then the port of Singapore with busy container ships and huge loading cranes on the other. It made ...
5 Lessons From Our South America Adventure
... we applied on ourselves and were biting us through our clothes. Or the feeling of sea-sickness on the Galaxy cruise as it rocked back and forth in the choppy waters of the Pacific Ocean. But whatever it was - we made it through all of that more or less unscathed. We were surprised at how much punishment our bodies could take. Lesson 5: It's OK to just go with the flow sometimes This trip was a departure from the usual vacations we've been on in the past. Other than ...
One united people, regardless of race, language.
... Singapore seems to take this once step further, building on its historic importance as a trading route, it adds wealth and yet retains cultural charm. A plaque in the National Museum of Singapore reads:
"We, the citizens of Singapore, pledge ourselves as one united people, regardless of race, language or religion, to build a democratic society based on justice and equality so as to achieve happiness, prosperity and progress of nation."
People in every city ...
Singapore
... from me, even though it’s not beer, it had the word BEER on it
I felt sorry for a German bloke and some other bloke, the German had his cigarettes taken off him and this other bloke lost 2 bottles of Johnny Walker Black label whisky, they don’t allow any so called duty free into the place (even though tax had been paid in the country you bought it, they want you to pay any Singapore tax which is a lot more than most places) it was confiscated, ...