Singapore may be a bit squeaky clean for some. There is a rumor that when everybody's asleep at night, they dust the place. Playing the tourist may also be off-putting to travelers these days, who prefer to spend as much time as possible among the natives, absorbing the true culture and lifestyle of their destination. But there are times when no...

Introduction: Singapore, an island-state in Southeast Asia, was founded as a British trading colony in 1819 which joined Malaysia in 1963, but withdrew two years later and became independent. Now it is one of the world's most prosperous countries, with strong international trading links (its port is one of the worlds busiest) and with per capita...

<By Jay> Hello !! Nous voici depuis 24 heures chez Seb a Singapour, ou une nouvelle participante au voyage nous a rejoint : ma carte visa !! Trop cool, on ne va pas devoir se taper l'Australie en stop !! Apres ces premieres 24 heures, je ne saurais dire si Singapour est sympa, on n'a pas encore bouge les fesses. Et pour cause, il y a un ca...

We are quite back-logged with our travel blogs and we apologize to all of you. We have no excuse except that we are having the time of our lives and it is hard to sometimes face reality and get on the Internet. With checking email comes some reality and we just want to keep traveling. We may not come back.. Our days consist of deciding when to w...

Not quite sure why I thought it was a good idea to stay up until 4:30am updating the blog and photos, but that's what I did last night/this morning. As a consequence I was extremely tired even with a 10am lie-in, but didn't get much sympathy from Katie, as you can probably imagine ! Fortunately today was cloudy, otherwise I probably would have b...

Kuala Lumpur and Singapore: The taste of Southeast Asia. First stop after the chilly (acc. to Oxford English Dictionary: cold, relaxed and spicy) Cameron Highlands was Kuala Lumpur by bus. We stayed smack in the middle of Chinatown at a chinese budget hotel called Lee Mun's. Ah Hong, the good-natured proprietor is seriously addicted to newspaper...

Second day of my GAP year, or maybe the third depending on how you look at it!! Today I went to Sentosa Island which was a military outpost during WWII. This was the day where I learned about Singapore's history. In short how the English commander had to surrender to the Japanese then the Japanese surrendering to the American and everything in b...

Made it out of India into Singapore. First impressions were excllent. Very friendly. Just need a bigger bank balance!

Hong Kong has a state-of-the-art public transport system that enables us to get to the airport quickly for our morning flight to Singapore. We enjoy the feeling of space in the cavernous airport lounges of Chep Lap Kok which is in stark contrast to most people's living spaces in Hong Kong. The flight is smooth one, albeit that the food on Cathay...

I arrived Singapore via Batam. After check-in at Tropical Hotel, Chinatown, I visited my auntie at Jl. Daud, Kembangan MRT. From Kembangan, we went shopping along Orchard Road