For us food plays a big part in the whole travel experience – new tastes, textures and flavours add to the backstory of where you are in the world. Chopsticks and robots serving meals always bring that element of added danger too… In Kuala Lumpur we bedded ourselves in gently, rice and noodle dishes at the Jalan Alor food market, the longest of its type … Continue reading When in Rome…
The final place to visit on our ‘to do’ list, just three stations along from our accommodation on the North East line. As soon as we left the Little India station it was as if we had been transported to the Indian subcontinent, shops selling flower garlands, aromatic spices, pots and pans plus all manner of fruits and vegetables that we struggle to identify. And … Continue reading Little India, Singapore
… or as it translates ox-cart water or even bullock-cart, named after the popular way of transporting water around back then. If you visit today it is hard to imagine that Chinatown was once on the coast, little boats stopping at wooden quays and stilt houses dotted along what is now Telok Ayer street. What is now one of the most colourful areas of Singapore … Continue reading Chinatown…
We visited here under strict instructions from a friend back home, as a child his Dad was stationed in Singapore and this place was a regular day out. In the days when he visited it was called Tiger Balm Gardens and some of the grotesque and weird images have always remained with him. Haw Par Villa is the creation and legacy that was left by … Continue reading Haw Par Villa
Stamford Raffles crammed a lot into his short life, born aboard a ship off the coast of Jamaica he made his name in South East Asia. Singapore is synonymously associated with his name, be that through the Raffles hotel or the Singapore Sling cocktail that was famously created there. This modern city has something for everyone, modern street art, museums, history and food combinations from … Continue reading Singapore…
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