A sunrise seen through the darkness of a storm blowing in on to the northern coast of Singapore on 9 June 2013.
7.02 am
7.09 am
The Long and Winding Road
People, places, events, words and images that have left an impression on me along the long and winding road …
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Available now!
Featuring 160 ‘secret’ spots in Singapore, Secret Singapore is a guide on which I had the pleasure of working on with Heidi Sarna.
Secret Singapore has been among the best selling non-fiction titles in Singapore since its launch – not bad for a travel guide!
You can get them directly from me, or purchase them at:
- Booktique Where Writers Shop
- Books Kinokuniya
- Tango Mango
- Amazon.sg
- Book Depository
- Epigram Bookshop
Listen to a radio interview on Secret Singapore on Money FM 89.3 on 22 May 2021
GATHERING PLACES
Exploring the Chinese Community in Singapore
A Virtual "Tour" for Global Community Day 2021
20 Nov 2021
2-3 pm
More Information: https://www.gevme.com/page/gcs2021-programme-01
To Register: https://www.gevme.com/temasek-polytechnic-global-community-day-2021-24422801
Virtual AirBnB Experiences
Discover hidden sides of Singapore — virtually!
What’s on
Hidden in Plain Sight takes you inside the mysterious
Old Changi Hospital
More info:
- Airbnb Experiences and the Singapore Tourism Board Launch Partnership to Support International Tourism Recovery (STB)
- Partnering with the Singapore Tourism Board to Promote Tourism Recovery (Airbnb)
- Bringing Singapore to foreigners through virtual tours and experiences amid Covid-19 (Straits Times)
- STB and Airbnb join hands to promote local virtual experiences globally (Straits Times)
- How Singapore is reimagining the future of travel (Conde Nast Traveler)
SingapoRediscovers
Trafalgar Near Not Far Series
Be one of a select few to visit the iconic clock tower of Victoria Theatre and Concert Hall through a 2D1N staycation package with Trafalgar
https://www.trafalgar.com/en-sg/ways-to-go/staycations
More info:
- This staycation package gives you backstage access to historic Singapore buildings (CNA)
- Holidaying without your passport (Business Times)
In the news
Travel Photography
Fly me to the Moon
Spain’s most beautiful town!
Ancient walls of Dubrovnik
Between a rock and a hard place
Men’s Folio Nov 2013
Discovering Singapore
More on the series:
A weekend's adventure in exciting Shanghai thanks to Spring Airlines, which now flies from Singapore to Shanghai Pudong.
Global Community Day
Temasek Polytechnic Global Community Day
Colonial Changi – a virtual tour
[plus Old Changi Hospital]
(9 – 15 Nov 2020)
Take a virtual tour to explore a hidden side of Changi from 9 to 15 Nov 2020 (public tours on 15 Nov 2020).
Sign up at: Global Community Day 2020 (Colonial Changi)
[programme calendar – click here]
Together with 9 other bloggers and thanks to Tigerair Philippines and the Philippine Department of Tourism, I found myself on a dream trip to Boracay in July 2013. Read about the fantastic experience I had at Boracay Island Escapade or on my blog.
Posts:
My experience on this site:
Macau Tower Fireworks! Streets of Happiness Wine, Fast Cars and Butterflies Where old meets new The House of Dancing Water Sky 21, a Luxury Destination Minus 8 degrees Celcius in Macau Coloane Village and Egg Tarts Colours of Macau Taipa, Food Street and Pork Chop Buns----------
A sequel in May 2013:
My Melbourne Experience
An adventure in springtime Melbourne courtesy of Tourism Victoria, Jetstar and omy.sg with nine other bloggers. My set of experiences can be found on this site.
4 Days in Hong Kong
Courtesy of the Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB), I had the opportunity to have a 4 day adventure in Hong Kong with 9 other bloggers. To read our collective Hong Kong Travel Blog entries, please click on the icon below:
Celebrating Singapore
Unmanicured Spaces
Places of Mystery
Haunting Spaces
The Long and Winding Road 
Gloomy and yet so beautiful and serene! 🙂
Serene it is indeed Francis! Love catching the break of day at the beach which in the unmanicured state it currently is in, is full of character … just hope it doesn’t go the way of Punggol Point …
🙂
Sent from my iPhone
Thanks
Jerome, you are a Great Photographer. Keep it up. Why don’t you set up a tour club for those who enjoy visiting unexplored area and photography.
Cheers!!
Kasim, not great but thanks… and thanks also for the encouragement 🙂 I do actually gather a few friends for walks (and to take photographs) around some of the lesser explored areas of Singapore from time to time – you would be most welcome to join in. If you are interested, you can perhaps drop me an email so that I can let you know when I do organise a walk.