World Traveller 73

Archives

Singapore has it’s fair share of tourist attractions, but whenever I come, I always try to visit some of the more attractions that local Singapore residents visit. Spending time here as a youth growing up, I always appreciated visiting the Singapore Zoo, the Singapore Botanical Gardens and a tasty meal at the Newton Circus Hawker food stalls. Activity: Getting Eaten at the Singapore Zoo, Fauna at the Singapore Botanical Gardens and Singapore… Read More

The Gardens by the Bay in Singapore is a newer attraction that is a great rainy day escape. The attraction offers visitors the ability to experience different plants and flowers in temperature controlled micro climates suitable of their environments. Despite being a rainy day attraction, it’s also a great good weather attraction as you can also take in the Super Tree Observatory Elevated Walkway just next door. Activity: Plant Life from Around… Read More

Over the next week, WT73Jr and I had some father / son time in Singapore and Malaysia. We had a nice long walk back near the Central Business District as I did some reconnaissance work related to the planning of our day trip to Legoland Malaysia. City Visit: Contrasting the Old and New of Singapore “As one of Singapore’s most popular modern attractions, the Gardens by the Bay iconic super trees are… Read More

There are a few well renowned shopping districts in the world. Fifth Avenue in New York, the Champs Élysées in Paris, and Oxford Street in London, United Kingdom. The Orchard Road shopping district in Singapore arguably fits into this category as one of the world’s greatest shopping districts; with thousands of stores available. The area is exceptionally easy to access, highly walkable and is always an engaging part of my travels to… Read More

The Island country state of Singapore hosts millions of tourists and visitors in a normal year, thanks to a combination of geopolitical positioning, a welcoming stance towards tourism and business and its constantly warm and tropical climate. Singapore has all the main hotel brands, but it hasn’t had a lot of new properties to stay at that have been very attractive. We took in the brand new Westin Singapore on our last… Read More