BREAKFAST WITH THE OLD MAN OF THE FOREST We spent our last day in Singapore exploring the best zoo we’ve ever been to: Singapore Zoo. This vast wildlife park houses more than 2,500 critters from all over the world and includes the largest captive colony of orangutans in […]
EXPLORING SENSATIONAL SINGAPORE We spent our day exploring the best of central Singapore, from the old Colonial District to Chinatown and along Orchard Road. It was great fun and reinforced our thinking on this cosmopolitan city state: Singapore is sensational! The island city state of Singapore […]
VIEWS OVER SINGAPORE Our whistle-stop tour through Malaysia ended today when we crossed into Singapore – our final stop this trip. The bus trip from Melaka and the border crossing itself was quick and uneventful, which is just how we like ‘em! But our afternoon in Singapore was AWESOME, […]
RIDING A RICKSHAW AROUND HISTORICAL MELAKA We spent our day exploring the UNESCO-listed historical sites of Melaka today, stopping in to see the Dutch stadthyus (i.e. city hall), the ruins of a hill-top Portuguese fortress, and Malaysia’s oldest Chinese Buddhist temple. We hired a rickshaw for the day […]
GOING BONKERS FOR JONKER STREET NIGHT MARKETS! Back when Kuala Lumpur was still a muddy swamp and Penang was yet to become the “Pearl of the Orient”, Melaka was already one of South East Asia’s greatest trading ports. Over time it lost favour to Singapore, but this slow-down […]
Wandering Soles 