Sandsational!
The island of Sentosa has just finished hosting “Sentosa Sandsation,” billed as Southeast Asia’s biggest sand festival. I have no idea what the competition might be for this title — […]
Author Archives: travelertina
Dolphins & Disneyfication
Many people go to Lovina Beach in Bali for just one reason: to see the dolphins at sunrise. I will admit that this was a major draw for the two […]
The Lovina Tour
On Saturday, Prescott and I took what our hosts at Lata Lama called “The Lovina Tour”: eight hours of driving, trekking, swimming, soaking, sightseeing, high adrenaline, and serene meditation. We […]
Northern Paradise
When most people go to Bali, they head to the white sand beaches of the south or the central foothills in and around Ubud. But these parts of the island […]
Return to the Granite Island
On Sunday, Prescott and I went with a group of Singapore American School science teachers and a handful of students for an educational morning visit to Pulau Ubin, a small […]
When the Sun Goes Down
Singapore has multiple nighttime light festivals — i Light Marina Bay and Light to Night are two of the bigger ones — but the Singapore Night Festival is the largest […]
Beach Beasties
Everett, Anna, Prescott and I went to an exhibit at the ArtScience Museum called Wind Walkers: Theo Jansen’s Strandbeests. I’m not sure I can describe how strange and delightful this […]
The Last Kampong Standing
Last weekend, Prescott and I visited Lorong Buangkok, the only remaining kampong (village) on the main island of Singapore. The cab dropped us off at 7 Lorong Buangkok, a short […]
Collecting a Collection
The National Gallery Singapore is hosting its last weekend of an exhibit called (Re)Collect, which is designed as a retrospective on the museum’s founding and how its collection has changed over […]
We’re 53!
Singapore turned 53 years young on Thursday, marking its 1965 expulsion from Malaysia (with whom it had had a brief and stormy marriage) and subsequent declaration of independence. Singaporeans love […]
