7 Reasons to Visit Bad Kohlgrub
1) A Goldilocks Town With just 2,500 people, Bad Kohlgrub is not too big, not too small — for a visitor, it’s just right. It has one grocery store, one […]
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A Sustainable Park: Tampines Eco Green
Singapore’s parks tend toward the highly manicured and perfectly sculpted. You’ll usually find crowded parking lots alongside plenty of concrete and potable water. But in the early 2000s, someone had […]
Walking the Intertidal Zone
If you want to see some of Singapore’s wonderful sea creatures without diving under the water, your best bet is to head over to Changi Beach Park just around low […]
Snorkeling in Singapore
While Singapore is a tropical island just 85 miles north of the equator, it is not a beachgoer’s mecca. The oceans are crowded with diesel-dripping container ships; coastal land is […]
Walking in the Trees: The Southern Ridges
In Singapore, there’s rarely such a thing as a simple hike; instead, there are hike experiences. It’s hard to argue with the results, at least if you travel down to […]
Secret Songs: Music Boxes in Singapore
Singapore is full of little surprises, and it’s a delight to stumble on the island’s unexpected places. One of these is the Singapore Musical Box Museum in Telok Ayer. What […]
Singapore by LRT: The Bukit Panjang Line
In addition to a large and robust subway system (the MRT), Singapore a light rail system called the LRT. The country’s 100% automated light rail lines run through densely populated […]
The Farms of Kranji
With high rises in most areas as far as the eye can see, Singapore would hardly seem to be an agricultural paradise. But take a trip up to the northwestern […]
The Live Turtle & Tortoise Museum
For a truly odd and sometimes wonderful Singapore experience, you might want to visit the Live Turtle & Tortoise Museum. Before you even step inside, three things let you know […]
Sinagpore by MRT: the North South Line, Marina South Pier to Ang Mo Kio
The plan: Complete my adventure of visiting every MRT (subway) stop in Singapore! The goal is to see what the island looks like if you cover the entirety of this […]
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