The Largest Bird Park in Asia
It’s been over seven years in the making, but Singapore’s Bird Paradise is finally here! Once housed in Jurong in the southwestern part of the island, these birds have been […]
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The Best Museum in Doha
Doha boasts two world-class museums: The National Museum of Qatar and The Museum of Islamic Art. Each is well worth a visit, but which should you pick if you’re short […]
Singapore by MRT: the Thomson-East Coast Line, Caldecott to Woodlands North
If you want to get a sense of a tiny nation with great public transportation, one way to do it is to visit every subway station in the country and […]
Singapore by MRT: the Thomson-East Coast Line, Stevens to Gardens by the Bay
Singapore has just unveiled a huge chunk of its newest MASS Rapid Transit (MRT) project: The Thomson-East Coast line, aka the Brown Line. The Thomson-East Coast line currently starts at […]
2 Days in Mumbai
Mumbai is huge — nearly 21 million people living cheek-by-jowl in a sprawl of 603 square kilometers — so to explore it in only two days seems like madness. But […]
Singapore by LRT: the Punggol Line
Singapore has six MRT (metro) lines — seven if you count the one currently under construction — and three LRT (light rail lines). The Punggol Line is the most northeasterly […]
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 […]
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