Singapore’s Rail Trail
In 1869, officials began planning a rail line that would take goods from Singapore’s rich southern port and bring back valuable natural resources like tin and rubber in return. The […]
Tag Archives: Walks
The Coast-to-Coast Trail: Bukit Timah to Jurong
We tackled Singapore’s 36-kilometer Coast-to-Coast trail over the course of three weekends in three different sections: the northeast, middle, and finally the southwest. The southwest section for us started at […]
The Coast-to-Coast Trail: AMK to Botanic Gardens
The middle section of Singapore’s Coast-to-Coast Trail runs through the island’s heartland and then down to the southern edge of the central catchment area. Last weekend, we tackled the northernmost […]
The Coast-to-Coast Trail: Coney Island to AMK
The longest walk in Singapore is the 36-kilometer Coast-to-Coast Trail, which runs from the island’s northeast coastline to the western central part of the island. We decided to explore the […]
Dutch University Towns
I went to Holland last week to visit three universities. The first was in Utrecht: Truth be told, the college I went to see (University College Utrecht) was on the […]
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 […]
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 […]
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