Singapore is currently hosting the 28th South-East-Asian (SEA) Games, kind of like a Mini-Olympics for the 11 participating nations: Brunei Cambodia Indonesia Laos Malaysia Myanmar Philippines Singapore Thailand Timor-Leste Vietnam While some of the sports are rather international (such as football), there are some very SEA specific sports on the...
On our recent trip to Qingdao we were looking for a day trip to see a bit more outside the city. Not far away is the Laoshan region / Mount Lao. As always, I won’t go too much into detail of the history and significance as you are probably better...
One of the advantages of the European Union is that it laid the foundation for the Euro Zone. While it has its disadvantages as well, it has made travel a lot easier. Gone are the days of having 19 (current number of Euro members) different foreign currencies in your drawer. Asia...
As explained earlier, Qingdao has a short German colonial history over 100 years ago. While shortlived, the German left their mark on some of the architecture. But first and foremost, the city is nowadays known for the Tsingtao beer which started out under colonialism. While Tsingtao isn’t China’s best selling...
I don’t think anybody would deny that Singapore has plenty of shopping opportunities for all budgets. Development for new, glitzy shopping malls is constantly ongoing and regularly a new one pops up somewhere. Probably the most extreme opposite to these shopping malls one can get is a visit to the...
Under the series “travel pr0 tips”, I’ll start compiling some advice for the road that I have personally found really useful. Today’s post is about communication with taxi drivers in foreign countries. Unless it is a country where I feel confident communicating in the local language or taxi drivers are...
I just got back from a trip to Qingdao in China and will have some good stories and photos to share. In the mean time, here is what has to be the world’s smallest wine menu. Which makes sense if you consider that Qingdao is famous for its beer…
I try to restrict the restaurant reviews on this blog as much as possible because I think there are plenty of resources out there dedicated to that. What I will continue to point out however are food spots off the beaten path that may not be well covered yet, such...
While our journey to and from Pulau Tioman was not exactly relaxing, once we were there we had a great time. The island is beautiful and you really feel like your “away”. While our hotel was beautiful, we felt like we wanted to experience a bit more local kampung (village)...
After our recent encounter with the fans of Johor Darul Ta’zim in Singapore and their invite to follow them to JDT’s next home game in Johor Bahru, we decided to check it out. JDT’s home turf is the Tan Sri Dato Haji Hassan Yunos Stadium in Larkin (a suburb of Johor...
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