4 May 2018, Friday It was a very relaxed day as we didn’t have any agenda at all. Most people who visit Mykonos will do a day trip to the nearby island of Delos, which is significant for being the birthplace of Apollo (god of daylight) and Artemis (god of night light), according to Greek […]
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Europe | Greece | The Grand Adventure 2018
The Grand Adventure 2018 – Day 3: Greece (Athens / Mykonos)
3 May 2018, Thursday We woke up very early today because we had to catch an early ferry to Mykonos. At about 5:35am, we checked out of our Airbnb apartment in Plaka and walked to the train station at Syntagma to catch the Metro to Piraeus. From Syntagma, we would have to change a train […]
2 May 2018, Wednesday This morning, we woke up bright and early for our visit to the Acropolis. From our apartment in Plaka, we walked for 10 minutes and reached the Southeast side gate entrance at around 7:50am. There are two entrances to the Acropolis and the West entrance is the main one where all […]
Europe | Greece | The Grand Adventure 2018
The Grand Adventure 2018 – Day 1: Singapore to Greece (Athens)
1 May 2018, Tuesday On 1 May 2018 at 2:35am, together with my parents, I took my one flight out of Singapore to Greece. My uncle, aunt and cousin, as well as two of my friends LW and AW, had gone to the airport to send us off. Earlier, my other cousin FL had also fetched […]
Finally the day has come. In a few hours’ time, I will be boarding the Scoot flight and taking my One Flight Out to Europe. If all goes well, I will be returning home just in time to celebrate National Day. This trip has been more than nine months in the making. I prefer not […]
Day 3: 13 September 2017, Friday It’s my last full day in HCMC and I didn’t have anything planned today so I checked the cinema listings to see what movies were showing. I found out that there was a new 3D release of Terminator 2: Judgment Day out now. It’s my favourite film of all […]
Day 2: 12 September 2017, Thursday This morning, I woke up at 8am and went to the rooftop of The Like Hostel for breakfast, which was included in my hostel booking. It was a simple buffet breakfast with sticky rice, vermicelli, pasta, baguette, sunny side eggs and fruits to choose from. I loved the sticky […]
Day 1: 11 September 2017, Wednesday Last September, as I was looking for a quick getaway from Singapore, I browsed through the various budget airlines’ websites to look for the lowest fare and eventually settled on Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), the largest city in Vietnam by population. HCMC is also commonly known as Saigon, […]
Asia | Kuala Lumpur Escapade 2017 | Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur Escapade 2017 – Day 3 to 5: Kuala Lumpur / Genting / Singapore
Day 3: 23 August 2017, Wednesday As my Go Genting express bus departure was only at 2:30pm, I had the morning free to roam about. After checking out of Mingle Hostel at 10am, I headed over to Mid Valley Megamall. It is located halfway between Kuala Lumpur and Petaling Jaya so it is slightly outside […]
Day 2: 22 August 2017, Tuesday This morning, I had breakfast at the rooftop of Mingle Hostel before setting off to catch the SEA Games. Breakfast was included in my hostel booking and it was pretty basic fare – toast, eggs and coffee/tea. Basic, but good enough for me since I am a bread-and-coffee-breakfast kind […]
Asia | Kuala Lumpur Escapade 2017 | Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur Escapade 2017 – Day 1: Singapore / Kuala Lumpur
Day 1: 21 August 2017, Monday The 29th SEA Games (Southeast Asian Games) were held in Malaysia’s capital, Kuala Lumpur (KL), from 19 to 30 August 2017. Since KL is just a stone’s throw away from Singapore, figuratively speaking, I decided to take the golden opportunity to head over to support our Team Singapore athletes […]
North America | North American Sojourn 2017 | United States of America
North American Sojourn 2017 – Day 14 & 15: New York / Singapore
Day 14: 23 May 2017, Tuesday It was our last full day in NYC, and we were determined to make the most out of our remaining time to catch up on the sights that we had missed so far. Thankfully the weather was kind to us today. It was a pleasant 16 degrees Celsius, cloudy […]
North America | North American Sojourn 2017 | United States of America
North American Sojourn 2017 – Day 13: New York
Day 13: 22 May 2017, Monday Our second last full day in NYC, and it’s a cold and wet one. We woke up to 15 degrees Celsius weather and a drizzle that lasted pretty much the whole day. Our original plan was to go on the Liberty Island cruise today but we postponed it to […]
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North American Sojourn 2017 – Day 12: New York
Day 12: 21 May 2017, Sunday Day 3 of our stay in NYC, and it’s finally time to shop! We had been saving our shopping mostly for this leg of the trip, because of the wonderful outlet shopping malls here in the United States. Before that, we needed to fuel up, so we went to […]
North America | North American Sojourn 2017 | United States of America
North American Sojourn 2017 – Day 11: New York
Day 11: 20 May 2017, Saturday It’s Day 2 of our stay in the Big Apple and we have two objectives today – to catch a musical on Broadway and to go on an open-top bus sightseeing tour around Manhattan. The musical that I wanted to watch was Sunset Boulevard and I had already done […]
North America | North American Sojourn 2017 | United States of America
North American Sojourn 2017 – Day 10: Montréal / New York
Day 10: 19 May 2017, Friday In the blink of an eye, the Canadian leg of our trip has come to an end. After a final breakfast with KP, we bade him farewell and thanked him for his great hospitality here in Montréal and companionship at Algonquin Provincial Park. See you back in Singapore in […]
Day 9: 18 May 2017, Thursday It’s our last full day here in Montréal and KP generously gave us some of his time to show us around the city he had been calling home for the past 11 months or so. For breakfast, KP brought us to his favourite dim sum place called Restaurant ChinaTown […]
Canada | North America | North American Sojourn 2017
North American Sojourn 2017 – Day 8: Montréal / Quebec City
Day 8: 17 May 2017, Wednesday Today, we drove from Montréal to Quebec City for a day trip. The distance between the two cities is 255km and it took about three hours to get there. It was quite a tiring drive but thankfully, Quebec City was worth it. Quebec City is the capital city of […]
Canada | North America | North American Sojourn 2017
North American Sojourn 2017 – Day 7: Ottawa / Parc Oméga / Montréal
Day 7: 16 May 2017, Tuesday After one night in Ottawa, it was time to move off yet again. We checked out of our apartment just after 9am and drove 82km to Parc Oméga, a safari park located roughly in between Ottawa and Montréal. KP had brought his family here before and they enjoyed it, […]
Canada | North America | North American Sojourn 2017
North American Sojourn 2017 – Day 6: Algonquin Provincial Park / Ottawa
Day 6: 15 May 2017, Monday This morning, we would be leaving Algonquin Provincial Park for our next destination, Ottawa. However, before that, KP and I found time to go for an early morning run. It was 6 degrees Celsius when we started our run at 7am. We didn’t have any fixed route in mind […]