9 May 2018, Wednesday Day 9 and it’s our last day in Greece. This morning, our Airbnb host Dimitrios kindly gave us a lift from the house to the railway station. After bidding him farewell, we caught the train 590 and departed Kalabaka at 8:19am. The journey to Thessaloniki was not a direct one. At […]
8 May 2018, Tuesday I woke up feeling super excited because we were going to visit the Meteora rock formations and monasteries today. When I started planning this trip months ago, Meteora was one of the first things I pencilled in, so I was greatly looking forward to it. I initially considered touring the monasteries […]
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The Grand Adventure: Day 7 – Greece (Santorini / Kalabaka)
7 May 2018, Monday This morning we set off early (as usual) as our driver sent us to the Santorini airport to catch our 9:55am flight to Athens. The drive from Fira to the airport took only 10 minutes and we arrived at 8am. The short ride cost us 30 Euros (S$48.75) though. I had […]
6 May 2018, Sunday As we had brought forward our Oia visit to yesterday, we had the whole day available to explore Fira today. That meant waking up slightly later, but not too late, as the weather forecast still showed that it was likely going to rain later in the day. At about 8:30am, we […]
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The Grand Adventure: Day 5 – Greece (Mykonos / Santorini)
5 May 2018, Saturday This morning, we reluctantly checked out of our Airbnb apartment as we prepared to bid farewell to lovely Mykonos. Last night, I had arranged for my Airbnb host to send us to the port to catch our 9:50am Sea Jets ferry to Santorini. At 9:00am, the host’s brother arrived and he […]
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 […]
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 […]
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The Grand Adventure: 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, […]
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Kuala Lumpur Escapade Day 3-5: 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 […]
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 […]
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North American Sojourn 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 […]
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North American Sojourn 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 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 […]
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North American Sojourn 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 […]