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 […]
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North American Sojourn 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 […]
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North American Sojourn 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 […]
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North American Sojourn 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, […]
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North American Sojourn 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 […]
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North American Sojourn Day 5: Algonquin Provincial Park
Day 5: 14 May 2017, Sunday It was a chilly 5 degrees Celsius when we woke up at around 7am this morning. The weather forecast showed a 30% chance of rain at 10am, 70% at 11am and 90% at noon, so we were eager to get the day started before the rain set in. Our […]
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North American Sojourn Day 4: Toronto / Algonquin Provincial Park
Day 4: 13 May 2017, Saturday This morning, we had a relaxed breakfast in our apartment before checking out at around 10am. I had enjoyed staying at the lovely Airbnb apartment for the past two nights but it was time to move on to our next destination – Algonquin Provincial Park. Located some 267km away […]
Day 3: 12 May 2017, Friday It’s Day 3 of our trip, and we have a full day in Toronto today so we basically went on a walking tour around the city. We set off at about 9:45am. It was a chilly and cloudy day, with the temperature hovering around 11 degrees Celsius. From our […]
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North American Sojourn Day 2: Niagara Falls / Toronto
Day 2: 11 May 2017, Thursday Today, our agenda in the morning was a simple but exciting one – to ride the Hornblower Niagara Cruise to get really up close with the Niagara Falls. For breakfast, we popped by the T.G.I.F. restaurant beside our hotel. It was the typical Western breakfast consisting of eggs, toast, […]
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North American Sojourn Day 1: Singapore / New York / Buffalo / Niagara Falls
NORTH AMERICAN SOJOURN 2017 – THE PLANNING How It All Began In mid 2016, my very good friend, KP, got posted to Montreal, Canada, for work. As he would be there for a year, he asked if I would like to visit him in Montreal sometime in 2017. That was when he would be more […]
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Bali All The Way Day 4: Water Sports / Singapore
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 30 September 2017] Day 4: 28 April 2017, Friday It’s our last day in Bali and we spent the morning doing water sports activities at Tanjung Benoa in the southern part of the island. From our villa, we drove […]
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Bali All The Way Day 3: Snorkelling / Tegenungang Waterfall / Tanah Lot
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 27 September 2017] Day 3: 27 April 2017, Thursday After the high of yesterday’s exploits (literally 3,031m high), it was time to experience some lows (literally) today, as we would be snorkelling in the Bali Sea off the beach […]
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Bali All The Way Day 2: Mt Agung Trek / Jimbaran Bay
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 5 September 2017] Day 2: 26 April 2017, Wednesday Technically, it’s still Day 1 of the trip. After dinner on 25 April 2017, we retreated to our rooms at about 7pm to catch some sleep before heading out again […]