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Showing posts with label Singapore. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Singapore. Show all posts
14 October 2019

Hail a ride in Singapore

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Grab is the local version of Uber. You download the app, add a credit card and you are good to go. But you have to be in Singapore to do it,...
12 October 2019

Tempio Sikh e ristorante italiano

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Mi avvio a piedi verso un tempio Sikh, ma fa troppo caldo e mi piego alla forza maggiore ordinando un "Grab" la versione locale di...
24 August 2018

Flight to Indonesia

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Morning packing and getting ready to fly to Indonesia for more diving. Taxi to the airport just 17 Sgd, so cheap in the context of an expens...
23 August 2018

Singapore maiolicas and crabs

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Sveglia tardi, forse ancora un po’ di jet lag. E poi siamo stati in piedi sempre fino a tardi in questi giorni, io a scrivere il mio libro s...
22 August 2018

Singapore music box museum and cheapest Michelin star restaurant in the world

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The highlight of the morning is the Singapore museum of music boxes . It is the property of a Japanese collector who somehow decided to open...
21 August 2018

Japanese dinner

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The most memorable thing from this easy day of work in my hotel (it was mostly raining) is dinner at YAKINIQUEST, a Japanese restaurant on C...
20 August 2018

Ancora a Singapore

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Rieccomi a Singapore. Non mi ricordo più quante volte ci sono venuto, ma son passati sette anni dalla prima volta, nel 2011. Non posso certo...
24 August 2017

Fullerton history and national gallery

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Dopo un'altra sontuosa colazione di salmone e champagne al Fullerton Hotel , decidiamo di unirci ad un gruppetto per una visita guidata ...
23 August 2017

Singapore heritage and songs

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Oggi visita al museo del "Retaggio di Chinatown" ( Chinatown heritage ) di Singapore, al centro di Chinatown. I cinesi sono circa ...
22 August 2017

Asian Civilization Museum and Night Safari of Singapore

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Today culture and nature. The Asian civilizations Museum of Singapore is a well-organized center of the celebration of art from the whole co...
11 August 2013

Cooking class in Singapore at Palate Sensations

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As a foodie I love trying most of the food I run into when I travel around the world. The only local delicacy I can remember ever running aw...
04 August 2013

Book review: Ah ku and Karayuki San: Prostitution in Singapore, 1870-1940 (1993), by James Francis Warren, *****

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Synopsis Among the many groups of foreign workers whose labor built Singapore in the 20th century, there may be none as marginalized in ...
19 January 2013

Book review: Complete Notes from Singapore (2010) by Neil Humphreys, ***

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Singapore skyline and the Merlion Sinopsys In 1996, Neil Humphreys decided to travel the world. He ended up in Singapore. His first ...
02 September 2012

Singapore: Gardens by the Bay and Japanese food

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Started off after breakfast from my hotel and decided to visit the new Gardens by the Bay . Like almost everything in Singapore, it is an ...
01 September 2012

Party at Sentosa, Singapore

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Today I am invited to join a party on one of the beaches of Sentosa , an island just off Singapore's south-western coast. Getting to the...
31 August 2012

Emily of Emerald Hill and the Peranakan Museum, Singapore

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Peranakan Museum in Singapore Today I visited this unique museum in Singapore, dedicated to the Peranakan , or Chinese from the Malay pe...
30 August 2012

Dim Sum in Singapore

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Marina Bay Sands, Din Tai Fung restaurant, probably among the best dim sum in the world. ...
27 August 2012

Books and films on Singapore

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work in progress Rickshaw Coolie: A People's History of Singapore (2003), by James Warren, ***** A people's history of Singapor...
07 August 2012

Singapore city tour: Chinatown, Maxwell food center.

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We wake up at dawn because of our jet lag, and out of our hotel window we can admire the silhouette of the iconic Marina bay Sands (MBS)....