The Great Singapore Sale - Canonical List of Sales in Singapore.
Sunday May 31, 2009
The Great Singapore Sale started last Friday, and will continue till the end of July. What's so Great about it? Just look through this list of sale events going on ... Read More
The Great Singapore Sale begins on May 29.
Wednesday May 27, 2009
Image © Singapore Tourism Board.
The Great Singapore Sale is Singapore's gift to the shopaholic, second only to the numerous malls spread out over the island. For two months, locals and ... Read More
A Girl in Saigon.
Wednesday May 27, 2009
Image © Geoff Manasse / Getty Images.
If you haven’t read Liz Ledden’s travel blog A Girl in Asia, I highly recommend you do – it’s a marvelous chronicle of a ... Read More
Secret to Komodo Dragon Bite Revealed.
Thursday May 21, 2009
Image © Getty Images.
You know that whole thing about Komodo dragons supposedly killing their prey using the bacteria in their mouths? Um, not so much.
Apparently, Komodo dragons are venomous ... Read More
Abandoned Grandeur in Corregidor.
Monday May 18, 2009
Image © Michael Aquino, licensed to About.com.
From Metafilter comes this amazing link to a destinations site with a difference: Artificial Owl features abandoned structures throughout the world, from an abandoned ... Read More
Perfect for rat stew, rat soup, rat pie, and the ever-popular... ratatouille!
Friday May 15, 2009
Image © Linda Duits, used with permission.
Linda Duits' road trip to Southern Laos rustled up a lot of surprises - among other things, that rat is a delicious delicacy sold ... Read More
Sweet music in Hanoi, Alec Baldwin, and not a Liz Lemon in sight.
Friday May 15, 2009
30 Rock star Alec Baldwin will be in Hanoi this October - he's traveling to Southeast Asia together with the New York Philharmonic for its Vietnam debut.
The visit - ... Read More
Pahiyas Festival on May 15.
Wednesday May 13, 2009
Image © alien_nation - Creative Commons.
Pahiyas Festival in Lucban, Quezon, Philippines happens this week, celebrated in honor of the patron saint of Farmers, St. Isidore the Laborer (San Isidro Labrador ... Read More
This Week: Royal Ploughing Ceremony in Cambodia.
Wednesday May 13, 2009
Cambodia's annual Royal Ploughing Ceremony started this week, beginning a three-day feast that attempts to use oxen to predict this year's rice harvest. This is an ancient tradition that dates ... Read More
Southeast Asia Travel Notebook, Week of May 11.
Tuesday May 12, 2009
Bali planes are just…. different. The West Australian's Stephen Scourfield has a wonderful mood piece on flying to Bali. "On Bali planes," Stephen says, "it feels like everyone is heading ... Read More
Hotels in Singapore - *What* Recession?
Wednesday May 6, 2009
The way hotels in Singapore are still ramping up their operations, you'd think the recession was far, far in the past. Well, the cyclic nature of the economy means that ... Read More
Another Tourist Gets Arrested for Drugs in Laos.
Monday May 4, 2009
Yet another traveler has gotten caught between the drug traffickers and the authorities. The circumstances are terrifying: Samantha Orobator was caught at Laos' Wattay Airport in August 2008 after she ... Read More