There are a number of heritage hotels located in downtown Singapore, especially in the Chinatown and Bugis area. Many of these are converted from old shophouses in the last decade or so. Generally speaking, most of these heritage hotels offer
A continuation from the series of posts about our upcoming June vacation spot in the Maldives! Deciding which private island to stay at was relatively easy compared to deciding which public island to stay at over the first six days
Our two kids have taken a new love of staying overnight with grandparents at our family home. Besides the fact that our parents’ house is a lot bigger, they also get to play with the neighbors similarly-aged children. That’s quite
Here’s an odd bit of travel fact: when it comes to the Maldives and these private resort islands, unlike the majority of many other island-type resorts elsewhere in the world, you get exactly what you see in those stunning pictures.
If our planning this week works out, the wife will finally get a life-long wish of visiting the Maldives: we’re planning to head there in June this year, and hopefully with our ang mo bud, Matt whom we have been
Now that our kids are ever slightly older, we’ve also become more comfortable leaving them at their paternal grandparents’ place for them to spend a night so that parents can get a day free of kids. We’ve already had one
The longest trip I had out of the country was a three week visit to New England in 2010, and arranged as part of a two year long work project I was in between my institution and Massachusetts Institute of
Continuing from my last post on working with the Sony A73’s .ARW RAW files in Lightroom. Here are more examples from our Taiwan trip. I’ve included different locations this time round and also subject matter, especially when the kids are
This is one post where I can leave someone else to do the talking and I really don’t have to write much! All too often on family trips, the adults record their perspectives of the experience, and typically in the
This is a two part post reflecting on our 12 day trip to Taiwan, with the first part here. Accommodations We stayed in five different properties this trip: four of which we booked via Airbnb, and the fifth – The
We had a good trip to Taiwan this December. No one fell sick, no one had tummy upsets, the kids were (mostly) well-behaved, we weren’t swindled, and our itinerary was good for the most part. Barring the rainy weather on
Here’s the second part of my Itinerary Summary, covering Days 7 to 12. Do click here for the earlier part that covers Days 1 to 6. The final itinerary for our trip first: Day 7 (Taroko National Park) Taroko National
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