Ben Southall as island caretaker: Hit or miss?

British guy Ben Southall started the so-called “best job in the world” for Tourism Queensland about a month ago. How is he doing so far? Are you reading Ben’s blog or following him on Twitter? If not, why not? If so, what do you think so far? Please let me know in the comments. In [...]

Somewhere over the rainbow

I am sitting in the living room of my dad’s house in the Southern Highlands south of Sydney, looking out over rolling green valleys and distant blue hills. A thunderstorm has just broken a cloudless blue day, and now there is an enormous rainbow arching across the horizon. All the colours are correct and present [...]

Headed for Indonesia

Flying KLM from Amsterdam to Singapore and on to Medan in northern Sumatra tomorrow. I’m writing this from the Crowne Plaza hotel in Singapore’s Changi airport – we’re right in terminal 3 and I can literally hear the whine of the aircraft from my hotel room. Tomorrow we move on to Indonesia via Silk Air [...]

My month as Phileas Fogg

I didn’t need 80 days to travel around the world but the last month still feels pretty epic. Since leaving London in early March, I have been to eight countries on four continents. First stop was Australia, where I spent a couple of weeks visiting friends and family in and around Sydney and Brisbane. I [...]

Around the world in 80 tastes

With my Phileas Fogg cap on, I have hit the road for a month. It’s a mammoth world trip, combining Australia, Nicaragua, Hong Kong, Cambodia, Malaysia and Thailand. Nicaragua was obviously a detour but it’s for work so a girl’s gotta do what a girl’s gotta do! All this has left me with plenty to [...]

Global Breakfast Tournament – Singapore

Nilmandra is an ethnic-Chinese Singaporean currently living in the UK. She runs a food blog called Soy and Pepper which documents her thoughts and experiments on cooking and bento. Her love of food and cooking developed from recreating food from home that she misses. I was excited at the prospect of taking part and showcasing [...]

New content – Secret Singapore

Last September I travelled to Singapore on assignment for Anyway. The magazine has a regular feature called MyPlace, which explores a city in the company of an expat showing us their adopted home. Our guide to Singapore was German designer Niko von Saurma who gave us insight into Singapore’s artistic and cultural life. I had [...]

Singapore

How to get there Singapore Changi International Airport is served by most airlines. A return flight from Europe or East Coast USA to Singapore costs about $US1000. From West Coast USA, about $US800. Where to stay Raffles, 1 Beach Rd, Singapore Tel: +65 6337 1886 Web: www.raffleshotel.com Gallery Hotel, 1 Nanson Rd, Robertson Quay, Singapore [...]

Secret Singapore

By Caitlin Fitzsimmons Singapore feels on first acquaintance like a tropical version of Legoland. Despite the steamy heat and Asian faces, it’s hard to escape the impression that we have been transported to the set of the Truman Show, that Jim Carrey movie where an entire city has been created for television. Skyscrapers of chrome [...]