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The Long Weekend (Travel)

Colourful Festivals In The Region

AS SEASONS change, it’s no doubt the colourwash of the landscape changes dramatically. Many countries across the world offer amazing seasonal colour palettes.  Thailand — Yi Peng When:November While a lot of...

Flower Pots In The Forest

THE bamboo forests of Sagano in Arashiyama look wonderfully serene in photographs. Often they are depixted with mist gently settling around the green, ringed stems that silently reach to the...
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Travelling? Get The Right Insurance

WHAT a mess Scoot airline leaves its passengers in. From flight delays to turn backs because of unclaimed unaccompanied cabin baggage, and grounding them on the tarmac for hours, this...
Amos Rex Helsinki

Helsinki — Art At The Heart Of The City

FINLAND may be known for its natural beauty, but its latest attraction is man-made. Amos Rex is its €50 million art museum in the heart of the capital, Helsinki. Unlike...
Lorne Sculpture Biennale

For Lorne And Beyond

The views from the Great Ocean Road are spectacular any time of the year. Nature can captivate you along this famed stretch of road in Victoria, Australia. You have endless vistas...
Travel, The Long Weekend

Fly Round The World Fast

FLYING around the world is for the well-heeled with time on their hands, or the time-starved quick on their heels to seal deals. Either way, both groups will want...

Big Experience, Tiny Footprint

IT IS one thing to commune with nature, quite another to have to forego the essentials when it's accessible. As a pampered society, we need our creature comforts while out in the rural...
New air fares for SIA and Silkair

Slicing And Dicing The Airfare Pie

TRAVEL will be made yet more complex with a new air fare structure that is being introduced by Singapore Airlines and SilkAir. It would seem like an attempt to build...
Hua Hin sunrise

A Grand Retreat In Hua Hin

HUA HIN, once a sleepy fishing village evolved into a fashionable leisure destination for the stylish upper class of Thailand, in fact, a resort fit for a King. The Official...
SIA Business Class

Taking Off In SIA’s New Gear

IN THE ongoing race for share of pie in the sky, Singapore Airlines has unveiled its latest slew of cabin products. To be loaded on board the latest Airbus A380...