NYC Xmas

All Kinds Of Spirits Of Kindness

HEY, COVID-19 or no COVID-19 you've got to celebrate the spirit of Christmas. I've 2 dozen various reasons to lift my spirits this time of year, but, later about that. For...

Volcano Adventure: Mt Rinjani

There are those who climb mountains, and a few who would risk climbing an active volcano. If you are among the intrepid few, here is a volcano climber’s experience. Our...

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...

Trinidad — Sweet Moments Lost in Time

FOLLOWING a sugar rush in the 19th century, Trinidad fell asleep and never awoke. A small gem of a town, Trinidad is ever enchanting in its unassuming charm and...

Cast In Wood — Ukiyo-e

ICHIMURA Mamoru uses size to his advantage. The woodblock print meister is a diminutive man who operates out of the “the world’s smallest museum of ukiyo-e” in the Higashiyama ward...
Shetland Islands

Rocks In The Ocean – Shetland Islands

ONE OF the last remote spots in Europe, the Shetland Islands are pounded by the Atlantic Ocean and the North Sea. The Shetlands form an archipelago of 115 islands that lie...
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...

Kranji, The City’s Countryside

Step out of the city and into Kranji, where nature meets the city slicker desperately seeking to discover his inner green thumb. As city slickers, the attraction of orderly streets...

Asia’s Rivers Of Adventure

RIVERS are generally where most communities spring up — for the source of water and access by boats. With so many neighbouring countries living off the river, that atypical...