Are We On The COVID-19 Road To Recovery?
THE state of recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic is asynchronous.
While some countries have kept numbers low to zero, others are seeing fresh waves of cases. The number of cases...
Victoria’s Open Secrets
AFTER three years in the Covid wilderness, it is literally a breath of fresh air to be able to breathe in coastal Victoria’s salty air and drink in the...
Bubble Bubble Toil And Trouble
FLASHBACK: November 2020.
Authorities in Hong Kong and Singapore announced a “travel bubble”. People could travel between Hong Kong and Singapore, without the need for quarantine, and without any restrictions.
There...
Mount Kinabalu – An Island in the Clouds
PHOTOS of an island in the clouds in Sabah, East Malaysia, recently went viral on social media.
The photo of Mount Kinabalu taken from a plane had the tip of...
A Race To The Unexpexcted End
SINGAPORE will miss being a player in one of the more exciting Formula 1 series in recent years. For the second year running, the only night street race has...
Hakone Offers More Than Just A Getaway From The Bright Lights Of Tokyo
HAVING grown up in the city, the idea of a holiday in another city holds little appeal for me.
Give me a spell away from the familiar, to bask in...
Still A Great Way To Fly?
IT looks like a dream sequence in a low-budget superhero flick shot in slow motion.
Unmasked people — luggage in hand — floating between buildings and across water, turning somersaults,...
Airlines Benefit From Industry Turbulence
AS swiftly as it took off, Vistara — the Tata Sons/Singapore Airlines joint venture — has veered off on a different flight plan, winging into the sunset.
Formed in 2013,...
Has The Travel Bug Bitten You?
WHILE there’s a buzz in the air about the possibility of travelling again, it’s far from the heyday of wanton wandering where boarding budget flights was like hopping on...
Bhutan — Do You Smell The Happiness In The Air?
WHEN you’re sandwiched by populous economic and political giants, India and China, you have to find another way to make your mark.
While money and might power the giants of...