Travel Bubble

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...
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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...

Cooking Up A Storm In Bangkok

AFTER a few trips to Bangkok, you can get a bit tired of all that shopping, lights, noise and traffic, no matter how many foot massages you have. Thankfully, the...

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...

Vacation To Staycation

MY VACATION has turned into a staycation as the Stay Home Notice (SHN) kicks in. Our European adventure took us into Spain for a few days and we had to...
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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,...

The New Travel Protocols

THE ITCH to travel must be driving some people crazy as they relive past glories by avidly posting pictures and videos on social media, and wondering when they'll be...
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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...

Softness Isn’t Weakness

SELF-LOVE has to be the mother of existence.  I had a holiday at home last weekend which consisted of spacing out and a lot of reminiscing about my past travels.  I...

Hassles And Scrambles Of Flying

TRAVELLING right now is like stubbing your toe, it hurts like hell, but what can you do. It is a big decision to travel. You have to weigh the health...