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Singapore, life in the big city

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August 18th 2008
We spent just a few days in the island/city/nation of Singapore. It's a nice, shiny, clean, glass skyscraper, Cartier/Gucci pucci kind of place. It's so Western that it leaves one wondering "why leave home?" Maybe if we'd been roughing it in the jungle for weeks on end I would appreciate it but at the time, not so much. Though I did savor a veggie antipasti salad of roasted bell peppers, kalam ... read more

Asia » Singapore

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Singapore was founded as a British trading colony in 1819. It joined the Malaysian Federation in 1963 but separated two years later and became independent. It subsequently became one of the world's most prosperous countries with strong international ... ... read more