Stamford Raffles

Playing It Safe - Singapore

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August 23rd 2009
Singapore is an island and a city and a country in South East Asia, just off the southern coast of Malaysia. It's tropical, hot and humid, but I managed to wear jeans in the midday more than once, so it's not impossibly hot. Once per day it tends to rain quick and hard, sometimes you see it sometimes you don't notice. My friends Chen Zichao and Ching Hei picked me up from Changi Airpor ... 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