Street of the Dead

Before all of the postcards shops showed up, this street was lined with hospices. The Chinese brought their dying relatives here because it's bad luck to have someone die in your house.

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City of two tales

June 1st 2014
I have a tendency to over-romanticize things. (Some people reading this are nodding their heads right now.) What can I say? I'm nostalgic for an era that ended before I was born, the era when travel was an adventure. I'm always the guy on the airplane wearing a safari outfit, wedged between the business men and the kids going to visit their grandparents. The real story I'm on a g ... read more

Asia » Singapore

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

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