Beer and views from the world's highest urban microbrewery in Singapore
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Visiting the World’s Highest Microbrewery in Singapore

We visited the world’s highest urban microbrewery in Singapore. It’s called LeVeL33, and yes, that is how you write it. My first thought when seeing the claim “world’s highest urban microbrewery” was, why do they need to specify “urban”? Is there a 50-floor tower in the middle of the Kansas prairie that is overall the…

Breakfast in Quarantine in Singapore SHN
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How to Survive 14 Days Trapped in Hotel Quarantine in Singapore

Below is a day by day account of our 14 days trapped in hotel quarantine in Singapore. We stayed at JEN Hotel on Orchard Road. Hopefully the below is entertaining for everyone, but also helpful to anyone also looking for SHN information/experiences [stay home notices]. Day One – Tues, 1st Sep We arrive at the…

Business class on Singapore Airlines meal service
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Business Class on Singapore Airlines During a Pandemic

Hi friends! We made it safe and sound to Singapore. Below is our experience flying business class on Singapore Airlines during this pandemic. We’re now stuck in quarantine in a hotel room in the middle of Singapore, where we’ll be for 14 days. Now, as if this is a movie, let’s rewind back to the…

Our Private Villa in Bali via Airbnb
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A Terrifying Event on a Romantic Night in Bali

Tonight we’re spending a romantic night in Bali a private villa nestled in some rice terraces in Bali, so let me tell you about that. It’s a really beautiful place with Scrtch scrtch scrtch What the heck was that? Scrtch scrtch scrtch There it is again. It’s coming from just outside the bedroom door, in the kitchen. We’re city…

Below the Eiffel Tower
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A Memorable Experience Couchsurfing in Paris at a Tiny Apartment by the Eiffel Tower

Picture your bedroom at home. You’ve got a bed, a TV on a dresser maybe, a wardrobe. Now add a sink, then a stove, then a shower. Don’t picture it any bigger. Just imagine how a kitchen and a bathroom would look in your current space. That’s what my experience couchsurfing in Paris was like….

Doing a jigsaw puzzle featuring a map is another way of traveling despite coronavirus.

Traveling Despite Coronavirus, or How I Learnt to Travel in a 500 Square Foot Apartment

Coronavirus, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, Great Plague of 2020, whatever your choice vernacular is, has us all stuck at home. Our trip to Savannah, Charleston, and a cruise to the Bahamas was well and truly shuttered a long time ago. But there are ways of traveling despite coronavirus, as I set out to find out when I…

Wynwood Walls: not part of our Miami disappointment!
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A Devastating Miami Disappointment

Here’s the sorry tale of our devastating Miami disappointment. Settle in, friends. Here we go. Miami. Sun-drenched, glamorous Miami. Resident to many a celebrity who hankered for the yacht life and grew tired of LA’s fakery. An endless line of high-rise hotels, summer homes, and retiree apartments trace the coast, from Miami all the way…