14October2025 Taman Negara National Park in Malaysia Breakfast in our Pullman Cabin is so cramped it is near impossible to eat. Pastries galore and all manner of fruit including dragon fruit and various melon pieces on a skewer sitting atop a bowl of yogurt. A delicious bowl of pork congee for me. I do loveContinue reading “RKS 2025 Travel: Destination Southeast Asia (Short Attention Span Version): 14October2025 Taman Negara National Park in Malaysia”
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RKS 2025 Travel: Destination Southeast Asia (Short Attention Span Version): 13October2025: Boarding the Eastern & Oriental Express: Where Veuve Clicquot Flows Like Water but the Big and Tall May Face a Tight Squeeze
13October2025: Boarding the Eastern & Oriental Express: Where Veuve Clicquot Flows Like Water but the Big and Tall May Face a Tight Squeeze Goodbye to the Shangri-La Singapore. No complaints whatsoever about that hotel. On the bus to the Woodlands Train Station bordering Malaysia to board the Eastern and Oriental Express (E&OE). I have preconceivedContinue reading “RKS 2025 Travel: Destination Southeast Asia (Short Attention Span Version): 13October2025: Boarding the Eastern & Oriental Express: Where Veuve Clicquot Flows Like Water but the Big and Tall May Face a Tight Squeeze”
RKS 2025 Travel: Destination Southeast Asia (Short Attention Span Version): Singapore 12October2025: Exploring Peranakan Heritage
Singapore 12October2025: Exploring Peranakan Heritage Singapore’s Peranakan heritage refers to the rich and unique culture of the Peranakans, also known as the Straits Chinese. The community has a distinctive heritage combining elements of Chinese, Malay and Indonesian cultures. The term Peranakan refers to the descendants of Chinese immigrants who came to the Malay Archipelago, includingContinue reading “RKS 2025 Travel: Destination Southeast Asia (Short Attention Span Version): Singapore 12October2025: Exploring Peranakan Heritage”
RKS 2025 Travel: Destination Southeast Asia (Short Attention Span Version):Singapore 11October2025: Eating With the Toiling Masses of Singapore
Singapore 11October2025: Eating With the Toiling Masses of Singapore We are staying at the Shangri-La Singapore with five-star victuals. Who wants perpetual five-star food? I asked our tour director for a simpler locale where the toiling masses chow down. So for dinner a short walk down Orchard Street where the hotel is located then turnContinue reading “RKS 2025 Travel: Destination Southeast Asia (Short Attention Span Version):Singapore 11October2025: Eating With the Toiling Masses of Singapore”
RKS 2025 Travel: Destination Southeast Asia (Short Attention Span Version):Singapore 11October2025: Local Flavour Lunch With a Gringo Touch and Only Two Sodas Per Person!
Singapore 11October2025: Local Flavour Lunch With a Gringo Touch and Only Two Sodas Per Person! The itinerary indicates a “Local Flavour” lunch which is at the tourist centric Red House Seafood restaurant. Our tour guide managed to pick up some real local flavour Singaporean Chicken at the best place for this dish (sort of aContinue reading “RKS 2025 Travel: Destination Southeast Asia (Short Attention Span Version):Singapore 11October2025: Local Flavour Lunch With a Gringo Touch and Only Two Sodas Per Person!”
RKS 2025 Travel: Destination Southeast Asia (Short Attention Span Version):Singapore 11October2025: Hokkien Temple in Chinatown
Singapore 11October2025: Hokkien Temple in Chinatown Away from the modern urbanity we head to a more rustic and “authentic” destination in Singapore, a Hokkien temple; Thian Hock Keng Temple located in the heart of Chinatown dedicated to Mazu, the goddess of the sea and protector of sailors, the temple was built between 1839 and 1842Continue reading “RKS 2025 Travel: Destination Southeast Asia (Short Attention Span Version):Singapore 11October2025: Hokkien Temple in Chinatown”
RKS 2025 Travel: Destination Southeast Asia (Short Attention Span Version):Singapore 11October2025: Singapore Panoramic Tour: Is Singapore Soulless?
Singapore 11October2025: Singapore Panoramic Tour: Is Singapore Soulless? “Singapore Panoramic Tour” sounds a bit easy peasy just what the doctor ordered for haggard jet laggers. On a luxury coach (no WC facilities) at 09:15. First stop Merlion Park at the Esplanade Bridge. Right behind us one views the Singapore skyline with innumerable skyscrapers many withContinue reading “RKS 2025 Travel: Destination Southeast Asia (Short Attention Span Version):Singapore 11October2025: Singapore Panoramic Tour: Is Singapore Soulless?”
RKS 2025 Travel: Destination Southeast Asia (Short Attention Span Version)
Singapore 11October2025: Cultural Enrichment Session on Singapore: Getting the Quietly Obscene Gesture from a Trumpist Jagged sleep. Nightmare about giving a botched political speech. A portent of political mischief to come momentarily? Given this is the first day of our tour and our group of 18 are Americans (5) and Canadians recently arrived suffering fromContinue reading “RKS 2025 Travel: Destination Southeast Asia (Short Attention Span Version)”
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Singapore 10October2025: Yet Another Parsimonious “Welcome Reception to Meet Your Fellow Travellers” Given the hefty sum paid for this tour upon reading in the itinerary “Welcome Reception” one expects somewhat of a full-blown reception with nibbles, cocktails, wine and perhaps a bit of music. But my past experience with our tour company ABC International inContinue reading “RKS 2025 Travel: Destination Southeast Asia (Short Attention Span Version):”
RKS 2025 Travel: Destination Southeast Asia (Short Attention Span Version):Singapore 10October2025: A Gringo and His Singaporean Dollars Are Soon Separated
Singapore 10October2025: A Gringo and His Singaporean Dollars Are Soon Separated We met a few fellow tour members in the lobby of Singapore Shangri-La and decided to have a Singapore Sling at the landmark Raffles Hotel as after all that cocktail was invented there. We took a taxi to the Raffles and followed the lobbyContinue reading “RKS 2025 Travel: Destination Southeast Asia (Short Attention Span Version):Singapore 10October2025: A Gringo and His Singaporean Dollars Are Soon Separated”
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