Archive for the 'Singapore' Category
Landing at Singapore this past week I have been delighted to learn more about the history and society in Singapore. It’s really a unique city with a very interesting government style. Most people talk about how clean it is – that’s true. It’s also true that crime is low and police are hard to see [...]
Overview of Southeast Asia
0 Comments Published by Toby July 10th, 2006 in Burma, Cambodia, General, Laos, Phillipines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam.On a January afternoon in 1861, Henri Mouhot, a French naturalist, was hacking his way through the almost impenetrable jungle of Cambodia when suddenly he burst into a clearing and stopped dead in his tracks. Before his astonished eyes loomed the outlines of a stone structure. Its long grey battlements appeared to stretch into infinity, [...]
Singaporeans love to eat. And no wonder, the city is a veritable gastronomic delight. Many may believe that there is no such thing as Singaporean food in itself because of its hybrid and eclectic nature, but this is clearly not the case. It is essentially a combination of Malay, Indonesian, Chinese and Indian cuisine, and [...]