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Five Days in Singapore: Supertrees, Sentosa and Street Food
We kicked off our world-schooling adventure through Southeast Asia in Singapore. It’s a vibrant city with plenty of flights, which made it a natural place to start
Country: SingaporeThe aquarium Oceanarium
The next room happened to not be a room at all. It was one of those round tube things that you walk through and normally they are full of different types of fish but this one was full of SHARKS!!!
Country: SingaporeHealth Insurance for Slow Travel: Our Two-Layer Approach
Swimmer’s Ear, Telehealth, and $7 at a Village Pharmacy
Bumboats, Buskers and the Merlion: Our Last Night in Singapore
On our last day in Singapore, we spent the afternoon and evening on and around the water: the Singapore River and Marina Bay.
Country: SingaporeSplash-tastic time at Adventure Cove
When we were snorkeling, we could get really close to the fish, but some of the people there couldn’t swim and were flopping around like fish out of water. Luckily, the workers gave everyone life jackets, because I think that they have had that experience before!
Country: SingaporeStaying Connected
Before we left, one of the questions we heard most often was “How will you stay connected?” We did a lot of research, and here’s what we learned, plus how it’s held up a month into the trip.
Singapore, Stop One: We Never Left the Airport
For our first stop in Singapore, we didn’t even leave the airport.
Country: SingaporeHawker Heaven
I firmly believe that one of the best (and most delicious) ways to connect with a new place or culture is through food. Singapore has a reputation as a hotspot for food, and it delivered.
Country: SingaporeSupertrees: Not for Me
Singapore’s Supertrees are really beautiful, but they weren’t really my interest. Here’s why….
Country: SingaporeAre We Becoming “Juicers”??
There are so many amazing concoctions that I don’t need the spirits to make it interesting, and Hazel can’t get enough either…especially if it’s chock full of mango!
Country: IndonesiaThose Steps Count
I can’t count how many steps we took each time we passed the woman who had set up a roadside beauty shop near our hotel in Singapore. She consistently saw me as a gold mine for mole removal services – IYKYK. By the end of our 5 days, we decided to take a few extra…
Country: SingaporeWhat to Expect on Wellness
This isn’t going to be a shi-shi wellness blog with beautiful people in beautiful places.
But What About School?
How we’re handling fourth grade on the road: our school district’s online program, a stack of paper we couldn’t carry, and the time zone surprise nobody warned us about.
Exciting Adventures at teamLab Future World
We spent maybe 20 minutes drawing sea life that would come to life around you on a screen. I drew a jellyfish and a sea urchin, and my mom drew a seahorse, and my dad drew a wonky turtle (he’s not the artist in the family, I am.)
Country: SingaporeRiding Singapore’s MRT with a Kid: How We Paid, Navigated, and Stayed Cool
How we used Singapore’s MRT for five days with an eight-year-old, including how to pay, how to read the system, and how to avoid the heat.
Country: Singapore
