Soaking in Aomori apple onsen surrounded by floating red apples, silky water, and winter steam, one of Japan’s luxuriest onsen experiences.…
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“How much did we pay for our Barcelona Airbnb again?” my cousin asked me while standing in front of a tiny white building with a metal door sans window. Implying that we might have gone for a too-cheap option. Barcelona Airbnb Neighborhood Standing in the middle of a back alley in the Catalonia neighbourhood,…
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I went to Vienna to eat their local delicacy, a chocolate cake named Sacher Torte. Austria is known worldwide for its culinary contributions, especially for their cakes. I heard about the world-famous Sacher Torte when I read a memoir of Austria by an Indonesian travel writer a few years ago and decided that I ought to…
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The Berlin street food we had was delicious, and cultures beyond German culture heavily influenced some of it. Here is some of it: Currywurst Currywurst is the most famous Berlin street food mentioned in travel blogs. It would practically be a traveller’s sin not to try it, at least once. Using that very excuse, I tried my first Currywurst…
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Salzburg Is the fairy tale must-visit pocket of Austria. I had a plan for Vienna, something related to eating the world-famous Sacher Torte; Meanwhile, I went without any expectations to Salzburg. On our first morning there, we crossed the bridge and explored Old Town Salzburg, where the Hohensalzburg Castle located. It was my first…
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People who travel from far away often overlook Brussels as a travel destination. But if after seeing a waffles-filled Instagram feed of your friends who have been there; or being half-forced when travelling with family (which happened to me), you decide to add it to your Europe trip where you are going to spend…
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Today is my last day in Singapore, and all I can think about since morning is how I never had a go-to, trusted hairdresser here. In the past weeks, I have packed my Singapore expat life into three FedEx boxes and two pieces of luggage. The former has been shipped, and the latter will…
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Tapau or Tau Pao, or Ta Bao is a Malaysian slang (that has widely spilled over to Singapore and therefore is a part of Sing-lish).…
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I came to Singapore with a small to-do list, and now I am leaving Singapore with a huge wish list. Here are some of them, which I will keep adding until I tick it off. Let me know if you have done any of it, whether it’s worth it, or should I just drop…
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There is no other building in Singapore that fascinates me more than the People's Park Complex in Chinatown.…
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My friends and I went drinking last weekend and had a long discussion about the reasons why we love Singapore. They have theirs and here are mine. Reasons Why I Love Singapore As an Indian who has never been to India, Little India Singapore is the closest version of Indian culture I have experienced…
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