Those of you out of the loop may not realize that a couple weeks ago we had a little getaway to Singapore!

It was a very quick trip lasting a total of just 5 days including travel time. Surprisingly, with all my travels around Asia I haven’t spent much time in Singapore. The city itself I had only visited once prior and it was just for a day, so in my book that doesn’t count. On the other hand, Singapore airport I have frequented too many times to count! I guess that can be attributed to my love of Singapore Airlines stewardesses. In any case I was well overdue to be able to say “I have been to Singapore” and mean it. I really wanted to see this very Westernised city in the middle of Asia.

… and Western it was!

It was hard to keep reminding yourself that you’re still in Asia. Singapore feels a lot like parts of Australia: very touristy and lots of everybody from every corner of the globe just hanging out. I liked Singapore – and I don’t think there’s anything wrong with that. It’s a very comfortable place to be when you’re a non-Asian living in Asia.

So what did our 50% more Asian son Naoki think of Singapore? Join us and find out in this first part of his adventure to Singapore:

Spoiler: He doesn’t make it there until part 2!

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