Singapore national Orchid Garden

A day in Singapore: He Saw, She Saw

The city-state of Singapore is an intriguing place. An island perched at the tip of the Malay Peninsula, it’s a major trading port where goods have been exchanged among China, India and Arabia for centuries. Eventually a wide array…
changi Airport Singapore butterfly garden (750x647)

Butterflies are free at the Singapore airport

Airports say a lot about how a city feels toward its visitors. The chaos of JFK conveys the message "Hey, we're New York. We know you'll come here no matter how we treat you. Get over it." The long lines of Heathrow say, "You chose to come to…
Original Starbucks Pike Place Market
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10 food tourist traps to avoid

We've all fallen for them; food places the guidebooks say you absolutely must try when visiting a certain city.  So we join all the other tourists who've read the same guides and wait on long lines for what turns out to be overrated, mediocre,…