Solo journeys is not about loneliness
Lovers are not alone, and a real lover never destroys your aloneness. He will always be totally respectful toward your individuality, toward your aloneness. It is sacred. –Osho They said that no trip to India will be complete without getting diarrhea – which is what happened to me on my last day in Bangalore (also...
Radical Change
Text and photos by Prime Sarmiento I celebrated my first Chinese New Year in a country which, despite its sizable ethnic Chinese population, has no Chinatown to speak of. Nevertheless, the first day of the CNY was declared a public holiday (not that I benefitted from it as I was on holiday duty). Most...
Singapore 2014: Nostalgia
Text and photos by Gypsy Prime I don’t live here anymore. I am never sentimental about Singapore. It might be because despite living there for nearly five years, I never considered it as my home. I have always treated Singapore as a luxury hotel – a wonderful place to be in where everything is...
It’s about art, not shopping
posted by: Prime Sarmiento Ok, in my first guest post at Go Backpacking I listed down several museums that you can visit if you want to go on art tripping in Singapore. In my second guest post, this time at Isabelle's Travel Guide, I talked about other areas in Singapore where art lovers can go....
Singapore is for art travellers
Posted by Prime Sarmiento It's that time of the year again when Singapore lures shopaholics worldwide to ts Great Singapore Sale. But there's more to this city state than just another shopping haven. It's also an emerging art center. For this week, I'll be discussing in two separate guest posts how to do some "art...
About A Wedding
posted by: Gypsygal Prime (Para kay Foyan,…at sa mga patuloy naniniwala; mga gustong maniwala; at ayaw maniwala) “Journeys end in lovers meeting, Every wise man’s son doth know.” Twelfth Night (II, iii, 44-45) Shakespeare I never cry at weddings. But I wish I could, considering that I’m one of those hopeless romantics who feel happy...
Botanical Museum
Botanical Museum. Yes, you read it correctly. No, it’s not a place for fossilized plants. What you can see instead fresh and blooming. Am I referring to the Singapore Botanic Gardens? Actually yes, I took these photos in the Singapore Botanic Garden, but I do prefer it to call it the Botanical Museum. The origin...
Heavy Duty Baggage
First Published Sept. 11, 2005 at www.travelblog.org/bloggers/gypsygal Pokhara, Nepal —Most of the time I travel light, preferring to buy essentials like pocketbooks, t-shirts or toiletries in any country where I'm staying. Given the might of the Singapore dollar (1 SGD = 2.2 ringgit = 22 baht = 5,000 kips=41 Nepali rupees ), I...