Yummy Eats (Singapore Edition)

Yummy Eats (Singapore Edition)

As Tyler mentioned in his Top 5 post, we were beyond excited to try the food in Singapore. After our time in New Zealand and Australia where we ate in as much as possible and 5 months in South America, where we got our fill of meat and potatoes, we could not wait to get our hands (or should I say mouths?) on rice, noodles, seafood, fruit... well everything really. You'll notice that we ate at hawker centers, complexes which house numerous, inexpensive food stalls, almost exclusively (save for the chili crab) because the food is cheaper there and just as delicious, if not more, as compared to restaurants.

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Top 5 Things We Did in Singapore

Top 5 Things We Did in Singapore

Singapore was our first stop on our Asian odyssey and it made for a great introduction to the world we were about to spend at least six months exploring. Despite its size, there are a plethora of things to do here and while we only sampled a few offerings, these are our five favorite activities from our time in the city. 

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Hopping & Snorkeling: Blazing Through Queensland, Australia

Hopping & Snorkeling: Blazing Through Queensland, Australia

Our main reason for visiting Australia was to see The Great Barrier Reef. Many people have asked us why we even went to Australia for just 2 weeks. But for us, it made sense. We both wanted to see the reef before it got destroyed entirely and because we were traveling in that direction anyway (from South America to Southeast Asia), we figured why not make the stop?

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Soothing Sydney

Soothing Sydney

We usually devote a Top 5 post to the capital/largest city we visit in a country, but we're skipping that for Australia. After New Zealand, we were tired and we didn't explore as much as we usually do. Instead, we spent a lot of time with friends and family and enjoyed a short, slow-paced sojourn in the land west of New Zealand ;-).

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