January 5, 2012

Singapore Slinging

Apologies for the brief blogging hiatus... things were absolutely crazy both at work and in life in the days leading up to Christmas. Before I knew it, it was time to hop on a plane to Singapore, which has always been one of my favourite places to visit in Southeast Asia. My parents recently moved there so I had an "excuse" to go again!

Although most of my time was spent doing family things, I managed to take in a few sights, including the Marina Bay area, Chinatown, and Sentosa Island.


I also enjoyed eating some favourite local foods. Desserts in this region are especially yummy. Pictured below: mango sago, iced kachang, and cendol.


Kuala Lumpur is only a 40 minute plane ride away from Singapore, so I was able to spend a few days there as well. I finally got to see the Petronas Towers in real life since the last time I was in KL I wasn't able to.


Anyway, that was a very short but much-needed break. Now to get over my jetlag and back into the routine of things here in Vancouver. I hope you all had a great holiday season and a happy new year!

30 comments:

  1. woooow such amazing PHOTOS!! thanks for sharing them!!!

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  2. These are some beautiful photos. I definitely must visit these exotic Asian countries someday. I'm glad to see you had a nice time.

    Happy New Year!

    Thank you for stopping by my blog.

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  3. Hey Alison! Hope you had a great Christmas and New years! Great pictures in Singapore and the food looks delicious! Hope you had fun! :)

    xoxo Rosalia
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  4. Singapore looks gorgeous! And the desserts look like some I've had when I visited the Philippines.

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  5. Ooooh super jelly! I wanna eat those desserts right NAO nomnomnom

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  6. Amazing photos! I was wondering why you hadn't updated in a while haha. Singapore and Malaysia are in my list of places I must see, not only because it looks beautiful but I love the food! Lucky you have an excuse to go there more often now! Haha

    Can't wait to read your future posts :)

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  7. singapore's a place im dying to visiting! definitely making a trip there whenever i head to asia again. cant wait to see more photos! xx

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  8. Super frickin' jealous!!! My top spot for Asia is Singapore, I wanna go so badly!!! I've been once when I was super young... but I need to go again for sure :)

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  9. Glad to see you got to escape for a bit this holiday! Your pictures look great :) I've yet to take a trip to anywhere in Asia!

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  10. ahhh those desserts look super good! and those towers look so breath taking in the photos. oh boy, they must be mind blowing in person =) i hope you have an eventful and safe trip

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  11. Beautiful photos! :) I'm going to Singapore in a few weeks time! I was only 9 the last time I was there!

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  12. How awesome! These are wonderful photos :)

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  13. Wonderful photos! Glad you had a great time. I would love to go there. :)

    xx Jessica

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  14. love the photos, it must be a beautiful country:)

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  15. Glad you had a great trip and break, Ali! Gah, the food is worth missing!!

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  16. Love the pics:) i would love to go to Singapore!

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  17. Love Singapore and KL!!! I miss those places!!! Hope you had a great time!!!

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  18. amazing photos ! crazy architecture and love that sculpture. Glad you had fun on your vacation!

    jen

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  19. Happy New Year! The place looks beautiful :) I've only been in Singapore's airport :) would love to visit one day. My bf & I went away on a holiday just after Christmas (to Gran Canaria for some sun)! x

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  20. I would love to go to singapore!

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  21. Great pictures in this post. Lovely blog, if you want visit my blog and let me know if you want to follow and I will follow back

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  22. Awww, Singapore is David's hometown and I haven't gotten a chance to visit yet so I loved looking at these photos. Thank you for sharing! Would you consider living there?

    Happy Weekend!
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    Jen

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  23. @maddy Yeah, I felt bad for totally disappearing without an explanation! Definitely good to be back to blogging :)

    @Kerri They are sooo cool at night because they're all lit up. I wish we had buildings like that here.

    @MissA* Ah, have so much fun!!

    @Jen I hope you get to visit soon! Singapore is one of the few cities in Asia I could probably live in since it's quite modern and things are very accessible. The only thing that takes some getting used to is the heat... it is sooooo hot always.

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  24. i love this pictures ! amazing! hope to go there someday :)
    Veronika
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  25. Wow, what an amazing place. I've never been. I'm way overdue for a vacation. I would love to see more travel pictures from your trip. 2nd Singapore post? :)

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  26. I would love to visit Singapore too!
    Lovely shots! And the mango sago looks
    so good! I love mango food :)

    Stop by sometime, xoxo Natalie
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  27. wow this looks fabulous! my uncle lives in singapore and i will be traveling there in a little over a year :) I'm so excited. your pictures are simply gorgeous :)

    - tiana of l'esthetique

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  28. Beautiful pics! This reminds me of a bartender boyfriend I had almost 13 years ago who made me my first "Singapore Sling" cocktail, heh! ;-)

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  29. Wow cool snaps! I hope to be able to visit Singapore someday.

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  30. I think the best place to go if you want to hang out and destress is Singapore. Huh? busy street, great night life, amazing people and quite a liberation of everything.

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