The island nation has an impressive skyline and some pretty funky architecture. Here’s a little of what we saw during our two weeks there.

Singapore has several excellent museums. We bought a 3-day pass that granted us entrance to the six most popular ones owned by the city, although we only made it to…

One afternoon we made our way to the Singapore Botanic Gardens and walked to the center to see the famous National Orchid Garden (known as NOG in the city). We…

We left Bali (and the southern hemisphere) on Valentine’s Day and flew north to the city-state of Singapore. Called both “the best run city in Asia” and “Disneyland with the…

On the afternoon of our second road trip we did a short hike to a waterfall, we saw some rice terraces, and we finished at one of Bali’s best known temples.

On our second day trip we visited three temples. The first two, Taman Ayun and Ulun Danu, we saw before lunch. Taman Ayun is in the Denpasar suburb of Mengwi,…

On the second half of our day trip we made it out to Tirta Gangga Water Palace, which was a retreat built for a regional king (apparently Bali used to…

On two separate occasions we hired a driver to take us around the island and show us the sights. Our first few stops were a bird park and the bat temple.

The area we stayed in Bali is named Canggu (chawn-goo) and is about an hour west of the island’s largest city of Denpasar (and the main airport). We were about…

One morning we booked a cycling tour around the northeastern part of the island. Yes, we know we’re not normally cyclists, but they provided the equipment and promised that most…