233 Travel reports · Create a travel blog · About Vakantio
Originally a military base, Sentosa Island was transformed into a tourism hotspot with hotels and recreational facilities in the 1970s. Old military facilities now serve as a...
Sailing into Singapore - an experience
On Monday we arrived late in Singapore. We arrived at the hotel around 11 pm. Our room is only 12 sqm, but it has a window. In Singapore, this is not common (at least not in...
Singapore - Reunion with friends on the Formula 1 weekend Arrived in the Asian megacity, the metropolis at the tip of the Malaysian peninsula. With 6 million inhabitants, one of...
Friday the 13th til Wednesday the 18th of March: After I settled in at my hostel in Singapore, located in Chinatown, I got to know two lovely ladies from Australia and New...
After being hit by the travel bug and collecting wonderful impressions last year in Iran, Spain, and Manhattan, I'm taking it a step further and granting myself a 3-month...
After visiting the Indian and Arab quarters the day before, we first went to Chinatown today. Raffles, the founder of the modern city, assigned this district to the increasing...
In Singapore, we only made a short stopover, so we had a lot planned for our three days there.
Wanna get to know the best place to stay in town?
Colorful house :-)
Puuhhh (exactly the right expression for my current state of mind)...what a day! When I look back, we actually 'only' visited two attractions in Singapore today. However, these...
The contrasts could hardly be greater: Just a few steps away from Singapore's Chinatown - including religious institutions of other cultures - you encounter the modern era .... in...
.... we first spent at Sentosa Beach and then in the city with a view of the central fireworks over Marina Bay. There is no private 'popping' in Singapore, just several central or...
After a long and exhausting journey, we arrived in Singapore. The city is an experience and looks as if it were built from Lego, almost unreal. Money doesn't matter here, and one...
Sweating on the streets of Singapore
We survived the flight to Singapore. There was vegetarian food, even though we didn't order it and it was pointed out to us several times. There were films with poor sound...
Our second day in Singapore somehow reminded us of home 😅 The reason for this was the weather. Rain, sun and clouds in the mix and gusty wind. Real Hamburg weather - just hot...
Wednesday is travel day! We had breakfast in peace and then packed up the rest of our things. We had to check out by 12pm - very late. We took a driver via Grab and drove to...
Tuesday was our last day in Sydney. We're both a bit sad about that. We took an Uber to Bondi Beach again. There is a lot less going on during the week than on the weekend....
From Melaka we now go by bus to the city-state of Singapore. We both have high expectations for one of the most modern cities in the world. However, what we see from the border...
Day 1 (06.03.-07.03.2023): We started at Charlottenhof train station at 7:50am towards BER Airport. Once we arrived there, we had two hours to spare, so we sat in the airplane...
Bye Bye Australia - Welcome to Singapore!
Hellooo again, we're baaaack. There wasn't much to report yesterday, so you didn't hear anything 🤷🏽♀. 🙏🏽🙏🏽 We got up at 5.30 a.m. (our favorite time 👍🏽😂) and...
Ein weiterer Tag auf Erkundungstour in Singapur
Jewel is a massive shopping center with over 200 shops and dozens of restaurants/cafés located in Singapore's Changi Airport. However, all of this is 'secondary': The main...
.... provide insights into a completely different cultural sphere and a very different understanding of society. From hyper-modern to very British to traditionally Asian,...
Hello everyone! Unfortunately, our flight path was somewhat extended due to the war in Russia, and it took us over Turkey. In total, it came to a remarkable 10,900 km! The...
I’ve caught a strong cold, which my immune system struggled with due to the varying climates with single-digit temperatures in Cangzhou and the tropical heat with cold air...
Singapore is a world of its own. Despite the flight being one and a half hours late, leading to the rush at the hotel check-in and the ride to the restaurant where friends have...