Pano-monium Volume I

Pano-monium Volume I

Right before we began our trip, I downloaded the Photosynth app on my phone, which enables you to take 360° panoramas. Though it comes with its quirks and doesn't always deliver perfect pictures (you'll notice a few of them have body parts or pieces of landscape missing/discolored), I've been using it continuously over the last year and thought it'd be cool to share them with you. I've included all the ones that came out somewhat decently from Peru all the way to Australia. 

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Singapore Budget Breakdown

Singapore was our first foray into the Asian continent and we had a great time getting to know the island nation. Among travelers, it has a strong reputation of being extremely expensive and a lot of people avoid going for that reason. Well, we were glad we went and in case you're wondering, here's how much we spent in the week we were there. 

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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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