Bugis Street Shopping in Singapore

Bugis Street ShoppingLocated: Bugis Station MRT
Bugis Street Area is a street shopping mecca with clothes, watches, and yummy local foods.

The place is closed to traffic, so the streets in the center of the block are good places to find bargain deals; across the road is the Parco Bugis Junction, an upscale shopping center in contrast to the area’s dollar stores and souvenir shops. On Saturday’s, 2 markets open up at the junction of Queen Street and Rochor Road. Continue reading

Cute Baby Elephants Sucking Jeff’s Hand

Baby Elephant Sucking Jeff's FingerAt the Elephant Safari Park in Taro, Bali we got to play with cute baby elephants. They were roaming around like cute puppies staying close by their mothers.

Most of the mothers were being used for the elephant rides and all of the babies stayed around the park being trained and greeting guests. It was the most wonderful experience I’ve ever had being that I have never got to play or get to know these elephants personalities. I’ve always thought of elephants as these gigantic creatures. Creatures so large that you can’t play with them or pet them because they’ll stomp on you. That definitely was not the case at this park. Continue reading

Must Try Foods in Bali

Sweet Rice with Coconut in Banana LeafInfluences from all corners of the globe make up the Balinese culinary dishes. Out of all the countries we had visited, I gained weight in Bali. Singapore was the 2nd runner up, but we were there for only 3 days. Balinese food is abundant in spices and can be overpowering if you are not comfortable with eating spicy foods. Most of the best Balinese foods we’ve tried were around Ubud. But if you’re feeling homesick, Kuta and Seminyak has many chain restaurants such as Bubba Gump, McDonalds, and Starbucks. Continue reading

Up Close and Personal with Sumatran Elephants

IMG_8540 Elephant Safari Park – Located in Taro, Bali. A fantastic Elephant experience you can ever have and probably in the world.

You get to interact, feed, ride, observe, learn, play and stay with 29 beautiful Sumatran elephants, one of the most rare and endangered species of elephants left in the world today. The owner is an Australian man who married a Balinese wife and they live close to the park. We chose this place because the treatment of animals here are awesome. The trainers treat the Elephants very well and all of their commands are in Indonesian without the use of a whip. Continue reading

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