Weekend getaways, ASEAN style
Since moving to Singapore more than 7 months ago, i find that there are only 4 things you do all the time over here. Sleep, Eat, Work and Shop. Besides those 4, there aren't much more you can do. Let's face it, its a small place.
So i got bored and started browsing around for short flights out of Singapore. Knowing that i have already missed my chance of getting a cheap flight out for Vesak Day long weekend end of May, i opted to snap up whatever i can for some trips in 2-3 months time.
I missed the snow season in San Francisco this year because i just moved. And i missed a snow trip to Japan because work came calling in March. So the next best thing for the next snow destination would be New Zealand (last i checked, its about 1400 SGD on Silkair to Christchurch. *Gulp*). Hopefully this is going to happen sometime in August, because those lonely snowboards are still hiding under my bed.
So in between, i spotted and bought myself a trip to Siem Reap, Cambodia, this coming July. Probably one good thing about living in Singapore is that all the Southeast asian countries are so close and cheap to travel around. There are plenty of options around. To name a few airlines (some budget and some not), AirAsia, JetStar, Tiger Air and Silkair (which is part of Singapore airline). Sometimes you can actually just buy a whole bunch of cheap tickets and decide if you want to rock up or not. Some tickets can be as cheap as 20USD one way. Others can go from few hundred to a thousand, so choose wisely on the pricey ones...
The last one i went to was to Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam. It was a fun short trip with some of my colleagues (short as in 1 full day). Some photos can be found below or from my flickr set.
I'm not sure who is going to be tagging along yet, but either way, it should be a awesome trip to go for. You can't really beat visiting a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Angkor Wat. While i'm at it, i might as well look for another trip to maybe Yangon (Myanmar), Bali (Indonesia) and Cebu (Philippines). That should fix my travel urge for the time being.
