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Singapore / Travel Reads

Travel writer milestones: I co-wrote a Lonely Planet Singapore guidebook!

March 29, 2024July 5, 2024

Celebrating a milestone birthday year and a travel writer daydream come true – co-writing a Lonely Planet travel guide!

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Singapore / Travel Reads

What the Crazy Rich Asians filming locations in Singapore are really like

August 23, 2018September 21, 2024

The lowdown from a Singaporean with the truth about those places you saw in the Crazy Rich Asians movie and what it was like to be an extra on the film set.

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Rivers of London
Travel Reads / England

Rivers of London – An Ode to the City

January 5, 2015July 5, 2024

Travelling without leaving home – reading the Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch brought back memories of my own London trip in 2014.

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Death in the Andes – Is the book as ominous as it sounds?
Peru / Travel Reads

Death in the Andes – Is the book as ominous as it sounds?

May 27, 2013July 5, 2024

Will a book called Death in the Andes inspire me to travel to South America?

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A Singapore sighting in Around the World in 80 Days
Travel Reads

A Singapore sighting in Around the World in 80 Days

May 6, 2013July 5, 2024

Did you know that Singapore makes an appearance in the Classic Jules Verne novel Around the World in 80 Days?

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Jaclynn Seah is The Occasional Traveller, a Singaporean indie traveller, travel writer and tourist guide who knows what it's like to juggle work and wonderlust. With a full-time job and limited annual leave, she hopes to inspire other busy folk like herself to travel more. [Click here to learn more]

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