So here we are, serving our two-week Stay Home Notice (SHN) upon arriving in Singapore in mid-September. As I wrote in my last post, we really scored and landed a five-star hotel, The InterContinental. So what's it like to pass the time in an admittedly posh setting when you can't even leave the room? The …
Month: September 2021
International Arrivals in the Time of Covid, and the SHN Hotel Lottery
Singapore locked down hard during covid, pausing all arrivals for a while in 2020. Then very slowly they resumed new arrivals from certain countries, imposing strict conditions and elaborate entry procedures. Fun fact! Since Singapore is a city-state of only 280 square miles (724 square kilometers), there's only one airport and all flights are international. …
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Greetings from Singapore!
Departing National Airport with five overflowing luggage carts, plus carry-ons. And two guitars. Around autumn 2020 the chance to go overseas to Singapore with Mark's work came up. We thought about it for roughly 0.4 seconds, then decided--sure, why not? With the kids then in eighth and ninth grades, it was the last chance to …
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