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<\/div><\/div>[vc_column_text css_animation=”fadeIn” css=”.vc_custom_1517197042043{margin-top: 20px !important;margin-bottom: 20px !important;}”]Travelling to Malaysia is no haul at all. In fact, Singapore and Malaysia did use to be one country. You can take a short car ride to the adjoining state of Johor Bahru to the north for some cheap eats, or take a ferry to the western coast and visit the UNESCO World Heritage City of Malacca and its historic architecture.[\/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”Laos\n” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”]
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<\/div><\/div>[vc_column_text css_animation=”fadeIn” css=”.vc_custom_1517197121941{margin-top: 20px !important;margin-bottom: 20px !important;}”]Laos is a country fairly off the beaten track. Only a three-hour plane ride away, its rather reclusive reputation hides some gorgeous temples like Pha That Luang, in the nation\u2019s capital of Vientiane and Vat Phou, an abandoned temple complex that is jaw-dropping in its beauty.[\/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”Cambodia.” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”]![\"\"](\"https:\/\/expat.metroresidences.com\/sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/09\/cambodiare.jpg\")
<\/div><\/div>[vc_column_text css_animation=”fadeIn” css=”.vc_custom_1517197177796{margin-top: 20px !important;margin-bottom: 20px !important;}”]Cambodia is just two-hours away by plane. Once there you can visit Angkor Wat, the enormous ruins of an ancient city, by heading to the city of Siem Reap in the southwest. But be sure to check out the lake city of Tonle Sap, whose inhabitants live in wooden boats on the lake\u2019s surface.[\/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”Thailand.” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”]![\"\"](\"https:\/\/expat.metroresidences.com\/sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/09\/bangkokthailandre.jpg\")
<\/div><\/div>[vc_column_text css_animation=”fadeIn” css=”.vc_custom_1517197223541{margin-top: 20px !important;margin-bottom: 20px !important;}”]Shopping is the<\/em> thing to do in Thailand, especially in Bangkok where you can find anything from branded goods to quirky local offerings. Or just take a trip to islands like Phuket and Krabi to party with people from all over the world. Thai cuisine has also earned global renown so try it from the source by digging into some Pad Thai or Tom Yum made on their home turf. It\u2019s less than 3 hours away by plane and well worth the ride.[\/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”Vietnam.” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”]![\"\"](\"https:\/\/expat.metroresidences.com\/sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/09\/boats-on-the-river-in-hoi-an-vietnamre.jpg\")
<\/div><\/div>[vc_column_text css_animation=”fadeIn” css=”.vc_custom_1517197280061{margin-top: 20px !important;margin-bottom: 20px !important;}”]Vietnamese food is exceptional, with the cuisine from its northern regions being less known but just as worth trying as the cuisine from the south. Historical tours will also teach you about a country with a rich story of struggles and triumphs. You can reach Hanoi in a little under 3 hours by plane.[\/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”Indonesia.” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”]![\"\"](\"https:\/\/expat.metroresidences.com\/sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/09\/Ayana_Bali_View_indonesia.jpg\")
<\/div><\/div>[vc_column_text css_animation=”fadeIn” css=”.vc_custom_1517197374984{margin-top: 20px !important;margin-bottom: 20px !important;}”]Singaporeans are no strangers to short get-aways to Indonesia, with the retail paradise of Batam only a ferry-ride away. By hopping on a 1-hour plane ride to the island of Java you can also take architectural tours of the beautiful and unique Dutch buildings that reveal Indonesia\u2019s colonial legacy.<\/p>\nThe flight-times listed are via Google Flights<\/a> at the time of the article\u2019s writing.<\/em><\/p>\n Singapore Serviced Apartments near Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal<\/u> Singapore Serviced Apartments near\u00a0Changi Airport<\/u> [vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″ shape_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column column_padding=”padding-4-percent” column_padding_position=”all” background_color=”#fefeff” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”10px” top_margin=”-20%” width=”5\/6″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none”][vc_custom_heading text=”But you just got here! Travel to Singapore\u2019s neighbours” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left”…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7620,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,14],"tags":[102,104,101,100,105,99,103],"class_list":["post-6654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-explore","category-travel","tag-cambodia","tag-indonesia","tag-laos","tag-malaysia","tag-thailand","tag-travel","tag-vietnam"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/expat.metroresidences.com\/sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6654","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/expat.metroresidences.com\/sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/expat.metroresidences.com\/sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/expat.metroresidences.com\/sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/expat.metroresidences.com\/sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6654"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/expat.metroresidences.com\/sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6654\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7581,"href":"https:\/\/expat.metroresidences.com\/sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6654\/revisions\/7581"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/expat.metroresidences.com\/sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/expat.metroresidences.com\/sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/expat.metroresidences.com\/sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/expat.metroresidences.com\/sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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