Marina Bay after dark: a local's quiet route
Skip the crowded Merlion selfie queue. Here is how I walk the waterfront when friends visit for the first time.
Guide notes
Field notes I actually send to guests
These are the same write-ups I email before a booked walk: how to chope a hawker table, which Tiong Bahru block to photograph, and why I start Marina Bay at Esplanade instead of the Merlion queue. Skim one on the flight in; they are written for people who will be on the street the next morning, not for a coffee-table roundup.
Tiong Bahru on a Saturday morning
Art-deco blocks, a single excellent kaya toast stop, and the bakery queue that is actually worth joining.
Joo Chiat Lane when the shutters come down
Peranakan shophouses, wall murals, and where I take visitors for a slow evening stroll.
Hawker centres for first-time visitors
How to order without panic, which stalls I send people to, and why tissue packs matter.