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Good Day. You have just stumbled into The Original Singapore Walks® website! I believe introductions are in order.
The Original Singapore Walks® operates on a simple principle:
to bring people into places most other tours don't.
Graveyards, shop kitchens, haunted houses, wet markets, gun batteries, funeral shops, archaeological sites. You name it, we have it. Most of all, like any good tour, it is easy to join.
PRE-BOOKING IS NOT NECESSARY
Just show up at our designated meeting point to meet our guide and hop onto the tour.
(Meeting points designated are often MRT Stations, which makes it easy for you to get to.)
The person waving one of our brochures madly in the air would be your guide.
LATEST NEWS: The Tipple Exchange was officially, proudly and deliriously *hic* launched on 12 February 2008. We could barely wait till the next day to give you the juicy run-down. See our blog entry below.
"I don't know about you, but I'm feeling damn good tonight." : So says Jeya-da-Boss, at the 22nd Tourism Awards where he received the Special Recognition Award for his contributions to the heritage and tourism scene. If you're wondering why this very special honour has not gone into our blog, well that's due to the flood of congratulatory letters we've been busy replying to! Oh, and that we've been busy celebrating of course.
Please note there are no tours on Saturday, 9 August 2008, which is National Day. Tours will resume on Monday, 11 August 2008 with The Time of Empire.
MUST-DO ON SATURDAYS: Join our latest Walk offering -
*Happening on Thursdays 6.30pm from 7 Aug 2008.
Swig, swagger and stagger through Singapore's colourful history amongst some of the best heritage pubs along the Singapore River while we fill you in on the juiciest scandals from this side of the world.
Click here to find out where and when to meet.
THERE ARE NO WALKS ON THE FOLLOWING 2008's PUBLIC HOLIDAYS:
1 Jan, 7 Feb, 8 Feb, 21 Mar, 1 May, 19 May, 9 Aug, 1 Oct, 28 Oct, 8 Dec & 25 Dec
LELONG! LELONG!*: To thank the great people who have believed in us all these years (that's YOU by the way!),
We are proud to bring you the Singapore Walks Discount Card which entitles you to S$3.00 off every additional tour! So while you still can't take the wise-cracking guide home, you can now fire as many potshots as you want, for as long as you like (or rather, for a month if you are a tourist and 3 months if you are a resident) without burning those pockets. Discount cards are availabe at only S$1.00 each from our guides.
*Refers to a great buy in local-speak.
13 Feb, 2008 - Finally after months of preparation and a loud (and I say loud!) YAAAM - SENG, our very first (and also Singapore's) historical pub walk, The Tipple Exchange™ was launched yesterday at the Asian Civilisations Museum by the Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports and Second Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts (phew, that was long) Dr Vivian Balakrishnan.
And true to Journeys tradition, The Tipple Exchange™ was launched with none other than the grog ceremony! (Woohoo….) Representatives from our three partnering pubs – Mr Ross Glasscoe-Heaps from The Penny Black, Ms Elaine Teh from Archipelago Craft Beer Hub, and Mr Colin MacDonald from Molly Malone's Irish Pub, as well as Mr Bennett Neo from Asia Pacific Breweries (Singapore), Mr Michael Koh of National Heritage Board, Minister Balakrishnan and not forgetting Jeya, he whom we call ‘Boss', combined their potions to concoct the cocktail most representative of Singapore and its history – the Singapore Sling.
After congratulatory toasts each ingredient was mixed in with our fingers crossed for the pub walk's roaring success (if anyone's interested to know, the Sling looked darker but tastes better than the original…), to the tune of the very Singaporean ‘YAM-SENG', which is Cantonese for “drink to (one's) success”. And with that the tour was officially on its way and everyone set off in their respective groups for the sample tour specially designed for the occasion. You might have noticed the Cavenagh Bridge trembling as we trooped across or seen us swaggering down Boat Quay scouting for the next drink. If we'd disturbed your quiet evening, we've two words for you, “YAM-SENG!”
Stories were shared, jokes bartered and laughter floated around the streets as we headed to first The Penny Black, Archipelago Craft Beer Hub and finally Molly Malone's. There we thumped our Guinnessesss through the finale for the evening as Gerry Cox, Molly's resident singer, brought us tune after joyous Irish tune. Word has it that even the Minister joined in with gusto and the lovely Mrs Balakrishnan was all smiles throughout the evening. Thank you, Minister and Mrs Balakrishnan, for enjoying the evening and making our day!
And to top it all off we were captured on Channel NewsAsia, the most watched news channel in the region! So we turned stars for a day as the camera rolled. Check out the following link: http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/328424/1/.html
As in all of our crazy outings, we took tons of pictures. Check them out below….
That's right! It's officially launched!
"Da Boss" Jeya giving his "words of wisdom"...
The Minister giving us moral support.
The fabulous turn-out. Thank you, folks!
Enraptured... What were they listening to?
The magic begins - Head Honcho pours in his quota.
The Minister gives his magic touch.
The Wise Men converse...
Sharing stories of past glories and exploits where it happened.
Into the back alley and beyond - we take a walk down Brokers' Alley.
The Minister trying out something distinctly local - pandan beer!
The bright lights of Boat Quay after dark. Whoever said Singapore had no nightlife?
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'...so you see, that's how Molly came to save the day!' Mr Roland Nicolich (left), General Manager of Molly Malone's, giving Dr and Mrs Balakrishnan the juicy de-tales.
Good ales and good grub make for intelligent conversation and a great night out.
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