Ten-odd Days
traipsing to see the world, our way
About Ten-odd Days
Ten-odd Days comprises the husband who has a finicky palate; and the wife who has a propensity to over-plan. Representative of an increasingly popular way of independent travelling, we travel on a budget but not quite on a shoestring one; we are not ready to splurge on hotels but not quite brave enough to wing it without confirmed accommodation either. Quite simply put, we travel in semi-style. Slowly. If there is anything distinctive about our travelling style, it’s how we like to take things slow.
This site is set up to chart our travels, mostly as a precautionary measure against our faulty memories.
About Us
According to Oxford Learner’s Dictionary, the word ‘odd’ has multiple definitions. I’ve taken the liberty to lift off several that apply. Primarily, the last on the list is what inspires this site handle.
Control Towers
The hubs and I met up in the cabin of an air traffic control tower, when I was training to become a rated aerodrome controller. For this very reason, control towers have always been special to us.
UNESCO WHS Visited
Here is where we track the UNESCO World Heritage Sites visited. There are a total of 1007 properties identified, and it’s my wish that we visit at least 200 of them in our lifetime.
The Grasslands in The Park
A visit to a park possibly furthest away from home in the entire of Singapore has been in the pipeline for the past month, but our plan had been thwarted several times due to inclement weather and last-minute recall to work. Finally on this day, we managed to make a short trip (albeit long drive, by local standards) to the new national gardens. At 90 hectares upon completion, Jurong Lake Gardens will be even larger than Singapore Botanic Gardens.
Fort Canning Park, a Historical Icon
A particular open-air spiral staircase location encased by lush green leafy top has been making its round as an Instagram hotspot. This photogenic site was never meant to be a point of attraction of the park, until local Instagrammers discovered it. Now, more than half of visitors to Fort Canning Park will probably invariably end up looking for the spiral staircase. Talk about the impact of influencers.
Exploring Singapore Botanic Gardens
The weather has been erratic, to say the least, and we were most grateful it held up for the morning (it poured in the afternoon) while we were exploring the sprawling grounds of the garden. There was really no agenda, and so we allowed Belle and Cassie to sniff to their hearts’ content, letting them lead the way.
One half of Ten-odd Days - the planning, writing and photo-taking half.
Ten-odd Days 