Return to a Sexy Island

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Singapore got sexy and the country's bestselling author got jealous. After five years of chasing echidnas and platypuses in Australia, Neil Humphreys returns to Singapore to see if the rumours about the island's newfóund
Vowing to visit only locations that either did not exist five years ago or had been extensively revamped in his absence, Humphreys sets off in search of new Singapore. From the cloud-topped heights of Marina Bay Sands and Pinnacle® Duxton to ill-advised bomb jokes at the subterranean tunnels of Labrador Park, Humphreys walks, cycles and hitchhikes across a rapidly evolving country, where he meets Guinness-swigging aunties in Resorts World Sentosa, fierce creatures in the Chek Jawa jungle, political cleaners in Aljunied and a security guard at Marina Barrage ready to tekan anyone who crosses his path. In new Singapore, Humphreys discovers a country grappling between the economic rewards of progress at Fusionopolis and the historical cost at Bukit Brown Cemetery.... Tovább

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Singapore got sexy and the country's bestselling author got jealous. After five years of chasing echidnas and platypuses in Australia, Neil Humphreys returns to Singapore to see if the rumours about the island's newfóund
Vowing to visit only locations that either did not exist five years ago or had been extensively revamped in his absence, Humphreys sets off in search of new Singapore. From the cloud-topped heights of Marina Bay Sands and Pinnacle® Duxton to ill-advised bomb jokes at the subterranean tunnels of Labrador Park, Humphreys walks, cycles and hitchhikes across a rapidly evolving country, where he meets Guinness-swigging aunties in Resorts World Sentosa, fierce creatures in the Chek Jawa jungle, political cleaners in Aljunied and a security guard at Marina Barrage ready to tekan anyone who crosses his path. In new Singapore, Humphreys discovers a country grappling between the economic rewards of progress at Fusionopolis and the historical cost at Bukit Brown Cemetery.
Told with honesty and wit, Return to a Sexy Island provides an insightful, humorous account of new Singapore: its best bits, its ugly bits, its in-between bits and, most importantly, what it's really like to pee in the world's best toilet.
"Whenever Singaporeans gripe about 'foreign talent' crowding our shores, they always give Neil Humphreys an exemption Not say I say what, but Singapore can't be all bad if we managed to lure someone as talented as he is back." Colin Goh, writer/director, Talking Cock the Movie, Singapore Dreanriing
"Singapore is lucky to have Neil Humphreys—an ang moh visiting places we have never been to, recounting histories we are unaware of and, most importantly, showing us how to laugh, love and forgive all
the imperfections of this little island we call home." Chew Gek Khim, executive chairman, The Straits Trading Co. Ltd. Vissza