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Hej!
Ciao!
Hello!
Bonjour!
Konichiwa!
Hi! I’m Alex.

感谢您参观我的部落格!

总觉得有些感言以中文来呈献更能表达我当下的思维,所以决定在一些部落格文章内追加这些感触。也好让我热爱的文字重返在这个属于自己的小小空间里,希望我那荒废已久的中文不会使读者看得一头雾水。

喜欢不同国家的风景照,热爱独特的建筑物,对此书籍愛不釋手。亲身到访过那些国家,深深体验到“行千里路, 胜读万卷书”的真理。爱上旅游,爱上摄影,每日龟兔赛跑的当儿,不时梦想着与期待着下一趟的旅程。在这部落格里分享我旅途时的点滴,景与物。

也希望着我的部落格能启发您下一趟的旅程,世界等着我们!

A late-blooming flashpacker from the ever-sunny and humid Singapore.

I am one who will always daydream about visiting captivating landscapes and architectural marvels shown in travel pictorial books. But the age-old equation that career comes before anything else had me subscribed to the thought of ‘travel around the world after retirement’. Being in the rat race and found myself complaining about the lack of time like every Singaporeans. It would seem that my dream will stay as it is.

My first Hong Kong trip back in 2008 and a self-planned Tokyo trip in 2009 got me wanting to travel more. The subsequent trips to Europe left me falling in love with the continent over again. Those well-deserved breaks after what seems like an eternity reignited my travel desire to visit places I have longed to see. The travel bug bit me hard and got me running – Where have I been to?

Travelling got me into photography with landscapes and unique architectures in particular. Being at the actual sites has never failed to evoke an emotional moment, which is simply amazing. I may not retain what I read about the history bits of the Death Railway. But I can always remember my exact expression after seeing the railway in person – I will never forget how I gawked at the Colosseum.

I believe that is one of the main reasons why people travel. A Chinese idiom saying of 行千里路, 胜读万卷书 which means ‘One would benefit more from travelling a thousand miles than reading ten thousand books’ sums it up perfectly.

I started feeding my wanderlust with a simple 50/50 goal – to visit 50 countries before I hit the age of 50. With lots of luck and blessing, I have since surpassed the 50 countries’ count with plenty of room to spare on the age portion, LOL. The country count stands at 67 in 2019 and I am truly grateful. I will stop minding the country count from now on and let my wanderlust brings me wherever. But I am still prolonging my Annual Leave with careful planning since Singapore has the least public holidays…boo! I have also conformed to a travel pattern of 2 long trips (more than a week) and 2 short trips annually.

I hope my humble travel blog can inspire people to take time off from work every now and then to explore the world. May the infectious travel bug catches on and put you on the next trip no matter how long or short. And if you are still complaining about the lack of time (like what I used to do), ditch that thought now and go travel!

Alex @ WanderLex.com
Singapore Travel Blog
31st December 2019

Travel safe always!! And I would love to hear from you too!

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5 Comments

  1. Tommy Reply
    June 29, 2014 at 9:51 am

    Hi Alex,

    Nice blog you have here! Have added your blog to our list of Singapore Best Travel Blogs! Happy travel blogging! :)

    • Alex Reply
      June 30, 2014 at 7:27 pm

      Hi Tommy! Thanks for dropping by and adding my site. You have one excellent blog too!!

  2. Ajumma Reply
    September 12, 2017 at 10:14 pm

    Pls add anyounghaseyo! 👀

    • Alex Reply
      September 18, 2017 at 1:32 pm

      Haha! Anyounghaseyo Ajumma. Thanks for dropping by.

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