A Singapore Taxi Driver’s diary is written by a former scientific researcher who for reasons ‘uniquely Singapore’ ended up as a taxi driver.

As a result, I am driving taxi to make a living and writing these real life stories just to make the dull job a little more interesting

Taxi drivers are in the right place to see the life of a city and the variety of its people; Mingjie Cai is a great storyteller with keen skills of observation. This makes an addictive read with some great insights into the lifestyle and people of Singapore.

It’s also a sobering insight into the long hours and low pay of Singapore’s taxi drivers.

Put some time aside for this blog: once you start reading it’s hard to stop.

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Satay in Singapore: Food of the World

The Islayblog is about the Isle of Islay, an island in the Inner Hebrides off the west coast of Scotland. It is run by German expat Armin Grewe, a regular visitor to the Island.

Besides useful information on the island and local whisky specialities in particular it also features (and links to some more) spectacular pictures of the far west of Scotland. And reading it made me start planning my next trip to Scotland immediately.

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On yer bikes! Bike sharing comes to Dublin, Ireland

Look at Yarfor.me to visit the Russian city of Yaroslavl, a town in North-West Russia.

Yaroslavl is a provincial town with a lively social life including street poetry, rock bands and free wi-fi.

September 1st is a holiday in Russia and also the first day of the new school year. Yaroslavl celebrated with an outdoor festival where every child released a balloon into the air. You can see photos of the event on this post.

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Russian tea time
Celebrating independence day in Costa Rica

Don’t be put off by the name of Bangladesh Corporate Blog.

Yes, the subject is business: more precisely: “the multinational, national, public, private, small and big companies of Bangladesh”

But it’s also a great place to learn more about how the world looks from Bangladesh. For an example read Retail love: free bus service to find out how to dress for the shopping mall!

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Kaleidoscope on Pakistan: meet a software engineer from Pakistan

Asian Ramblings is packed with entertaining and insightful stories of life in China.

Stevo used to live in Canada but now calls Southern China home. After marrying on Chinese Valentines day how could he leave?

Sample life in China with these posts on food in Southern China (a lot of duck) and fun weekend activities (who says dressing up is for kids?).

Snacking in Guangzhou: image reproduced with permission

Stevo is also a photographer so there’s plenty of chance to look as well as read.

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Is Chinese difficult? Three language enthusiasts tell us the answer
Tightrope walkers of Xinjiang and their scary-looking sport

My Big Fat Cuban Family is full of larger than life stories from a Cuban-American family in the USA.

It’s also a celebration of Cuban-American culture - many younger family members were born in the USA but they still keep in touch with their Cuban heritage.

Cultures meet and mix in this blog - come along on a trip to Las Vegas, compare summers spent in Cuba and the USA, and learn how to make a perfect cup of Cuban coffee.

The Globe from My View is written by Ropi, a student in Budapest, Hungary.

Ropi posts many interesting things about Hungary. For instance, this post explains you must speak three languages to graduate from university. Since Hungarian is one of the most difficult languages for foreigners to learn, the extra languages probably come in useful.

Hungary celebrates its birthday every year on 20th August. Have a look here to watch some short videos of the celebrations (and a chance to listen to some Hungarian)

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The world’s most difficult languages
Food of the World: Paprikas Krumpli - a typical Hungarian dish
More about Hungarian food via Norci’s blog