Hi there, welcome to women who travel.

I'm Lale Ari Coglu.

Today I'm excited to talk to author and journalist Jemima Wei about her home, Singapore,

and about how exploring the city, the beaches, the green spaces and the 24-7 culture is the perfect solo travel expedition.

Yes, for many travelers, the airport itself is a destination, but the island state, with its diverse array of communities and cultures is compact, safe and easy to explore.

This is the story of 5 million people that exist no else in the world.

We are very young, we turned 60 this year, and already we have established yourself very quickly.

Singapore's an island everywhere, so you walk long enough, you hit the water.

There's so much to do.

There is so much to eat.

There is so much to see.

And I think something that people are always a little surprised by

is Singapore's language of administration is English.

So everybody speaks English.

And that makes us a very attractive

location for global investors, which is also why it's so safe and wealthy, but also makes it very

accessible just linguistically for tourists coming in.

Jemima is so lovely to have you in the studio.

You know, just before we started recording, I was saying that I have been to Singapore, but only for a few hours when I pass through the airport.

It is kind of famously a stopover city, but there is a lot to explore.

I don't want to fall onto a very predictable cultural reference, but

crazy rich Asians really put it on the map as being a destination onto itself. What do people

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