Who: Lee Bei Xin, 30, and Robin Lam, 29, are journey and nature photographers and videographers. Former instructor Lee and artistic producer Lam left their jobs three years in the past to journey and pursue content material creation. Pre-pandemic, they labored with shoppers resembling Tourism Western Australia and home-sharing platform Airbnb.
“Now we have at all times been avid hikers. Via journeys to nations resembling New Zealand and Australia, we developed a ardour for climbing and nature. Nationwide parks are a must-see for us once we journey.
When the pandemic hit and we had been grounded in Singapore, we began to do much more exploring in our nation. From Thomson Nature Park to Coney Island to MacRitchie Reservoir Park, we have found so many fantastic parks and inexperienced areas in Singapore since final 12 months.
Our favorite native spot is Pulau Ubin as a result of we love how totally different it’s from mainland Singapore, regardless of being only a quick bumboat journey away.
For Bei Xin, it reminds her of her grandparents’ kampung in Benut, Johor, the place issues are less complicated, quieter and slower in one of the simplest ways attainable.
We take pleasure in a variety of health actions, together with frisbee, skating and high-intensity interval coaching, which we normally do at Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park. We additionally swim and play tennis. Generally, we’re not as constant as we want when ‘adulting’ will get the higher of us, however we give ourselves a pat on the again once we present up for a exercise, regardless of how typically.
Relating to meals, we go for scrumptious, comforting native fare. We frequent Zion Street Blk 91 An Shun Fish Soup in Toa Payoh for the flavourful soup and crispy fried fish served with a Thai sweet-and-sour sauce.
We additionally take pleasure in ban mian from China Whampoa House Made Noodles at Whampoa Makan Place. What units it aside from different ban mian stalls is the vary of housemade chilli it affords – pink chilli, lime chilli and pineapple chilli. The zesty lime chilli is our prime choose.”