Home sweet home Singapore

Discovered a really nice walking trail in the jungle next to the house! Pretty hot in the blazing sun but so lush, green and nice. Also a cool restaurant bar after 3 km walk for lunch or drinks /  coffee. Plenty of busses to go back with or just walk to the Sengkang subway station. And also, saw a massive 1 meter lizard! We also went to the Zoo and I have to say the Singapore zoo is the most elaborate and well made park I have ever been to! It's really like walking in a jungle and you see lot of animals wild moving around. Perfect thing to do with the family, just avoid weekends for less people.

Chameleon! 

 Zoo like a Jungle 

Monkey  forest 

 Punggol Park Connector 

But why? 

This kids school was really nicely designed! 

Stop by the legend for a Kopi, beer or food (choose Asian they don't make good western) 

 Iron man saving Sengkang 

Home sweet home 

Good morning VIETNAM!

Here we go again on the first trip this year, off to Hanoi then Ho Chi Minh. Winter in Hanoi is like  Finnish summer at about  20-23 degrees. I love what the Hanoi office had made for some promotions: Yellow helmet with our  mascot! You guys really have a nice imagination. Big LIKE.

5 years we been working  already, came a long way! 

So cute helmet 

Thanks for the nice vegan lunch Nga

The restaurant was like floating leafs, was difficult to sit with my short legs 

Winters in Hanoi are kind of grey....and boring

Found a bar next door, didn't go to it but looked interesting. Was called Mystery Whiskey

Down in the south! Ho Chi Minh City if def one of my favourite places. It's grown so much since I was here 10 years ago first time! I can hardly remember any of these sky scrapers.

Above and Beyond

Vietnams tallest tower 81 floor just opened 

Thanks for the 500g light lunch steak 

Party street, but also some nice places to sit for a beer or coffee during daytime

Like Ong Cao, one of the only micro brewery (at least  that I know of so far in Vietnam)

Best coffee in the world, Vietnamese coffee has a very distinct taste 

Caravelle Hotel has a nice bar on the  roof, great for sunsets. And Gin drinks 

Even found a cigar room at Rex! Lot of history in this hotel 

Pool on the roof also pretty nice

A bit of old French colonial, it's a nice breakfast view from Rex Hotel 

Happy New Year 2020!

What a year it's been 2019! Last few years have really been amazing and it just keeps getting better and better in so many ways.

The clock hit 12, me alone on the balcony with a MOJO craft beer. It surely wasn't the most exciting NYE but I was really happy how it turned out anyway. 

We were also blessed with adding a new family member Aina to Sudo-Nummelin clan! And moved to a new country: Singapore. Kaj finally has a school to go to now and he seems to be enjoying it so that's another big relief for us. Wasn't really that  easy for us this year in many ways but we know better and are stronger fro the future!

Other highlights on the year? We had an amazing reunion with the guys in Shanghai, was so good to see everyone. Another reunion was when Jussi, Mikko and Rafa all came to Tokyo and we drove up to Mount Fuji. Went to South America for the first time but happened to land the same day the protests started in Chile so was stranded there for a few days,  which also was an experience in itself. We had a really fun trip in Sydney & Adelaide Henkka! Had a brief membership at Gold's Gym in Tokyo and went to Onsens as much I managed to squeeze time for it. Finally got to drive Mario Karts around Tokyo. Experienced a super strong Taifoon and saw Toyko downtown dead and empty. Another new country under the belt was Latvia, a really nice place with great food! Scotland was also new for me but it's debatable how much of an own country it is. At some of the last day of this year got to see my first Sun ecplise as well! Next time again in 48 years

I discovered a beach and riverwalk nearby our apartment. Just a short bus-ride and white sand park, restaurants and bars can be found. Have been coming here 2 weekends in a row, it's perfect!!!

Hello white sand beaches! Can't even imagine how it was growing up in those cold, dark and snowy winters home 

 One big  300 meter long liquid nitrogen gas ship sailing by 

Say hi to the turtles in the park 

 Swing swing! 

Malaysia on the other side 

 Welcome to Coney Island 

I had totally  missed out on this place in Singapore before. Happy we live nearby and discovered it  

Beautiful twilight when walking home from Coney Island by Oasis Mall 

 I wasn't the only person who came to see the eclipse 

 Ring of fire! Thank you cloud for dimming the light a bit so could see better  

Someone had pet birds flying around near the mall for rounds. So colourful! 

 Nice add-on was the Opening of FIVE GUYS at the station I arrive to work with

 High five to Bumblebee 

Last trip this year - Incredible India

Last trip this year turned out to be no other than India. A few days in Hyderbad &  Mumbai to wrap up the year. The hotel in Hyderbad had build the biggest gingerbread village I've seen. A bit surprised to have that in India since not so big on Christmas here. Mumbai  has really changed the last 5 years! There are some really hip new restaurants where they've build new office parks. Super good food but prices almost as high as home. Big money there considering the average salary is just a few hundred euros

Last trip of the year, here we go again old reliable friend 

Looks nice, smells BAD 

Good evening Hyderabad! What a nice red evening 

Out for a night walk around Hyderbad 

Found a little local temple 

Shopping...

Gym slogan is right 

 Super elaborate gingerbread houses! 

Next stop: Mumbai! The financial hub of India 

Start with a welcoming glass of red in the hotel. 

 Crystals pretty gorgeous here 

 Love it that there are all kinds of new smaller breweries in Mumbai as well

Mini beer cheers 

Getting around the local way 

 Lunch and friends ordered this Mad MAx looking canister of beer (most of it was a huge ice pack inside keeping it cool) 

 The usual traffic

 Have to say that JW Marriott is one of the best hotel chain I have EVER been to. Everything spot on here.  Wish I could have spent some time at the pool also. 

Goodbye Mumbai it has  been an awesome trip