Silver Horizon Travel Blogs

​ Today is the second last day of 2023. It is with relief that we can report a good year for Silver Horizon Travel. We made eleven tours for our members, more than 200 members participated. Moreover, 140 members attended the makan functions. In 2023, 79 new members were registered, a bumper number! In my opinion, the highlights of the tours were; r...

  Maiden Trip 3.25 … 4.05 … 5 am Yes.. it's the excitement of a maiden trip with Silver Horizon Tour Cooperative (SH). Apparently for quite a number of us as new members in our group of seventeen, it is our first time travelling with SH. As a new kid on the block, I was impressed right from the beginning. Way before the meeting time at 7.30 am...

The recent Sabah Adventure fulfilled !! Highlights were the War Memorial for the Aussie & NZ, British, & Local soldiers! Their dedicated gardens stunned with such diverse flowers display.   The hot springs & Canopy Walk above tree-tops in Poring provided warm comfort and excitement. Fearless wild river fishes massaging our toes and...

​ Day 1 - A group of 17 young-at-heart seniors set off for a short getaway to Bentong and Malacca. For some of us, this is our first overland trip away from Singapore since the countries' borders reopened, post Covid pandemic. Bukit Tinggi Hills, Bentong The coach ride took around 6 hours. After a lunch break at a Chinese restaurant in Se...

As the world turns, it is amazing to realise how swiftly the years fly by! It is now already the end of April 2022 and we are still reeling from the vicious attack of the invisible enemy - the coronavirus omicron et al. Two years on and we will continue the Silver Horizon story … To recap, 2022 is the tenth year since the co-op started! Our dearly ...

Yes, this is the first resolution of the year – to report on all the Silver Hoiday tours that we conduct for 2020! Dates: 7-10 January 2020. Started the journey at Terminal 1, all 18 of us, flying at a good time of 1pm. From Ipoh airport, our guide Mr Rick Li brought us to the Hakka Association Museum to view the early Ipoh days, where everyone wor...

Our tour started with a drive through the bustling streets of Yangon . Our lunch venue was at the majestic Karaweik Palace restaurant, housed in a 2-storey building with a traditional palatial design, constructed on the Kandawgyi Lake. We had a taste of traditional Myanmar cuisine in a unique architectural setting. File Name: Myanmar-2018 File Size...

Thailand, the country with the highest return on tourist re-visits. True, as I am now tempted to return to explore other parts of Thailand.Our tour was irreproachable. Thankfully there were no mishaps. Most important all 18 of us got on well. Members watched out for each other and considerate in more than one way. The sights ? Too many to enumerate...

November would be a nice month to travel. And 45 travelers had similar plans to go Sapa, Halong Bay and Hanoi! So we went in two groups, the first group ( 23 pax) from 2 – 8 November and the second group (22 pax) from 10 – 16 November. However we had to shift the period for the second group to 9 – 15 November due to some accommodation and air ticke...

​ Initially, we were quite concerned, about the typhoons passing through Hong Kong and Japan during the October period.  It was reported that typhoon Khanun in Hong Kong caused much flooding and disrupted air flights on 15 Oct. However when we landed in Hong Kong on 17 Oct, all was fine and sunny. Then while in Okinawa, we heard that typhoon L...

What does one do when in Hong Kong? Enjoy the shops and food places of course! But our group of seven did more – we attended an International Seminar on Active Ageing organized by the HK Institute of Active Ageing. We made contacts at the Seminar, and learned about ageing challenges in many countries, especially about Smart Ageing introduced by a P...