Hello Singapore!

Destination: Singapore
Mission: Discover new trends with fellow Vasties

I arrived in Singapore to a beautiful balmy afternoon, made my way to the Hotel -and let's just say what a amazing hotel, the Marina Mandarin in Singapore. After a quick freshen up, I was on way to meet some of the other Vast Interior crew, at Clarke's Key for Dinner. For anyone who hasn't been to Singapore Clarke's Quay is like a 4 block square of some of the nicest specialised restaurants, the atmosphere and buzz is not to be missed!



Halena x

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Old friends and new designs

After working for Vast Interior for 9+ years, this is that first time that I am visiting one of the early vast suppliers. This supplier has know Ross for more than 20 years, and it definitely shows, he treats us like family and as do we him. We have an amazing day visiting his factory, and spending time with him and his designer, the saying "get the creative juices flowing" I think was developed in these moments in time. By the end of the day we felt like we clearly understood the direction in which we were taking.

Quality Control!



Halena x

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Mount Merapi

I wouldn't say it was a day of rest, but a more relaxed day of travels, we head to up to the factory another way, only to see the indescribable sight of devastation as a direct effect of Mount Merapi.  Where there should be houses and fields there is a grey black river of rock hard lava, and just to give you and idea how close we are to the Mount Merapi - were we stood, and saw this devastation is in fact at least 15km from the top. It was devastating..

Halena x

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Biking in Beijing

Biking around Bejing . If you ever get to this very cool city ( one of my top 3 most favourite cities) make sure you grab a bike and explore by treddly. Reasons for this mode include totally flat, has massive bikelanes , good to test your reflexes.

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Look out India here we come!

The product journey begins - off to see a master cushion supplier to view his innovative creations, then a handicraft supplier - look out India here we come!

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The brass city of India

The brass city of India. Discard the 3 hour drive to get there (even though it is less than 200km) this is where homewares dreams are made! As supplier with more passion for his product than any other I have meet before, and that's want makes it all worthwhile.

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Blue city bound

Heading to the blue city today looking forward to see our old friends and new suppliers..but wow air india was india-resting???

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Happy Diwali

Hospitality & kindness is one aspect of the Indian culture is not conveyed enough to those that visit, it is more important to have a mutual respect and honesty than start business without this, this is true business ethics.

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Room with a View

One of the ways Vasties save on their travel expenses is to share rooms.. its a bit of an initiation thing ...but it can get very humbling,...I mean who thought it would be a good idea to have this view of the shower in a twin room.

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Sundown in India

Sundown in India, at a small villa in Rajasthan...much better than the big hotels, but not always easy to find. This style of accom is usually an old private residence or fort/ palace that has been converted over to a guesthouse. This one has a communal fridge full of cold Kishfishers, and a kitchen that can dish up anything at a minutes notice. 

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