Nostalgic tourists flock to Singapore’s last surviving village as Covid-19 keeps borders shut

Hidden between the skyscrapers of Singapore’s urban jungle sits Kampong Lorong Buangkok – the only surviving traditional village in this modern city state of 5.7 million people.Made up of 26 single-storey wooden houses, which were once ubiquitous across Singapore, the “kampong”, the Malay word for village, has seen a boom in local visitors after borders shut due to the coronavirus pandemic.Most kampongs disappeared during Singapore’s rush to urbanise, but being stuck at home has left locals…

from South China Morning Post https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3104287/nostalgic-tourists-flock-singapores-last-surviving-village