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John Simone`s
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photography
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Simone spent 5 years traveling
to over 80 countries as Senior Photographer
and Photography Teacher on Princess Cruises
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Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign city-state and island country in Southeast Asia.
It lies one degree north of the equator, at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, with Indonesia's Riau Islands
to the south and Peninsular Malaysia to the north. Singapore's territory consists of one main island along with 62
other islets. Since independence, extensive land reclamation has increased its total size by 23%.
Stamford Raffles founded colonial Singapore in 1819 as a trading post of the British East India Company;
after the latter's collapse in 1858, the islands were ceded to the British Raj as a crown colony. During
the Second World War, Singapore was occupied by Japan. It gained independence from the UK in 1963 by
federating with other former British territories to form Malaysia, but separated two years later over
ideological differences, becoming a sovereign nation in 1965. After early years of turbulence and despite
lacking natural resources and a hinterland, the nation developed rapidly as an Asian Tiger economy,
based on external trade and its workforce.
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jetsetjohnny.ca features
John Simone`s
exotic-destination
travel
photography
Follow @johnsimonephoto_travel: Instagram
Simone spent 5 years traveling
to over 80 countries as Senior Photographer
and Photography Teacher on Princess Cruises
These are the first Forty-four cities posted - with more to follow
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