🛝 Where's the world's best airport? | Bulletin #137

This week: keep your toes warm 🧦

September 24, 2025

Singapore Changi Airport 📍 Singapore, Singapore 📸 RJ Damole

From rooftop pools you can dip into between flights, to free movies running 24/7, to a massive shopping mall right next door, to a mesmerizing kinetic rain sculpture in motion rooftop pools for all, it’s no wonder Singapore’s Changi Airport has been dubbed “Best in the World” more than a dozen times. And if the country’s biggest slide 🛝 or the airport’s massive museum catches your eye, don’t worry! Just grab a terminal phone, call your friends, and let them know you’re sticking around for a little extra adventure. Local calls are on the house!

THIS WEEK IN AWA AWESOMENESS

✍️ Send us your Singapore suggestions!
🌈 Rainbow history
🛠️ Uncovering some collegiate gems
🦙 Celebrating our wooly friends

WE’RE OFF TO SINGAPORE!

We’re jetting off to the Lion City next month with our friends at Visit Singapore and want your suggestions! From the best hawker centre bites (yes, chilli crab and kaya toast are on our list!) to hidden corners beyond Marina Bay, what gems should we absolutely not miss? Drop your must-dos here!

In Case You Missed It

There’s a crisp in the air in the northern hemisphere, harvest time has come, a-maize-ing corn mazes are about to pop up, and nature is rolling out the red (and orange, and yellow) carpet: Autumn is here and we are pumped-kin! 🎃 Fall into cozy season and leaf through some of our favorite autumnal adventures and seasonal stories. Let’s raise a cup of cider to sweater weather!

🍎 An Apple a Day
🍁 Why do leaves change color in the fall?
🚗 An Autumnal trip through Vermont
☕️ Autumn or fall?

Tan Teng Niah 📍 Singapore, Singapore 📸 Kevin Siyuan

HERITAGE IN HUES

This creatively colorful abode holds a unique secret. No, it is not that it’s wearing every paint color known to man. Once the home of a well-to-do businessman, this house in Singapore’s Little India is the last of its kind.

Lehigh University📍 Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA 📸 Marjorie Becker

ONE PACKED HISTORY

Lost sketches? Fossilized tree trunks? Renovations at Lehigh University’s historic Packer Hall have uncovered some truly unexpected treasures. Built in 1868 and newly transformed by Shepley Bulfinch, the building holds 150 years of stories within its walls…so what else might still be hiding in there?

NATIONAL ALPACA DAY

Tomorrow, Sept. 26, is National Alpaca Day. One iconic alpaca is Dolly who played “Tina” in the cult classic Napoleon Dynamite (2004). She’s known for her deadpan look in response to Napoleon’s famous (and harsh!) line to her, “Tina, you fat lard, come get some dinner!” Even though she is a scene stealer, Dolly was not nominated for an Academy Award – talk about being wooly overlooked!

Okaramio Community Church 📍 Okaramio, New Zealand 📸 Michael Brown

Hey crew, socks could be yours: for today’s secret link, you could win a pair of AWA socks! With Fall nipping at our heels, gotta remember to keep your toes warm and cozy. Happy searching! 🧦