Colours of the countryside: A participant of a local group tour taking a photo in Kampung Lorong Buangkok, an old-world village nestled in Singapore’s high-density urban space. — Reuters
HIDDEN between the skyscrapers of Singapore’s urban jungle sits Kampung Lorong Buangkok – the only surviving traditional village in this modern city-state of 5.7 million people.
Made up of 26 single-story wooden houses, which were once ubiquitous across Singapore, the kampung, the Malay word for village, has seen a boom in local visitors after borders closed due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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