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ike being in a Pink Floyd music video.” That was how my 75-year-old dad described lying in the middle of Singapore’s Gardens by


the Bay, watching as the high-tech ‘Supertrees’ flashed with petals of twinkling lights beneath the evening sky.


“No, like a helter-skelter,”


countered my three-year-old. I smiled. To me, with the rousing music and neon colours, it was more akin to being immersed in the


DESTINATIONS SOUTHEAST ASIA | FAMILY HOLIDAYS


Multigenerational trips are on the rise, but how easy is it to keep grandad, mum and son happy on a rail trip to remember? Phoebe Smith finds out


Sonic the Hedgehog game I used to play on the Sega Mega Drive console as a kid.


My son was born during lockdown, when my dad had to keep away from us due to his age and health – so this trip to southeast Asia was about us getting to know each other again and to give my son time to bond with his grandad. Inspired by the reintroduction of Belmond’s Eastern & Oriental Express and the proliferation of trade-friendly rail programmes ²


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