International travel Twitter account makes Tampines look like a Hawaii or Boracay-type getaway

Move aside Boracay, Tampines is where it's at.

Nyi Nyi Thet | August 19, 2017, 05:47 PM

Travel Page is a Twitter account that indulges travel porn.

Here are some examples.

https://twitter.com/TravelTexts/status/898359550906179584

https://twitter.com/TravelTexts/status/897064009131847680

https://twitter.com/TravelTexts/status/896530139202433024

Makes me want to renew my passport right now.

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Local flavour

But nestled within these Heaven-on-earth getaways, lies a familiar name:

Tampines, Singapore.

Here are the pictures in that tweet:

*Whistles lasciviously*

This is the Tampines we are more familiar with.

Image from Street Directory

*Whistles appreciatively but not in like a I need to go there right now kind of way*

The true victims

Singaporeans weren't too bothered by this, because, well, they've been there.

No, the true victims of this will invariably be the wanderlusting couple from Brooklyn that decides to explore the great unknown that is Tampines Avenue 5.

So don't be surprised to see disappointed backpacking foreigners milling around Tampines Mall in the near future.

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Top photo via Twitter