Overnight stays on offshore wooden fishing platforms are drawing city dwellers seeking a slow, screen-free weekend escape.
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Kelong stays are old-school fishing platforms out at sea where you can sleep overnight. More Singaporeans are booking them now because they want a cheap, simple getaway with no Wi-Fi and just fishing, basic food, and the sound of waves.
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Would you trade comfort for a weekend with no Wi-Fi on a rustic fishing platform?
👍 👎 Vote ↓Overnight stays on offshore wooden fishing platforms, long a fading pastime, are drawing a new crowd of city dwellers chasing a slow weekend away from screens.
Guests fish off the deck, share simple seafood meals and sleep to the sound of waves, with patchy phone signal as part of the appeal. For many, the disconnection is the point.
A growing appetite for unplugged, low-cost getaways close to home has revived demand. Operators report weekend slots filling weeks ahead, with families and groups of friends making up most bookings.
The experience is rustic: shared bathrooms, basic bunks and weather that can cut a trip short. Safety and upkeep of the ageing structures are recurring worries, and operators must balance more visitors against fragile surroundings.
Some operators are cautiously upgrading safety gear and limiting guest numbers, betting that keeping the experience simple and small is exactly what keeps people coming back.
Would you trade comfort for a weekend with no Wi-Fi on a rustic fishing platform?
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