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Travel with a purpose: Foodie traveller turns to voluntourism for more meaningful experiences
Ms Eileen Soh (in the middle, dressed in red) with wedding guests in May 2023 in the city of Sungai Penuh, Jambi province, in Indonesia. PHOTO: COURTESY OF EILEEN SOH
SINGAPORE – Ms Eileen Soh, 35, used to seek foodie experiences abroad.
In Mexico, she zoomed in on street stall tacos raved about by American YouTuber Mark Wiens. She has tried jellied eel in the United Kingdom, which she describes as being 'like agar agar but with a fishy smell'.
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