Its rather ironic that for someone who spends so much time travelling and touring foreign lands, I'm not one who can profess to know my own country well. A recent trip down to some heartland malls really blew my mind. What have I been missing?!? To put the icing on the cake or salt to my wounds, I recently went on a cycling trip to Pulau Ubin and totally enjoyed myself IMMENSELY. Yes, you heard it....I loved it!!
Words cannot justify the great time I had. Neither can the photos taken from my Iphone 3GS. But here they are anyway:
Changi Point Ferry Terminal - where you can take a bumboat to Pulau Ubin
Our ride - Cost 2.50SGD per person (and another 2 SGD for your bicycle). 12 to go!
Kampung house on stilts - You just don't see houses like that anymore
Monkeys, on a shed, basking in the sunlight
Wild Pig!! It came right up to us (cuz there was someone feeding it!) I was totally thrilled!
Charming Tudo-style cottage built in 1930s by Chief Surveyor, Langdon Williams
We climbed the 22 meter high Jejawi Tower and took a nice stroll along the broadwalk around Chek Jawa where we saw mangroves, nipah palm (aka attah-chee), the seagrass lagoon and so on. As many things as I saw, I'm pretty certain there were just as many things I missed! (Just one more reason to brave the sun and visit Pulau Ubin again!)
Fact: Did you know?
Pulau Ubin aka Granite Island is shaped like a boomerang and situated just off the northeastern corner of mainland Singapore. The 1020 hectare island was once a cluster of 5 smaller ones separated by tidal rivers, but the building of the bunds for prawn farming has since united these into a single island. To other islets, Pulau Ketam (Crab Island) and Pulau Sekudu (Frog Island), lie to its south.
Betcha didn't know that....I know I didn't!!!
