Ubin once again

Saturday, we have a jc class gathering and the 7 of us planned to meet 10 am at pasir ris before going changi village. I was late as usual and those who had arrived were having their breakfast at whitesands mac. Clarence and meibin were very late and they took a cab to changi village. We met up with them after taking a bus there. Reached pulau ubin at 11.30 am after a ride on the ferry. The weather was scorching hot and i brought them to the bicycle shop which i rented the last time i was there. After some bargaining, we rented the bicycles for just $4.

We began to cycle and started on the route towards the western side of Ubin. We explored some tracks within the forest but most of them led to kampong houses or dead ends. We passed by a temple, several cold drinks stalls and arrived at the thai temple near the western end of the island. We continued our way and reached the coastline of ubin leading to the bottom of a big quarry.

We saw some turtles and quite a lot of small fishes in the water as well.

We left after some time and went back on the main roads. After some exploration, we discovered a well beside a track.

We reached a cold drinks stall and took a break since we were drenched in sweat and were rather tired. I brought them to the top of puaka hill after our break. Took some photos as well.


We cycled back to the jetty area as it looked like it was going to rain. We stopped beside the beach and discussed whether we should head back to mainland or continue cycling. The sea breeze was really cooling and we decided to continue since the dark clouds had drifted away. Thus, we started our tour on the eastern part of ubin. Halfway through after cycling several upslope roads, most of us had already exhausted most of our strength and decided to go back. We thought that the road ahead would lead us back to the jetty but we were wrong, we were cycling further and further. We reached a dead end with a toilet by the side of the road. We were very disappointed but after some of them checked the map and the area around, we discovered a shorter route back to the jetty. We brought our bikes down a flight of stairs to the beach which has a trail at the other end.

After around 15 mins of cycling, we finally reached the bicycle shop, returned the bikes and waited a short while for the ferry. Took a photo at the jetty as well.

We had our late lunch at changi village and took a bus to tampines. After walking around in tampines mall for some time, we decided to go home as we were drained of most of our energies. Took a look at the event outside TM and took a photo with a white horse.

Sunday, went out with my parents to pray and did some shopping with my mum at bukit panjang plaza.