Palau Ubin Trip With Poly Friends

Last weekend was quite a fulfilling one... had many events that tires me down to the limit.. but then.. i guess it was the type of days that i wanted to have.. everytime able to go out exercise and enjoy myself.. even has to be done alone.. i'm still feel glad about it...

Anyway.. Last Saturday had a fun trip with poly friends (Seng Giap, Liying, Hong Ming & Sue Feng) to Palau Ubin.. it was the my first trip there... but my dad told me it wasnt my first time as he bought me there before.. i dun quite remember lah.. but then... so looking forward to it...

It was so packed at the jetty to ubin.. sigh.. full of students and their odour was... sigh.. then we manager to squeeze all the way to the front and quickly get ourselves to one of the boat... i dunno if we cut the queue... but then it was great to get ouselves a space to go to Ubin....

Finally we have reached the island after 10 minutes boat ride... and to me it was macham another country... but it is still belong to Singapore... and of coz.. our first objective was to get ourselves a bicycle.. and Liying guide us to her usual place..

Here is a pic of me on a bicycle... and the traditional old atap house behind as the background... no high rise buildings there and all wooden house... NATURE!!~ feels like home!~ Anyway.. the bicycle cost $10 for a day rental... consider expensive ma?

Here we goes... and our first destination was to the East to the wetland...

Indeed.. the land was wet.. and the 'green' land that u see in the below pics suppose to be filled with water.. but it was low tide.. so all the vegetation surfaced out and make it so green.. but yet.. it was very very dirty... eeks.. but that doesnt stop us from going down.. wahhahha...

By the way.. that area was not allowed to cycle in and it was a 5 mins walk from where we park our bikes... then following that wetland was a trail towards the mangrove swamp... wetland must be wet.. so the weather start to turn from sunny day to rainy day... and we are in the middle of the swamp... and guess what?? the area was filled with mosquitoes... and we were being surrounded when we seek shelter inside the swamp... wrong move sia.. and we were being forced out the shelter and carry on walking in the rain...

I was simply drenched... only the two girls got umbrella and the guys have to walk in the rain... sigh.. man always suffer de... wahaha.. then we reached this tower in the swamp and we climbed up.. despite of the risk of lightning strike.. we still went up to the peak and took a pics before we climb to the top.. sigh.. i was abit shaken coz of my fear of height... =(((

Suddenly the rain stop and the sun appears... just nice to dry ourselves in the sun while we cycle to the other end.. which is the West side of the Ubin to see that big lake... but then to see that lake.. we will have to cycle alone a 30-40 degree steep slopes to the top... sigh... already switched to gear 1 and yet i only manage to tahan till the middle of the hill... and hong ming bearly make it to the top... and in the end all of us have to get down from the bike and push the bikes to the top... but it still worth all the effort to see such a nice scenary... ^_^

Good days end fast.. and it was about time to go back to the village already... coz Sue Feng have a flight to catch.. so we agreed to leave the island by 1pm and have lunch in Changi village.. and i've learnt what to bring next time when going to ubin... most important was an umbrella and insects repellent... sigh.. i was so paiseh that i didnt bring anything lor.. just me myself and I... Now i'll nv make that mistakes again..