Pulau Ubin

 I decided to make one final trip to Sing for a grocery run but after trying to mail some post cards discovered it was their election day and everything was closed. Who has elections on a Saturday? Countries with mandatory voting laws apparently.

So I took a five minute bumboat ride to the serene Pulau Ubin Island, which claims to be what Singapore was circa 1960. I enjoyed the 10km hike around the island, despite the jungle heat and mosquitoes, though most visitors rent bicycles from the innumerable shops in the village.

Welcome to Pulau Ubin

Buddhist Temple

PUlau Ubin Kampong in the shadow of the Singapurra skyline

No Traffic, Just Jungle

Chinese Cemetery

This isn't dung, but the result of some industrious burrowing earth worms

Of the few inhabitants along the roads, most seemed to try and make extra money from the dehydrated tourists

This little guy (well relative to the Komodo) refused to leave until I took a picture of him

Muslim cemetery

Chek Jawa Wetlands

Tiptoeing through the mangroves (that's endangered sea grass in the foreground)

Crab Condominiums

Viewing Tower Vista

Snake

Termite Mound

Medicinal Herb Garden/Maze

The Villainous Durian Fruit