first time visit - pulau ubin + chek jawa

for the first time in 24 years ++, i set foot on Ubin. BUT the weather wasn't good, and today's rain was much longer than any other days recently. No regrets still...

chek jawa references:

- Chek Jawa (NUS)
- Tide information (tides should be low during your visit, to view the marine life on the seabed)
- Map to CJ, high resolution

we met at 8am, but i was late. So, we only started our breakfast at 8.30am. Then made our way down to the chaotic ferry terminal at 9am. By the time we reached CJ by foot, it was 11am. The tide was the lowest at 7.35am, highest at 2.56pm. 11am was still too late to view exciting stuff in CJ, namely the Coral Rubble, Seagrass Lagoon and Sandbar. Shall go back another time at the lowest tide possible...

although we missed out the greatest attractions in CJ, we're more familiar with Ubin now.

Our breakfast - Ipoh hor fun!


Look at the weather... shucks.


Welcome to UBIN!


Info Centre. But we skipped it and turned left...


Chose to walk. Reason... hehe.


Da Bo Gong


ZW went to buy 4D after the trip.


We followed a small road near the temple


And led us to Jln Ubin. The start of the trek


Everywhere were trees


Belatok Hut - catch a breath along Jln Ubin


My tummy!


Nice house


Split road - Jln Durian or Jln Sam Heng? Take the durian.


No durians seen, maybe due to the rain


Kelichap Hut - an important point


The road changes into clay and mud after Kelichap


Finally, reached the last hut before CJ


Didn't realise i donated blood until ZW told me


Your adventure starts in either of the 3 - we took the Jetty route 1st


Very nice tudor house built in 1930s - most decent building in Ubin


Inside the tudor house is an information centre


Went backwards, went onto Coastal Boardwalk


This is the map


Sexcited...


Rocky shores


The tide needs to be very low in order for the rubble to be seen...


A guided tour, but cannot go down because of the tide...


Another nice area, but completely submerged when we were there


Coastal BW is linked with the mangrove counterpart


Mangrove area - not very pleasing to nose...


Mangrove trees on both sides most of the time


Many creatures can be seen here


Jelawi Tower - go up, feel the sensation while at the top


Great view, not too hot too



Fig tree is even taller - "rong shu"

Came back to jetty via a van - too boring for a walk back



Ate lunch here


Taste was rather disappointing - damage was $38.40, quite alright


Ferry back... bye Ubin...