Pulau Ubin

Our friends Laura and Kelly Kaptein just visited Singapore for a couple of weeks.  One of our outings with them included a trip to Pulau Ubin with some other members from church. Pulau Ubin is an island of Singapore which retains the feel of how Singapore used to be, 40+ years ago.  To compare, here is a picture of Singapore today:

And here is what Singapore used to be like, as seen on Pulau Ubin:

A short boat ride takes you to Pulau Ubin, where you can rent bikes or walk around the island.

Changi Point, where the boats leave Singapore

People renting bikes on the island

We walked for two or three hours.

Noelene and Emily 

At the home of the village chief

When rain started to pour down, we took shelter under a canopy along the way.  While we were there, some wild boars came up to us--first just one, and then she brought back a whole family! 

 

Some of us stood on the benches to "escape" from the boars, 

and hadn't come back down yet. :-)

From there we continued to Chek Jawa, on the tip of the island.

Low tide

We finished the day with dinner together on the island.

Singapore's popular chili crab

We caught a boat ride back to Singapore at sunset.