Pulau Ubin - scenery

My goodness this is the first time I step onto Pulau Ubin. Really surprised that I like it so much. So full of nature and good food too. :)

An abandoned granite quarry - it looked like a very beautiful lake now.

Granite quarrying was once a major industry on Ubin. The first quarry was started in the 1800's. Ubin's granite was used to build the Horsburgh Lighthouse and Raffles Lighthouse, the two extreme points of Singapore. And, by some accounts, the Causeway linking Singapore to Malaysia as well. Read more from source

Walking around the village and we saw some nice houses.


An abandoned house

This is one of the most grand malay house on the island.

Besides wild boars, there are also many wild monkeys on the island. Please dont feed them.

I guess this is the one and only post box on Pulau Ubin near the jetty.

My World Tuesday - Pulau Ubin - Wild Boar

After touring Chek Jawa, we made our way out to meet out Van driver. We called him via the name card he gave us earlier when he drop us at the entrance of Chek Jawa. But suddenly we were all excited at the sight of wild boars near the entrance of Chek Jawa.

We saw three of them. The Van driver told us that there are more of them but some are hidden in the bushes.

The van driver waiting for us at the pick up point just at the gate of Chek Jawa.



A short video of the wild boar eating some food left by the van driver. Seems like the wild boar recognized the villagers very well hahaha.

Lots of bicycles at the entrance of Chek Jawa.

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Pulau Ubin - House No 1/Visitor Centre

After touring the wetlands at Chek Jawa, we made our way out to the information kiosk. Right behind the information kiosk is the visitor centre also known as house no. 1 Pulau Ubin.

According to one account, it was built in the 1930s by the then Chief Surveyor, Langdon Williams, as a holiday retreat. You can read more from source.

House No. 1 is believed to be Singapore’s only remaining authentic Tudor-style house with a fireplace. Its uniqueness fits in nicely with its new function as a visitor centre.



Fireplace is useless in Singapore cause we dont have winter. The fireplace can double up as a BBQ pit hahaha.

I believe upstairs are where the bedrooms are.


It has its very own jetty, I doubt it was being used anymore.


Back of the house, I love to have such house with a view of the sea and a private jetty. :)

Surrounding the house are lots of fruit trees and coconut trees. Can be quite errie to stay in the only house in this part of the island.





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Pulau Ubin - Observatory Tower

I think this is the only one and only high structure in Pulau Ubin, an observatory tower at Chek Tower. It is about 7 storey high and no way I am climbing up there hahaha.

I just stand under some shades of those beautiful palms.

Looking up the tower.

I send my nephew up and had him to take photos of the surrounding from the top of the tower.

From the top of the tower, the sight of forests around us.

Another part of the view from the tower, is the sea. I think the far end is Malaysia.

Hahaha smart of my nephew to take photo of those at the bottom of the tower. No I was not among those people, remember, I was under those leaves of the palms (very well camouflaged lol)



Some cleaning and maintance at the boardwalk.

Pulau Ubin - Mangroves and attap chee

After all the excitement with the marine life we saw earlier, we were fascinated by these mangroves. There were like a forest of them.

Mangrove trees are adapted to being covered in seawater at high tide and to grow in soft mud. The new boardwalk into the mangroves bring us closer to these trees as well as the marvellous Nipah palms.



We saw so many nipah plams or what we locals called them attap chee. We used to eat these in our Ice Kachang (local dessert).



Overripe fruits fall to the ground. Wild animals on this island are able to find plentiful of fruits in the forests so the more we should not feed the wild animals.