The December school holiday is here. My children and I had wanted to visit Chek Jawa Wetlands for a long time. Due to overwelming responses for the NakedHermitCrabs guided tour, we were put on a waiting list. Luckily, Ley Kun replied before the tour date and said she could put our family on the guided tour.
I woke up early that day to prepare sandwiches in case the children were hungry during the walk. It states that the walk will take about 2 hours. We reached Changi Point Ferry Terminal at about 7.45 a.m.
The ticket for the bumboat is $2.50 per pax. We paid the uncle on board the boat. And off we go. Ivory did not join us because she was sick. We left her at grandmother's house.
My dear Imax looked excited. He was pointing at the main island and said what he could see.....
Here's my Isaac boy posing for me. The boat ride took less than 30 minutes. We reach the Ubin Ferry Terminal around 8.20 a.m.
We took a taxi (van) plate no. 128 to Punai Hut. We were early. The intertidal tour was scheduled to start at 9.30 a.m. and our guides were not here yet. So we roamed around the visitor centre area.
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| The Visitor Information kiosk. |
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| This used to be a house during the colonial time. It's now used as an exhibition hall. |
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| Sick marine are kept here till they are well. |
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| A fireplace |
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| At the back of the visitor centre |
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| This island is called Pulau Sekudu. Do see next photo for more information |
We went back to the information counter at 9.10 a.m. Streams of people started coming. I believe they were also participants of the guided tour by NakedHermitCrabs. We were eating our breakfast (the sandwiches I prepared) when we saw wild boars coming out. They roamed in a family. They were finding food. This smaller boar was not camera-shy. He kept coming near us and posed for our cameras.
We started our walk at around 9.45 a.m. First we spotted a spider. Our guide, Pei Yan told us the spider resembles Mr Pringles (the potato chips).
We reached the Jejawi Tower and climbled up the tower. A beautiful view of Pulau Ubin from the top of the tower. We could see Malaysia, Tekong Island, Changi Airport tower from here.
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| Isaac talking to a new-found friend. They were both 7 yrs old. |
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| Look at the box-up animal. It's a crab. The next pictures showed close-up of these crabs |
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| [Photo by nakedhermitcrabs.blogspot.com] |
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| [Photo by nakedhermitcrabs.blogspot.com] |
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| We spotted a tree climbling crab. Please see next picture for close-up. |
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| Mud-skipper |
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| This is the blue-spotted mud-skipper. [Photo by nakedhermitcrabs.blogspot.com] |
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| This is the atap seed plant. It grows in mangrove. Please see next picture for atap seeds, in case you don't know what's that. |
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| We usually find atap seeds in Ice Kacang. Very nice and sweet fruits. |
When we continued our journey, our tour guide spotted an insect on a leaf. It was not a grasshopper or stick insect. It's green in colour but we do not know what it was called.
We also spotted some marine snails. They are different from the normal snails we usually see.
Scenic view while walking towards the broadwalk.
Someone spotted a snake. This is called the paradise tree snake. Look at the picture below.
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| Isaac borrowed the binoculars from our tour guide. He was trying to find the resident bird, the white bellied eagle. |
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| Imax is also searching for the eagle. |
We finished out walk by 11.30 a.m. We walked back to the visitor centre whereby the children drew some pictures on what they saw during their 2-hours walk. I called the taxi aunty to pick us up. She arrived at Punai Hut around 12 p.m. We ate our lunch at a zichar stall near the ferry terminal.
Taking the boat ride back to main land, Singapore. Imax was telling his Daddy about his little adventures.
It was a tiring day. The children slept in the car.
