Woo~woo~woo @ Pulau Ubin

an eager me waiting for bus 109 to bring me to changi jetty for the bumboat ride to Pulau Ubin...

2 catty and 'sporty' people who refused to pay to hire the van to bring us to the resort ended up hiking 2.4km in the hot hot sun....

the endless path ahead

and after 20 minutes, we finally reached....

the view outside our room sweet room.... nua-ed in the room for 3 hours before joyce decided that the sun-power was weak enough for us to venture out.... hahaha...cycled around for less than an hour and i decided that it was dinner time.... =) .... 

all these for $33...dinner was not included in the deal..... we were the last customers despite walking into the restaurant at 630pm.... finished dinner an hour later and our woo~woo~woo~ adventures began..... the sun had set and there's no streetlights!!!!.... i did suggest hiring a van to get us back to our resort but joyce thought otherwise...so two 'gungho' ppl cycled from the jetty to the resort in twilight.... super scary la... i bet the speed which i was cycling at was the fastest my legs had even paddled... it was dark enough for my thoughts to wander... what if 'someone' decided to keep us cycling in circles???? what if 'someone' decided to hitch a ride with us???? what if 'someone' is........so to keep myself from thinking i further, i kept talking to joyce and asking her to speed up... but at the same time, i was afraid that i was disturbing 'someone'.... it was really a huge relief when i finally saw lights from the resort!!!!..... NO MORE CYCLING IN THE DARK.... EVER....

room sweet room.... bathed and tv watching with joyce.... the 6 lights went off, the tv blurred, then the lights came on one by one... and the whole cycle repeated itself, not once but at least 5 to 6 times....did 'someone' REALLY came back with us???? i starred at joyce, her eyes were popping out...guess i would have looked equally horrified too.... she suggested that i gave the recep a call....CHEY.......refueling generator so connection down for a while... the whole resort was flickering.... wahahaha..... silly us.... but that's really enough scare for the night.... =P 


breakfast.... =) 

then we headed for chek java.... 4.5 km away.... my butt was hurting from the cycling the previous day.... the bicycle seat was like pressing on the bruises on my butt lo... wahahaha.... agony seh..... and the upward slopes added salt to my wounds..... the ride there took at least 30 minutes of cycling and pushing and hiking.... why did my r&r trip became a workout trip??? cos i chose the wrong person to go with la....wahahaha..... should have chose someone as nua as me and not this exercise freak..... =P

the reason why i dun wanna have data plan.... this woman is hooked..... always starring at her phone....tsk tsk tsk..... dun know chatting with which guy lo???.... hahahaha..... had this silly grin throughout the whole trip while starring at her phone.... 

"disconnect (from ur phone) to stay connected (with me)"....know boh??? i jealous lo.... 

view @ chek java....din managed to see any sea creatures at the swampy area as the tides were too high.... but the view on the coastal boardwalk was pretty..=) 

and after the exploration at chek java, i did what joyce termed the embarrassing act again....i hired a van to transport both of us and our bicycles back to the resort....wahahaha.... and this caused me $25...  =( ....but we were running short of time....we needed to check out by 11am.... and i knew i couldnt make it de.... 

Joyce is a curious cat.....asking driver auntie about the road tax in ubin and what do they do at night and in their free time.... 十万个为什么.... 

went back to bathe then headed out immediately to check out then for the marine feed area..... 

there were many many many stingrays...about 10 or so.... this was the one closest to the shore..... 

then the one hour fish spa which we tried for less than 15 minutes.... hahaha..... it was too ticklish for me.... maximum was only my heel 

joyce was so much braver than me....

look at the swarm of fishes feeding off her.....


~ Lunch time ~

What we saw along the walk to the jetty to take the bumboat back the mainland..... 

Joyce introduced this snack to me.....very yummy!!!!

overall, i would say this deal from deal.com ($54 each) is quite worth it despite scaring myself  over nothing during the night....it was more of poor time management on our own part..... the breakfast and lunch was satisfactory.... room and attached toilet were clean enough.... bed and blanket were comfy... fish spa was fun....the only negative point is the lack of transfer from the jetty to the resort and back... =(....