Singapore Pulau Ubin [BEST]

Our Common Vision - Pulau Ubin - National Parks Board (NParks)

"Singapore sacrificed its mangroves and reefs for development," says , a nature guide who has led walks here for eight years. "Chek Jawa is our apology letter to nature. And Ubin is the last chapter." singapore pulau ubin

Meet , 74, a retired fisherman whose family has lived on Ubin for four generations. He sits on the porch of his wooden house, repairing a shrimp net. Our Common Vision - Pulau Ubin - National

For most visitors, the first order of business is transport. You rent a rusty bicycle from one of the elderly shopkeepers—$8 to $12 SGD for the day, helmet optional, prayers recommended. The bikes are battered, the gears often stripped, but they are the only passport you need to explore the island’s 1,020 hectares of secondary forest, abandoned quarries, and weathered wooden houses on stilts. He sits on the porch of his wooden

At its peak, Ubin housed over 2,000 people. Today, fewer than 40 remain. These are the orang pulau —island people—living in the last true kampong (village) in Singapore. There is no running sewage. Electricity only arrived in the 1990s, and many homes still rely on diesel generators or solar panels.