Today XY and I were planning to go to recee a new place which is yet known among Singaporeans, which is Lazarus Island. (link to read more about the place) One thing that attracted my attention - the BEAUTIFUL Beach!
After some research online, it was quite easily accessible by ferry ride at Marina South Pier.
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| The first time stepped foot at this MRT station |
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| Looked at the weather - Good day :) Thank Heaven |
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| Ahhhhh this is Marina South Pier! |
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| Due to XY's change of working schedule, he can't make it. Luckily JH can make it. |
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| OH MY! We can travel to Pulau Hantu and other exciting islands from here too! |
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| OOOOOOOO! This ferry ride covers St. John Island and Kusu Island! NICE! (outdated) |
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| For the price of $18! and check out their website! |
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| Dark clouds were moving away from the sea |
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| SUNSHINE! |
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| Good morning to the Sun. |
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| Complex operating engine |
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| Let's GO! |
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| That is Pulau Tekukor, I hope to go here.... (read more) |
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| That is Sister's Island. One day I will be there too. |
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| Tip of St. John's Island! |
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| Leaving Singapore behind us. |
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| Smile. |
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| Arrived safely at St. John's Island port. |
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| Same sign as Pulau Hantu. |
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| You will find many stray cats on St. John's Island - they are starving... |
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| Some information about St. John's Island. |
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| Map of St. John's Island. |
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| let's explore the island before crossing over to Lazarus Island. |
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| Awww.... sometimes I wondered... where is she... |
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| Beautiful scenery |
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| We decided to explore the north side of St. John's Island. |
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| A discarded sewage pipe |
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| A lagoon for kayaking |
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| Looked like a row of toilet |
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| A lot of tall trees are spotted here as Lazarus Island has shorter trees. |
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| Hmm, it seemed there was something there and there were a lot of sand flies! |
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| Oo Danger here |
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| It was a rocky shore. |
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| Yup, Not safe to swim here. |
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| Many sand flies here too! RUN! |
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| We decided to explore the West side of St. John's Island - Visiting Tropical Marine Science Institute |
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| Nice institute - I dream of working here. Peaceful and quiet |
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| Here, there was a marine park outreach. |
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| Like a resort |
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| A tank of mangrove setting. |
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| Archerfish! Their faces were so cute - don't look at us. |
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| Marine Park Outreach and Education Centre |
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| Seeding Coral tank |
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| Coral is a living thing. |
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| Interesting display |
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| Some info about coral seeding |
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| Beautiful coral here too |
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| It looked like a stone but they were alive. |
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| Clownfish trying to hide from us |
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| Fishy fishy |
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| Looked like drosera (sundew) in the sea |
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| Spotted a Kampong area |
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| Looked abandoned... |
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| It was part of history |
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| I will remember this. |
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| Mangrove somehow emitted a weird smell... |
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| Somehow similar feeling looking at those trees... Just like Hantu :) |
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| Here is the new bridge which was newly built to cross over to Lazarus Island |
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| (JH) Just cross over, So Simple! |
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| The sky, land and water... Just nice. |
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| Connection to Lazarus Island |
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| Nice overview from St. John's Island |
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| Thank you, JH for helping me :) |
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| My Orochi mode triggered! |
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| Getting close and someone was fishing here |
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| Titan was coming! |
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| Lazarus Island was still new, I didn't see any map of this place. There are several lagoons for water activity. |
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| Exploring the new island |
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| There was a jetty for private boat |
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| The northern side of Lazarus Island |
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| Hi to Singapore! |
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| (JH) Thank you, JH for helping me take such epic pictures, my favourite pictures of the day. |
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| And these. :) |
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| YIPPEE! BEACH! NICE AND CLEAN BEACH! |
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| Check out these SOFT White sand! |
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| The water ... OMG! SO CLEAN! |
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| Starry eyes and my heart were SCREAMING "Let's JUMP IN!" |
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| (JH) Nice photo from him of how beautiful the beach is. |
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| Strip off and bathed under the sun! |
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| How to make the camera stand upright... Hmmm challenging. |
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| I don't care what people think of me. I just embraced and YOLO! |
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| I WANT TO BE BEACHBOY! |
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| Love the gradient of the water. OMG! |
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| Thumb up for Lazarus Island |
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| I know I don't have a strong toned back... but... I don't care anymore. |
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| At least I was healthy, that was what mattered. |
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| My Orochi mode can't work in this beautiful water! |
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| Can someone play Baywatch music? |
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| "SEXIEST MAN IS EMERGING FROM THE SEA.." |
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| "Poseidon's Secret Agent...." |
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| "MR JEFF WONG!" Clap clap clap |
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| Just kidding! I can't be that. Sorry for dreaming. |
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| But I will just embrace the moment. |
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| You like? :3 |
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| Just pose for the picture, thank JH for helping too. |
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| So I decided to walk back to the jetty to that big toilet and dried my trunk; honestly... No one bothered. LOL Unattractive people like me won't get any attention even when you wear LOUDLY. |
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| Because there was no TOILET nearby and I forgot to bring extra clothing... |
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| Finally arrived! |
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| Cheer! |
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| Managed to reach the ferry and it was on its way to Kusu Island. |
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| Sticky tee on salty unwashed body |
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| I bathed enough under the sun, time to hide under the shelter. |
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| KUSU ISLAND! My childhood best BEACH memory. |
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| Kusu means tortoise, as it is shaped like a tortoise. |
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| Nice clean water too |
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| Totally different feel when you landed on this small island. |
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| A bit of information about the island |
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| TORTOISE ISLAND |
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| We only had 20 mins on this island, there were many things we needed to do! |
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| visit the temple! |
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| Make a wish! |
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| No more tortoises... |
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| Entrance of the temple |
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| Thank JH for helping and I became the fourth tortoise. |
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| Pray and pay respect |
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| Look at such a beautiful and peaceful lagoon. too bad everyone already enjoyed themselves at St. John's Island or Lazarus. |
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| Food centre without any potential service.... like a ghost town |
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| Tortoise shelter. |
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| Another bigger lagoon :D wah, beautiful! |
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| I was so dead... |
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| but not yet :) |
Mr Tortoise taught me some important lessons
1️⃣ take things slowly hence to enjoy every moment and process
2️⃣ breathe in and out slowly hence everyone has a limited number of breath, so treasure it
3️⃣ carrying a 'shell' as our backbone, meaning what kind of attitude/character we are carrying in our life.
4️⃣ anything that happened, 'retract our head' and look into the matter before making a quick reaction.
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| Guarded by the tortoises! |
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| Pardon me for my messy hair. |
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| Tiring day... |
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| But still a great trip! |
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| Did you see a red lobster? and... |
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| That's ME! Black and red! |
Jeff
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