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Attraction:
East Singapore
Last four decades, East Singapore
was but a grandest rural area where people love to visit for
relaxation. As time elapsed, some wealthy people determined to
alter this area into a more useful and popular spot for tourism.
Worth the visit places include the island of Pulau Ubin, Changi
Village, and Geyland and Katong.
Pulau Ubin
If escaping from chaotic city is
on your mind, a trip to Pulau Ubin should be done as it is a
great place to enjoy the pre-industrialized Singapore or some
say the Singapore of five decades ago. Most people who reside in
this area are farmers and fishermen.
All visitors have to arrive
there by bumboats at the funky dock near the Police Post in
Pulau Ubin Village. And you can take taxis awaited for
passengers at the pier. The driver will draw a picture of the
island by narrating its short history. You can ask anything your
curiosity wants to know.
The island is small enough to
be explored by walk, nevertheless, a more rapid way to reach the
half-dozen kampongs, holy temples, fish farms, coconut palms,
and deserted beaches is bicycle which you can rent from shops
located near the pier. Not only nature that can be enjoyed, a
nice meal is there as well for there are many seafood
restaurants sited on the north side which can be reached by
cross-island tracks that branch off the central island road.
Pulau Ubin has much more than
the aforementioned interesting things; only your own visit can
tell how great it is. You can visit Pulau Ubin by 12-seat
bumboat that chugs across Serangoon Harbor daily from 06.00 to
22.00.
Changi Village
Although there are a few
attractions in Changi Village yet considered spectacular. For
instance, the collection of 38 rare photographs displayed on the
5th floor of the Le Meridien Singapore Changi Hotel on
Netheravon Road. Those photographs were taken by an Australian
soldier captured by the Japanese forces during the World War II.
He incredibly snapped more than 100 photos while he was in
Changi prison.
Another rare highlight is
Changi Beach that provides the view of Pulau Ubin and Pulau
Tekong, a military training post. Changi Beach also possesses
the tragic history as it was the spot where thousands of Chinese
civilians were executed by the Japanese Army.
Lastly, a great nightspot can't
be something else but Europa Changi, a place where you can have
a nice meal and let your emotion flow with live music.
Changi Village is at the far
eastern end of Singapore Island and today serves for the
departure point for Pulau Ubin.
Geyland and
Katong
Geylang and Katong are sited as
the coastal districts and can be reached just a few kilometers
east of the city center. It was once predominant by the Malays
but after World War I, it was converted to a better place which
later attracted Chinese and Peranakan from Telok Ayer to settle
here. There are various interesting places here such as Kallang,
a site of the National Stadium and the 1,200-seat Kallang
Theatre; Malay Cultural Village where you can learn Malay
lifestyles; Traditional Architecture, a place where you can see
many Peranakan-style shophouses and many temples with mosques as
well; and the Recreation Center like Crocodilarium, Big Splash
Water Park, East Coast Recreation Center, Tennis Center, Wet
& Wild Water Park, Swimming Langoon, and East Coast Sailing
Center are there to welcome you.
This article is authored and
copyrighted by
Royal Exclusive Travel
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