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Saturday, December 22, 2007

Pulau Ubin was great fun! Went exploring every nook and cranny in the island. okay, maybe not EVERY.The trip took place on the friday one week ago. i think the most enjoyable part of this trip, and the part that gave me the most sense of accomplishment, was conquering the highest point on that off-shore island - bukit puaka. It stands at 75m. ehhh isnt that shorter than bukit timah hill??? haha yea indeed. Going up isnt though, neither was coming down. There werent any signs leading up to the top, coz the authorities didnt want any trouble, considering the fact that there werent any safety barriers up there. Had to take a hike through some forested area before we reached the peak. The path was narrow, had many branches and bushes sticking out in a sporadic order along a path which was "walked out by man"(direct translation from the chinese phrase here) Chiahong led us up along the same route he did with OBS. I led them down, but i must say that the path looked much different from when wee went up. I hadnt noticed the other paths joining ours when journeying up, but whowwww when i saw them on the way down, i sort of got a little confused. but a little common sense here and there got us to where our bikes were. haha... i thought chiahong was behind taking a video of the hike down. In the end, no video, coz he forgot. haiz... nvm... haha... what i wanted was to get the experience trekking up the hill, and down it. The feeling upon reaching the top was great man. unbelievable. you see the view from atop, and you look backat the route that took you up, and you cant help but smile and say quietly to yourself "yea i made it!". This accomplishment might be dwarfed upon mentioning the "bigshots" of mountaineering in the region, like mount ophir and such, but its great to walk away from this island with something to show for, and something that is one of the few places left in singapore for adventurers to seek some thrill at. that wasnt the only highlight of course, but it was the best of them all. here are some pics from the trip. cant upload some of them. server prob. so here're the other "some".

Entered by platinum at 7:33 AM