Archive for the 'Singapore' Category
Jurong Bird Park
Posted on September 17, 2010 - Filed Under Singapore | 2 Comments
Jurong Bird Park is now a world-famous bird zoo wherein there are specimens of magnificent bird life from around the world, including a flock of one thousand and one flamingos. It is currently the world’s largest bird park in terms of number of birds and second largest in terms of land area after Germany’s Vogelpark [...]
Kusu or turtle Ilsand
Posted on September 17, 2010 - Filed Under Singapore | Leave a Comment
Kusu Island was reclaimed, some people say it looked like a turtle. Made up of two ridges on a reef, one ridge the head, and the other (where the hilltop is now) the back of the turtle. Kusu Island (“Tortoise Island” in Chinese), you can find attractions which include a Malay shrine and a Chinese [...]
Beach in Pulau Ubin ( Ubin island )
Posted on September 16, 2010 - Filed Under Singapore | Leave a Comment
Located at the eastern tip of Pulau Ubin is a natural beach called Chek Jawa, on which marine life such as the horseshoe crab and sand dollar, a disc-shaped member of the star-fish family, live. It also houses sea-grass meadows that habour carpet and peacock anemones, as well as coral rubble that is home to [...]
