I seem to drag my family all over this island, and my aunt and uncle are no exception. After viewing the dragon kiln we ventured down an extremely straight road (that apparently for military routines is sometimes used as a runway) and found ourselves next to the cemetery, so I said, "Can we go look?" (My uncle couldn't fathom why tourists would want to see burial grounds, but he hasn't been to Arlington....)
This is the first time I've seen Chinese graves. Apparently on the 7th month of the lunar calendar year, Chinese families will come out and tend the graves (clean them up and stuff). The other thing about living on an island is that space is at a premium, so graves are exhumed every 10-20 years or so depending on the plot. There were also Muslim and Christian graves here.
This is the first time I've seen Chinese graves. Apparently on the 7th month of the lunar calendar year, Chinese families will come out and tend the graves (clean them up and stuff). The other thing about living on an island is that space is at a premium, so graves are exhumed every 10-20 years or so depending on the plot. There were also Muslim and Christian graves here.
Farms! I knew Singapore had fish farms, but I didn't realize they had goat, vegetable, koi, and frog farms until we stopped at the Poison Ivy Bistro at Bollywood Farms to take a break from all the driving. A lot of the western-most edge of the island is dedicated military training space, but just next to most of the live-firing areas are these farms.
There's a lot of local wildlife... we managed to spot a roughly 4 ft long lizard (monitor lizard?) and a pack of wild dogs (they looked more like huskies than coyotes with their long curly tails).
There's a lot of local wildlife... we managed to spot a roughly 4 ft long lizard (monitor lizard?) and a pack of wild dogs (they looked more like huskies than coyotes with their long curly tails).
Eventually, after getting lost on the winding roads, we made our way to the north part of the island and admired the view of Johor Bahru (Malaysia). Between all the industrial parks and the peaceful reservoir, it was sort of hard to believe that this was all part of the same island.