Of course I didn't expect to see this gorgeous big kingfisher, patrolling the Singapore River, so I took an inappropriate set of equipment to deal with this rare opportunity and this is the unfortunate result.
I usually stroll about with one camera and one lens.
Of course I didn't expect to see this gorgeous big kingfisher, patrolling the Singapore River, so I took an inappropriate set of equipment to deal with this rare opportunity and this is the unfortunate result.
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At Singapore's Zion Road Food Centre, the Carrot Cake vendor is doing brisk trade. He is a stylish and entertaining worker, and dances a bit as he cooks. He is also a bit hard-of-hearing and so you have to point at things as you are making the order...$6 size serve, chili, etc. The main ingredients in his product are white radish and egg, so I am a bit surprised at the name of his main menu item. It tastes very good! Kitchen is very small, but orderly.
On Singapore's Pulau Ubin island you keep your feet dry on a boardwalk through a section of Mangrove swamp.
On peeping over the edge, into the murky, shallow water, I discovered an ogre eyeing me off... Singapore could use some rain.
They don't seem to water public gardens, and its hasn't rained for weeks, so the grass is now distinctly brown and the ferns limp...I think that is why I am suffering from hay fever. Big clouds are charging across the sky...perhaps one will wait a while, and dump on us! On Singapore's Pulau Ubin there is ample wildlife, if you look out for it...here is a mud skipper, taking advantage of the in-coming tide in the mangroves.
The mangroves seem to be standing on tip-toe, as though trying to get as far from the salt water as they can.
Palau Ubin is a granite island, and has been extensively quarried for its stone, but large areas are subject to tidal flooding each day, and the mangroves thrive here. This is the main street of the tiny village on the island of Pulau Ubin, Singapore. There is a couple of restaurants, but the commerce is dominated by bicycle rental.
Cycling is the ideal way to explore the island, and there are plenty of racks for keeping bikes upright at those places that serve as a portal to walking-only areas. Day rent for a bicycle is between Sing$2 and Sing$20, depending on the quality and complexity of the bike...our Sing$8 units, well used but working more-or-less ok, were equipped with:
Getting to Pulau Ubin...a small island off Singapore...requires a 10 ride in a BumBoat.
I think these boats are so named because their hard seats make the 12 passengers aware of their bums. |
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