Went for a cycling trip at Pulau Ubin with Biao, Rich, SM and Boon. Thinking of it, it's a long time since I last went to Ubin, four years plus to be exact. In the past during the secondary school days used to go there quite often for tiring training camps and today is the first time I actually went there voluntarily.Took a quick ferry ride from Changi ferry terminal and within 10 mins time we've arrived at Pulau Ubin. Things have not changed much since I went 4 years back, still the same old undeveloped and simple island. Not wasting any time, rented the bicycle at the first shop we saw at $5/day for the better bicycles which is quite affordable.
The adventure starts here
Started off exploring the West side of the island, past the Ubin resorts and ended at the OBS site. Everything was quite smooth and the slopes were quite manageable. Most of the time we managed to ride on the proper road and only need to ride on the dirt path on certain occasions. Along the way passed by a sign stating 'German Girl Shrine' and decided to proceed there to take a look. It's a tougher ride there as along the way there's big puddles of water on the dirt path and we have to push our bike through. Did went through the obstacles which is only a prelude of what's more to come and even so did not manage to find the shrine.Proceeded to explore the Northern part of the island to Nordin beach. After which we stumbled upon a bridge and was not too sure whether we should proceed across or not as the place do not look quite accessible looking at the litter laid on the ground but eventually we did. Perhaps it's the worst mistake we made that day. From littered dirt path to muddy path, and eventually the path became too narrow that we could not cycle through and we have to alight and bash through the vegetation. Even during my army days I did not try bashing through vegetation before but nevertheless it was quite exciting as there was not a single soul in sight and we do not know where the path will lead to and all we know is there's no turning back after bashing for some time. Eventually we did manage to reach a main track and we realised that we went one big round through somewhere not shown on the map.
Yes, this is a cycling trip
At Nordin BeachCarried on with our adventure to the Eastern part and we intended to explore Chek Jawa. However, somewhere on the journey we turned too early before reaching Chek Jawa and along a steep slope Biao lost control and flew into the bush along with the bicycle. The impact bent the bicycle wheel causing it to be unable to be ride on anymore. Therefore we decided to call it a day and proceed back to the terminal. Somewhere near the terminal stuntman Boon had a failed stun and injured himself again somehow. What a bad way to end an adventure. After returning the bicycles, we had lunch/dinner at a restaurant on the island to reward ourselves for the adventure. After everything, took the ferry back to mainland Singapore, shagged and scarred by mosquito bites.
Half-way bashing through
The aftermath
