9th October 2009 (Friday) - Pulau Ubin
I was awakened by a phone call at 10:45am only to realise that I was supposed to have a recce with Hanquan & Alex for the upcoming combined BB camp. Quickly bathed/prepared myself and rushed down to Clementi MRT to meet them.

It was a longgg 1hr+ journey before we finally reach Changi Village. We decided to have lunch there before heading to pulau ubin. The first thought that came to my mind was 'NASI LEMAK!'.
Sadly, I was repelled by the horribly long queue and not to mention, the freaking hot weather and huge crowd in the hawker centre where the tables are all so cramped and close to each other. ..enough of whining, thats not the main focus of the trip lol.
(Well..actually there's more to whine about during the pulau ubin trip)

After lunch, we took a boat to Pulau Ubin. It was a considerably short distance..took about 7-8mins at most. We paid $2.50 per person for the boat trip. Upon reaching, I noticed there weren't alot of visitors around. It was rather peaceful and quiet.. like typical Kampung.

Anyway, We quickly rented a bike each, $5 per bike for whole day. Got a map and went on to recce. Well I didn't take any photos but It was hell of a journey. The track is full of upslopes & downslopes, making it difficult for us to cycle. I had to paddle at full speed before going up some slopes because it was so freaking steep. Throughout the journey, the weather was really hot and we had to keep hydrating ourselves. The uncle that sold us drinks blatantly asked "...Don't you feel hot?"
We took about 3 hours or so..to find checkpoints/stations. We left Pulau Ubin at 4.30pm. Got home at around ..6pm.
(I Dread going there for the time being...but we have to recce again next week...without bicycles. just walking! hmm maybe it would be better...considering we don't have to paddle so hard to go up the slopes.)