Singapore Tourism Board (STB) and other agencies are forking out SGD 45 million
dollars to encourage local holiday, a.k.a Singapoliday, rediscover our
homeland. Even before this pandemic, myself and my folks have been doing so as
and when. You can click on 'Local Travel' on my blog to see where we went.
Some were older posts many years back where I would go for a solo trip to
places I wanna go and took many photos. Quite enjoyable alone because you just
do what you wanna do.
Now they start this campaign because we can't go travel yet, at least for this
year is a definite NO, and that they want to save many businesses that are affected by
this pandemic. They want us to spend but measures/restrictions in place. Seriously, I
don't know how to really enjoy to the fullest but just comply.
Whenever I go outings with my folks
(sometimes my aunt too), we usually go on a road less travel. Places where not many will wanna go, like a heritage or history tour on our own. So this time round, my dad suggested Labrador. Let's go.
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We met at Labrador Park MRT (Circle Line) and followed the directional signs (take Exit A, one and only) using Star Living Furniture store as our starting point to lead us in.
Quite a good morning exercise for us because other than walking past construction site and state land, be greeted with a steep slope to walk up. Please walk on the pathway for your safety.
Quite amused to see that there is a resort here. City Beach Resort, with a fair share of good and bad reviews. Out of the way unless take a cab or walk in like us. But if you wanna stay away from the hustle and bustle, then you can try. Not sure how it looks so try on your own risk.
That steep slope would lead you to a roundabout carpark. So based on the direction you walked from, start your journey on your left. The right side is Tamarind Hill (a restaurant).
It felt like Sentosa's Fort Siloso. Replica of the war times days in Singapore. So you can see cannon, stony gun placements, storeroom (I think some are original and not all replicas) and etc. Don't tell me you don't feel it.
A tranquil walk through the woods, cooling when on a walking trail. And so we just walked our way straight to another carpark where it brought us to the great seaview. Awesome view with a deep blue sky with white clouds. Just before a downpour that spoilt our plan to the next destination after Labrador.
This machine gun post is right smack at the sandy playground. It was where the British identified it as a defence site to protect the entrance of Singapore harbour.
This direction from the Berlayer Beacon is overlooking at Sentosa Island. Yes this is how near Labrador and Sentosa. Sidetrack a little. Do you know we used to take a super slow moving ferry from Harbourfront to Sentosa? I remember those days when I was in Primary School and went for an excursion. There was a ferry terminal back in the 90s, and so is that A&W Boat. The journey was actually a short one but I really remember it being so slow moving and am very impatient.
Another angle on the left of Berlayer Beacon, you can see Reflections at Keppel Bay and a little of Marina at Keppel Bay. One of those upscale area in Singapore. Not a bad view if you live in one of those unit, especially the highest floor. Wow... Missed out Dragon Teeth Gate. Chinese Admiral Zheng He evaded destruction when he sailed his fleet of ships with a strong force of men around the point and through Dragon Teeth Gate in the early 1400s. It is some rocky outcrop replica that looks like dragon's teeth.
I would advise that when you go out, bring a brolly (umbrella) always because the weather is so annoying. One minute is sunny, the next a heavy downpour. Luckily we took some photos and then hide inside the shelter to wait for it to turn a smaller rain or stop. And I saw some guys running in the heavy rain. Round and round. Lucky no thunder.
If it wasn't that heavy rain, we should be able to see mangrove area along this shore. No luck for us. Hope you get to see during your visit. You can walk along this boardwalk to see lots of ships on the sea with so many containers on them, waiting for loading or unloading, or whatever.
So from heavy rain to drizzling, we slowly walked back to the train station. It was about 10-15 mins walk but no steep paths thus it was easy. Along the way, saw black hens and roosters crossing the road. Inside the woods we already saw quite a few. Quite amusing.
Our plan was to go Labrador Park, then to Gillman Barracks by foot and off to Alexander for lunch by bus. An ideal itinerary for the day if the weather was good. Because all these places are in one area. More of a walking tour. Probably next time. And so we took a bus number 120 from outside PSA building and dropped at Anchorpoint to walk over to ABC Brickworks Food Centre for lunch.
That's all. Hopefully we can go Gillman Barracks the next time. Cheers.