Today is a day we have been looking forward to - we were going for a 9-hour island hopping excursion to visit both St John's Island and Kusu Island! Woohoo!
I had brought along our ponchos and an umbrella but was hoping that the weather would be good. It did turn out to be a super hot and sunny day and all of us got sunburnt at the end of it. Haha.
Here's sharing some pics from our visit to St John's Island. We went on a guided tour and walked over two hours where we learnt about how St John's Island acted as a quarantine station for cholera cases in the 19th century, how it was the site of Raffles' anchorage in 1819, how our third president Devan Nair was detained here by the British, and also visited the Sisters' Islands Marine Park Public Gallery (yes, it is on St John's Island!). Along the journey, the kids saw the Mickey Mouse plant, spotted fishes, prawns, mudskippers, grasshoppers, ants and bees, learnt about the sea almond tree and how to play an old school game using casuarina leaves too. It was a fun way to enjoy some outdoor time and I am so happy we did this.
They loved the ride on the ferry and it made us feel like we were going on a holiday even though we were only going to the Southern Islands. Haha. Never go cruise, take ferry also not bad, right? They insisted on going up to the open deck at the upper level every time to enjoy the breeze, admire the ocean view and just take in as much of nature as we can.
Phew! Feeling glad and thankful that today was a good day! And that we survived the long hours, even the boy who skipped his afternoon nap amazed me by walking almost entirely on his own (he also got to eat sweets, have cold drinks and eat ice cream, lol). Yay!
P.S. You can't get food or drinks (except top up plain water) on the islands and I was so grateful I thought of bringing along chicken rice and roasted pork/char siew rice. With braised eggs! Along with lots of biscuits, Milo and 4 bottles of water (which we topped up). They kept us full and gave us energy to keep going!
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