OLD SINGAPORE LOST IN TIME? CLASSIC HAWKER IS REOPENED NEAR ABANDONED CEMETERY! // BUKIT BROWN HIKE

Anther muddy walk but not quite what you'd expect to find in Singapore. Abandoned cars that look like something from a horror movie set, glass bottles and other pottery buried beneath years of mud and vines as the jungle takes over the history.
We passed many graves of the bukit brown cemetery and found so much beauty in the area when we looked past the vines. Beautiful tiles covered with mud revealed pretty scenes of mountains and boats when cleaned. Photographs on the headstones were common and we had a go at figuring out the Chinese characters to understand a little more.
We continued on our way to try and find some famously named "avatar trees" and the newer area of Bukit Brown Cemetery. The bugs were against us and after getting a little lost deep in the jungle we thought we should play it safe before it got dark and make our way back.
An adventurous day full of suprises!
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[@phng8316]

@22:06...Nice Rainforest landscape!!😍😍

[@WONDERLUSTworld]

It is very beautiful. I love to imagine what Singapore would have looked like many (or not so many!) years ago.Trying to get through the dense jungle, making a home from the land around sometimes.

[@gungho9]

Visit this cemetery at night lets say at 3am boy it would be an exciting experience for the visitor. :)

[@WONDERLUSTworld]

Oh gosh that would be a very different experience in the dark. Lots of things to trip over and I think the noises you'd hear would be quite unsettling as the night creatures come out.

[@noorirwan686]

Hi guys merry christmas n happy new year been too busy lately🤍

[@WONDERLUSTworld]

Hey there again, Happy new year.

[@phng8316]

@ 20:11...cool moves Milo.. 👏👏👍👍

[@WONDERLUSTworld]

Hehe he’s pretty nimble, I think he’d be good at parkour!

[@eatdriveplay]

Glad to see the new tables & seats at Adam hawker... Nice! Nasi Lemak and chicken rice are the top favorites there....oh and the chinese dessert stall.

[@WONDERLUSTworld]

We were too full for dessert but with it being so close to our house I'm sure we will go back. What else should we try there?

[@taycs5733]

I believe it is: Bo dai ji (there is no trouble), chuay dai ji (find trouble). Meaning why find trouble for yourself

[@WONDERLUSTworld]

ah thanks for clarifying.

[@kenzone]

Another fun, muddy adventure!! I sure hope you guys have a good washing machine at home 😂😂😂…. and oh my, all those pairs of shoes too! 😅

[@WONDERLUSTworld]

I got caught in the rain the nest day with my trainers so that kind of washed them clean! Aspen's shoes could be washed in the shower. I think Milo's and Jonty's are still 'drying' by the front door haha until the next adventure.

[@rec0n3r]

Thanks for sharing! I might want to take my family here next !

[@WONDERLUSTworld]

Awesome! Do tag us over on socials and let us know what you think of it. Maybe you won't get as lost and make it to the rest haha

[@EL-wm5wl]

yes there was a kampong car workshop there, up to the early-mid 90's I believe. It's at the end of bukit brown just at the side of lornie road and up close to the expressway right? we used to be able to see it from a double-decker bus travelling on lornie road... also look up... there were durian trees there too...

[@WONDERLUSTworld]

Oh thanks for sharing. We did think something like that might have been around but it seemed so out of place going by what else was near by. we saw some durian on the floor, eaten by all the bugs around and possibly the odd monkey or two.

[@shirleymayes9817]

That was a ramble! It’s exciting to explore and amazing finds too. I understand why derelict cars look scary but so do the gravestones. I love Milo’s skills at reading the dates too. Yes I saw the banner at the end. Have a lovely week

[@WONDERLUSTworld]

Good job spotting the banner - the colour also changes each week! Movies and books often use those settings for more scary stories so I guess it's something we grow up with seeing and then taking on. Thanks for getting in touch. Have a good weekend.

[@healingpossibilities44]

A great adventure. Footwear not so great but adds to the fun. Lovely to see Milo reading the gravestone. Lovely exploration 💜🦋

[@WONDERLUSTworld]

His Mandarin is actually quite good but I think it's his confidence in speaking tat is still to come. x

[@bookwormfaith]

That is definitely a massive spider XD Thank you for being brave enough to go to these places and take us with you!

[@WONDERLUSTworld]

Thanks for watching along with us again!

[@patriciagoulter]

I saw the Wonder! Fantastic video. how did you clean up before getting on the bus? Currently having a heatwave here in Christchurch, was 32 degrees yesterday, and expected 31 degrees today.

[@WONDERLUSTworld]

WOW that is warm. Today Aspen and I were sitting our balcony having breakfast and I had to put a jumper on and I felt chilly! The rainy season here is making it quite cool. The mud dried pretty fast as we walked back to the but stop, we all just stamped our feet to get as much mud off as we could could and wiped any wet stuff off on the grass.

[@MsLilac88]

Hello friend, I always enjoy watching your videos, hope you guys have a wonderful week. 😊 Sorry for not catching up often, been so busy with restaurant work & upcoming vacation to KL next month. The workload is massive. Let’s stay in touch. 💜

[@WONDERLUSTworld]

Oh some time away will be lovely! What do you have planned? Thanks for your kind words.

[@sleepy_dobe]

That steering wheel portion doesn't look like it belonged to the first car. I can see the seats markings and colours are different from the first one.

[@WONDERLUSTworld]

Oh that is an interesting observation, I'll have to go back and watch it. Thanks.

[@megaredkentadate9834]

Oh i see a Norwich City fan. Does he know that there used to be a Norwich player who plays in the S-League? His name is Grant Holt.

[@WONDERLUSTworld]

Yes thats a Norwich kit! He doesn't really follow football that much. Do you? He has the kit as that is where he, and his sister and Myself (Millie) was born. It's also where Jonty and I met. When Milo was born my friend bought him his first Norwich City kit and since then we buy him a new one when he outgrows it.

[@MsLinda2605]

Bravo for making that creepy hike which most Singaporeans will never do.😂

[@phng8316]

Singaporeans will normally be there during the Ching Ming Festival...

[@WONDERLUSTworld]

Thank you for telling us about this, I just did some research around it.

[@WONDERLUSTworld]

It does seem that way, movies make things like that seem creepy I guess. Some of the graves look like they are kept quite well and still visited.

[@user-jk5um1om8l]

Glad to see Aspen has reacquired her British accent. Valley Girl was increasingly alarming and No Bueno!! 😂

[@WONDERLUSTworld]

You think? Some words sounds more British I guess, it often depends who she speaks with and where they are from. She sounds very local with our Singaporean friends.

[@user-jk5um1om8l]

@@WONDERLUSTworldUnmistakable whiff of it, at least in this video. Not uncommon that ‘third culture’ kids try different accents on for size as they try to fit in with their peers. It’s a fascinating skill! (American and British accents tend to predominate… a numbers game, surely. I’m partial to a strong Australian accent myself. 🤣 Then there’s the hybrid ‘international school accent,’ another kettle of fish.)

[@WONDERLUSTworld]

Working in an international school we hear it a lot. I do find language and accents very fascinating. My sister has lived in Australia for many years and has adopted the way of talking, phrases and accent. She now lives in Peru and speaks Spanish a lot.

[@MsLilac88]

Your children are so adorable, perhaps they would make their own videos when they grow up & follow in your footsteps as a KZbinr. 😊

[@WONDERLUSTworld]

They have a channel, actually! Search Milo and Aspen 😉😄

[@MsLilac88]

@@WONDERLUSTworld I will subscribe to their channel soon. 😊

[@sikaing8168]

We went there 6am. There are lots of noises when we entered the forest. Along the way we found many cool things though. Abandoned cars, old graves and even a small hidden garden.

[@WONDERLUSTworld]

Oh wow did you go to beat the heat? I guess you started in the dark though. I walked into many spider webs along the way as no one has passed through where we went for a while.

[@sikaing8168]

@@WONDERLUSTworld Bring a stick or pick up a stick along the way. It will help you to clear the cobwebs while walking. We usually hike 6am and ends 9am. Cooney Islandis another place I like. Ideal for kids as well.

[@WONDERLUSTworld]

That’s a good time to go. I’m not sure our kids would appreciate an early wake up call 😝 we do like a lie in on the weekends after a week of getting up early.

[@caijunlong1006]

Years ago, there were farms & kampungs around the Lornie road/McRitchie area. My grandaunt had a pigfarm there. These were all cleared by the govt as part of the efforts to clean up S'pore river. During durian season, you can see many cars parked along Lornie road/McRitchie. The durian trees have since been all cleared.

[@WONDERLUSTworld]

wow thanks for sharing this little slice of history. A pig farm, were these to sell? Do you recall seeing it for yourself?

[@caijunlong1006]

@@WONDERLUSTworld I sometimes stay at my grandaunts pigfarm during the school holidays. A couple of my uncles were butchers. They supply pork to a few local markets. Do you know that the pigs squeal on market days 😥

[@WONDERLUSTworld]

I’d love to step back in time and see this kind of Singapore just once! We used to live on a fruit farm in the UK and my sister and I would pinch the odd strawberry 🍓 although she was slightly allergic and would always get a red rash on her cheeks which would give us away!

[@Fenrispro]

Gosh i wld nev dare to go into any cemetaries even in the day. Ive heard there are many rare species of birds at bukit brown

[@WONDERLUSTworld]

It’s actually very peaceful in the day and has a beauty about it. My mind did wander to horror films every now and again when we saw the cars and the left over bits of the mechanics garage!

[@MsLilac88]

Can you guys do a questionnaire about how you guys met? 😊

[@WONDERLUSTworld]

We met at work actually! Became friends, then got engaged 11 months later. The rest is history 😝 two kids later, 5 houses across 2 countries and we’ve been together 13 years now. ❤️ thanks for asking!

[@MsLilac88]

@@WONDERLUSTworldI met my husband who is also a Singaporean when I was 30 years old, became friends for 3 years then we dated & got married 5 years ago. 😊

[@WONDERLUSTworld]

Aww sweet story!

[@MsLilac88]

@@WONDERLUSTworld I uploaded a new video tonight. 😊

[@WONDERLUSTworld]

Chinese New Year is approaching, lots of things in the markets and shops.

[@kcchiew4247]

“Bo tai chi chui tai chi” hokkien。

[@WONDERLUSTworld]

Thank you!