Wow... you have gone to places where most tourists and some Singaporeans have never gone before. Awesome!!
@TalesFromOurPocket7 ай бұрын
Thanks!!
@mummymantras7 ай бұрын
IKR! I'm from the UK and I'm so eager to explore these outer islands. But my husband, who is Singaporean, absolutely refuses to go. 😂
@danielc27016 ай бұрын
@@mummymantras No aircon! lol
@YuniqueChannel6 ай бұрын
I agreed! As a Singaporean, I've never heard of nor been to any of these places 😅
@danielc27016 ай бұрын
@@YuniqueChannel Do recommend you visit at least once on a weekend. It reminds me of the old sentosa before it became commercialized, a family weekend getaway spot for quiet swimming and beach activities
@ogukuo977 ай бұрын
You’re right. It had been used as a detention Center for POWs, immigrants (as a quarantine facility), drug rehabilitation, refugees, etc. Not at the same time, of course! Its offshore location, yet close to the main island, made it ideal for such purposes. There is no need to use St John’s for detention purposes nowadays as there are much better facilities elsewhere. There is a research station there as well, as the waters around there is teeming with marine life. As a university student, I stayed the night in one of the bungalows near the jetty with my classmates. Pretty cool experience.
@weekiatchan55207 ай бұрын
Really like how you are showcasing the outdoorsy side of Singapore! Great video as usual!
@azrinaz89937 ай бұрын
Great videos Heather.. Really love that you guys explore non tourist sites and our nature reserves.. Keep posting these wonderful snippets of Singapore and nature in our little island..
@user-jk5um1om8l7 ай бұрын
Singapore’s more rustic islands are fantastic hidden gems. Really takes you out of the city and out of time too - the tranquil air and unhurried pace harkens back to an old timey Singapore with fewer people. Real island vibes of yesteryear. The logistics are more challenging with fewer amenities, but they are a great alternative to the more commercial and touristy Sentosa.
@TalesFromOurPocket7 ай бұрын
You describe it perfectly!
@cassandrasoh9 күн бұрын
Such an informative video with great narrative and video editing. Love it! 😊
@ipodee787 ай бұрын
Love your itinerary. Off the beaten tracks and there are so many places our little island offers that we locals may not have been before even.
@dennisleong78667 ай бұрын
During school holidays, some schools will arrange overnight camping at this St. John island so that empty hall is for them to gathered together
@Tungku667 ай бұрын
I camped in the dorm 40 years ago when I still studied in secondary school. What a memory…
@90taetaeya7 ай бұрын
Singapore islands are so gorgeous!! Wow.
@megaredkentadate98346 ай бұрын
The two of you are like two kids enjoying themselves in wonderland on our little red dot. I foresee one day both of you may want to become permanent residents or even fully fledged Singaporeans.
@teeviibox7 ай бұрын
There are a few eco-friendly tiny houses on Lazarus Island where you can book to stay overnight. There is also a mini-mart nearby. Kusu Island - meaning Tortoise Island - is now fully powered by solar energy to produce its own electricity and water. You can see that the solar panels in the temple's lagoon are even laid out in the shape of two tortoises in the aerial shot.
@ezracerez9207 ай бұрын
The mini-mart operates only on Friday to Sunday and closes at 17:00. Food is on a bit of high price. So bring your own food if intend to have picnic there.
@Koriolis7 ай бұрын
Regarding the housing on St John's Island: I think the government might have used the fields for camping sites, with the toilets for the campers. So, temporary housing. Regarding the lizards: Those lizards are monitor lizards, they can bite iirc and it's not advisable to approach them. They're common to many mangrove biomes on the mainland too, including Labrador Park. Regarding the temple: My grandmother used to visit and pray there. Not sure if it was always that well-manicured and I'm very surprised that it is now.
@bennylee19907 ай бұрын
Excellent production. Keep it up. Btw the eagles are probably the White Bellied Sea Eagle, found around these regions and Australia. They pair for life. Other raptors include the Brahminy Kites and Peregrine Falcons found in Singapore. Coney Island or Pulau Serangoon is another place to visit; it’s connected to the mainland. Always a joy to see both of you here. Enjoy!🌻
@90taetaeya15 күн бұрын
Singapore islands are so beautiful!! I’m glad they don’t ruin it by building a 10-storey resort like they would in other south East Asian countries
@TalesFromOurPocket10 күн бұрын
Same!!
@ken611757 ай бұрын
The area that was boarded up use to have buildings that was taken down because abestos was used in the original construction. FYI St' John's Island was closed off to the public while those buildings were taken down. As for that 'cafe' it used to be where the superintendent of the island lived.
@blackmamba342723 күн бұрын
Awesome video and trip ❤
@ZulMarquez7 ай бұрын
Just for your info, St John island is in the flight path of Paya lebar airbase, not Changi airport! Enjoy Singapore! :)
@stephencollicoat12267 ай бұрын
I've planned to do this on our next trip. Thanks for the preview.
@eszeezee69676 ай бұрын
Such a satisfying content! Thank you for appreciating Singapore!
@mglee14317 ай бұрын
You guys are great! You did research and are more than an average typical tourist. Enjoyed your videos. Though i am a Singaporean but i hate going out under the hot sun😊
@TalesFromOurPocket6 ай бұрын
Thank you! We do enjoy researching the places we go to. There's usually a lot of interesting stories to be found! 😊
@jonathanlee43056 ай бұрын
Hi Heather and Bill! Thank you for loving this little red dot I call home! Your travels brought back many memories for me as I used to have many wonderful weekends with my parents on the beach at Kusu Island! My mum used to make grilled chicken wings and sandwiches as we spent wonderful times at the beach swimming and getting out of mainland Singapore! And visiting the temple and mosque there too! Please come back to Asia soon!
@teongsengquek96957 ай бұрын
If you didn't know, actually Kusu means Turtle Island in Hokkien.
@judytong15136 ай бұрын
Wow...love this video...u have shown me SG islands which I have not been and seen before...thank you❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
@petrusj2012 ай бұрын
ST. John's Island is home to ST. John's Navigational Beacon which is used by the Air Force and civilian aircraft.
@seanjosephtan7 ай бұрын
The giant lizard that has appeared in a few of your videos is called the Malayan water monitors. 😂
@cartoonpete4076 ай бұрын
Those turtles are red-earred sliders from the US. They started out as pets back in the 70s and have now become common wildlife in Singapore :)
@leewn23196 ай бұрын
Great to see u guys visiting Pulau Ubin our only conserved layback village islet and enjoying very bit of it including durian.
@ongandrew49536 ай бұрын
Thanks for your hard work n information, well done 😊
@icemaneu7 ай бұрын
Not sure if it's open for foreigners, but Singaporeans can apply to camp there overnight with camping gear.
@HO7SIM376 ай бұрын
There's a logical explanation for the planes, You're near Pulau Sudong, which is an air force installation used for military exercises. Which also includes the rehearsals for the National Day Parade on Aug 9 every year.
@sudheshkumar7327 ай бұрын
Thanks for your video. It was amazing you guys visited these islands. We have more islands in fact. Your next visit you guys may want to visit another island that is called pulau ubin.
@sierrafife6 ай бұрын
St Johns it's the start of the approach flight path into Singapore's ex international airport now air force base, paya lebar. That's why you were seeing our air force planes overhead
@zaireesallai72666 ай бұрын
best beach so far.. in Singapore..
@angkhimchuankc86486 ай бұрын
You 2 have missed a trail on Kusu Island, there's a pathed walkway leading up a hill cutting thru the forest leading to another place of worship in 152 steps hill (Malay Datuk Gong Shrines or Karamats) where both Malays and Chinese would head to for prayers annually during pilgrimage. This year the prayers pilgrimage falls on and between 03-31/Oct-2024, best time to visit cos it'd be teeming with worshippers and family outing on the island and the hawkers will operates. Visitors both locals and foreigners will flock in to be part of the experience away from the concrete jungle in mainland Singapore, offering prayers, walking trails, swimming, picnic or just do nothing, simply getaway and relax, a great experience needless to worry about ferries or getting hungry.😉
@BhumikaLamba4 ай бұрын
Nicely recorded video :)
@mylahbarreto52657 ай бұрын
The water looks inviting!
@TalesFromOurPocket6 ай бұрын
It was so hot that we HAD to risk it! (plus it was a beautiful, nearly empty beach!!)
@geniegal787 ай бұрын
There are actually some tiny cabins on Lazarus Island where you can book to stay overnight.
@tansan40157 ай бұрын
It used to be camps for schools in 1990s.
@Pinky-y1g2 ай бұрын
Have you visited Pulau Ubin? I think you should.
@TalesFromOurPocket2 ай бұрын
Yes! We had so much fun and even tried durian for the first time there! Table neighbors gave it to us. ❤️ kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z5fcoHxsiLudhac
@simroysten79637 ай бұрын
Kusu(In Chinese) is Tortoise Island. and the nearby Pawan Island was used for bombing practices (no joke) by the RSAF (Republic of Singapore Airforce) like those F15SG/F16D circling overhead. In case you need any help, all calls will be directed to Police Coast Guard.
@PalmavePo6 ай бұрын
That box jelly fish sign has been there for ages. I've swim at Lazarus so many times, no jelly fish or beans or whatever.
@TalesFromOurPocket6 ай бұрын
Hahaha, we wondered about that but it looked pretty recent! 😊
@Walts-Travel7 ай бұрын
I have a few invites to go there. I need to make it happen. Almost forgot. Like that logo.
@skyler16657 ай бұрын
Great video! Next time u should try visiting Pulau Ubin
@TalesFromOurPocket6 ай бұрын
I think you'll like our next video! 😉
@AverageAufa5 ай бұрын
i cannot take the heat and humidity in singapore despite being born and raised 😂 especially during fasting month, i’m not having any adventures 😅 yesss HUNDRED plus not ONE hundred plus 👍🏽
@markyteo7 ай бұрын
Yeah there's a hybrid malay-chinese temple up the hill next to the hawker centre. Its the only one I know of. You need to go back again.
@foodmore7 ай бұрын
I’m Singaporean and almost 40 years old but never once set foot on these islands. Haha
@sacar1016 ай бұрын
If you don't realize yet, the solar panels on kusu island are shape like 2 turtles in 15:18
@judyquek23626 ай бұрын
You need to go to Lim Church Kang. You love it.
@sierrafife6 ай бұрын
Lim CHU Kang
@yannlin31376 ай бұрын
there is another temple up the hill in Kusu Island.
@sukimberley6 ай бұрын
You see the planes formations because we having airshow in Singapore currently.
@sierrafife6 ай бұрын
They filmed this waaaaaaay before the airshow
@user-jk5um1om8l7 ай бұрын
Should you visit - yes, but on a weekday. 😂 Avoid the weekend warriors, get islands mostly to yourself.
@judyquek23627 ай бұрын
You love Singapore.
@That7Days797 ай бұрын
👍👍Enjoy😄
@RonLarhz7 ай бұрын
Oh u didn't go the other temple on top of the hill? The entrance stairs is just right at the end of the hawker place. It is said to have a mummy there. I was too scared to look inside tho, scared that nasty things follow me back 😂😂😂
@manchesterunitedno77 ай бұрын
Now, visit Pulau Ubin, more natural looking, and during the night.The main destination for ghost hunting.
@TalesFromOurPocket6 ай бұрын
You might like our next video (but...ghosts?!) 👻
@mtloke57326 ай бұрын
Great coverage… are you hired by the Singapore tourist promotion board in any way ? 😅
@TalesFromOurPocket6 ай бұрын
😂😂😂 We are in no way sponsored by anyone, including the SG tourist board. We just really have enjoyed Singapore! 😊 (... but if you know someone, maybe put in a good words for us, hahaha)
@jhf49306 ай бұрын
You probably see more people during school holiday where schools organise activities here…… will have water then😂
@strayer226 ай бұрын
These lizards are called monitor lizards.
@tonyquek61576 ай бұрын
It’s the monitor lizard
@marktan70587 ай бұрын
you did not go up the datuk kong hill on kusu
@xian46166 ай бұрын
Our island n beachfront is very clean ,indeed . Sadly, not on the weekends. Swamping domastic maids n workers drinking and heavy cooking food litters.
@amyg10736 ай бұрын
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@Purserr7 ай бұрын
dont go on weekends....
@kiansengkoh3867 ай бұрын
Those fighters are training for coming Singapore Airshow 2024.
@sierrafife6 ай бұрын
Singapore Airshow didn't have our air force planes flying in formation. They were not training for it.
@ezracerez9207 ай бұрын
We just went to stay overnight at one the eco-friendly tiny houses in Lazarus Island last month. The whole island are left those who have booking with the tiny houses at night- peace! My boy loves the environment there as he can have his meals with snails crawling on the floor, butterflies flying around us. There is a wide pathway for him to play and run without having to look out for reckless PMA users and cyclists.
@oneworldsteve84335 ай бұрын
FYI it's super hot everyday.
@wongkokkiong48477 ай бұрын
100 Plus.....😂
@TalesFromOurPocket7 ай бұрын
😁😁😁
@dlmhdlmh7 ай бұрын
Hundred Plus
@EvelynHo-y3vАй бұрын
🤫ssh....there's lots of protected bio diversity there....pls dun draw too much crowd there😅
@Dan82547 ай бұрын
Yes, it's *hundred plus* not one hundred plus😂
@TalesFromOurPocket6 ай бұрын
😂😂
@qleon19776 ай бұрын
they are water monitor lizards
@geniusyola1982Ай бұрын
So shame. Suppose those islands could be changed into tourism sites like Bali
@worstalentscout6 ай бұрын
i'm an old fart Sinkie...............and i've never been to St John's and Lazarus islands..............
@cac15047 ай бұрын
Short stay visitors will find Singapore interesting. Stay long enough you will be bored.
@muhammadfairuzsamsi72097 ай бұрын
People wreck things.
@TalesFromOurPocket6 ай бұрын
😁
@stevenlim96406 ай бұрын
'3 empty islands' ? mm, sorry you were wrong. 3 empty islands it is bcoz those few businesses is losing money in these islands except sg gohmen does not lose money bcoz latter use public moneys. st john? i intended to explore st john but knowing almost all gohmen facilities on it are NO ACCESS , wat so secretive? so i gave up. lazarus? just last week news: a newly convenience store on it interviewed, the boss says it has been zero sales and rental high it decided staff to now open only on friday,saturday,sunday. in addition, pulau ubin, in the past, many bigger businesses shut down due to high rentals, poor business on it, eg, celeste resort... , so it is you wishful thinking sg gohmen intentionally want to keep the 3 islands empty 'for good'.
@user-em8fq2ev4b5 ай бұрын
That was madness!!! Swimming despite knowing about the box jelly fish. It isn't just pain. You can EASILY...VERY EASILY DIED right there!!!... People watching this...please do not learn from this crazy couple...
@ylw6 ай бұрын
YES PLEASE DO NOT VISIT THE ISLANDS!!! except me
@engchoontan84837 ай бұрын
The logistics-train of tug-boat and food barges haven't got started but the monotheists demonstrated their cuisine-choices. Its a risky enterprise. Never trust those types to deliver. Outer islands... Outside along with sentosa and china kopitiam ubin.
@engchoontan84837 ай бұрын
The food on poor airlines are ... the smells are ... Millennials and Gen-Z. The airports are ... The transfers and hotels are... I know... I smile regularly at these types.
@engchoontan84837 ай бұрын
I tried to tell people to transit the other hubs like Qatar, Dubai, Delhi and go elsewhere... Changi will have to downgrade and peg to the odours of Delhi.