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Bucket List: Turtle Island

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Singapore, Turtle Island Off the southern coast of Singapore lies many small and beautiful islands that one do not normally associate with a high-tech driven city. But herein, havens of tranquility, nature, beautiful beaches, turquoise-coloured waters and wide-opened spaces offer unique escapades from the busy city-life of mainland Singapore. That all these islands can be reached within half an hour by ferry makes traveling there even more appealing. UNESCO World Heritage Sites these islands are not. But they definitely do qualify as  personal Bucket List items . In this blog post, I am featuring one of these island. Kusu Island is where one can find several shrines, nice beaches and yes, many turtles (mostly red-eared sliders,  Trachemys scripta elegans). ****************** Kusu Island, a.k.a. Turtle Island in the local dialect, is also known as Pulau Tembakul in Malay. Lying less than 6 km from mainland Singapore, Kusu Island is easy reached by regular ferry services from Singapore&#

Singapore, Kusu Island - Stairs to Shrine of Datok Kong and Datok Nenek (Video)

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This short video showed my climb up the steps to reach the Shrine of Datok Kong and Datok Nenek. This shrine is located in Kusu Island, to the south of Singapore. Kusu Island is just next to Lazarus Island and St John's Island. Video of Climb Up the Steps to  the Shrine of Datok Kong and Datok Nenek, Kusu Island, Singapore (2022)