From East to West and back: A Singapore Day Trip

The trip began with a detour to Changi Airport, the true starting point of any decent cross-Singapore trip. The aim was to journey from the Eastern most point to the Western most point of Sinhapore; ie Changi Airport to the Tuas Checkpoint. Distance from East to West - approximately 45 kilometres. Route taken: the good old ECP-AYE.

The vast expanses of the Tuas Industrial Area.

It is hard to believe that there are actually places in Singapore with such wide open spaces. If this place was more accessible by public transport, I would expect to see every inch of it covered by picnic mats and plastic bags. One could almost fool oneself into thinking that this is some wild wind-swept British moorland, no? Except for the manufacturing plant in the distance. But they have plants in the British moorlands too! I have seen them!


That's the sea beyond the blue yonder

Another go at pretending this is taken somewhere other than Singapore. If it were not for the lamp posts, I could have pulled it off too!

This is actually just a couple of hundred meters away from the South Western shoreline of Singapore. The dots in the distance trees that line the seafront. It was all blocked off and non accessible. Not sure why, perhaps there is some land reclaimation going on. Or maybe this area is port waters.


The Long and the Straight

Just another one of those broad, straight avenues is the Tuas Industrial area.

It is amazing how completely empty the roads are, especially in these remote recesses where there are few buildings and acres of unoccupied land. Still, Singapore being Singapore, the infrastructure is tip top. Note the well-painted double yellow lines on the road, the flawlessly symmetrical lines of trees and of course, the ubiquitous lamp posts.


Lifestyle of the Rich

These are just two of the very many shots I took of boats at the Raffles Marina. The lighting was just so pretty. It was nearing 6 pm, the magic hour nearing dusk when the sky takes on a glow.



More boats, with the Tuas 2nd Link in background

I wonder what kind of moolah one needs to own one of these. Many of these boats were flying foreign flags (mainly Australian and UK), which led me to surmise that the boat owners are probably expatriates working in Singapore. Maybe one needs an expatriate salary (and allowance) to finance this hobby.



View of Raffles Marina Club House

Last year, I was inside this very same building attending a staff retreat. Stuck indoors for the entire day and gazed longingly through those ceiling high windows during tea breaks. Admired the sight of the boats and the Second Link looming behind in the horizon. It was nice to see the glass windows from the other side!


The 2nd Link Bridge: Expensive, underused, but makes for a nice photo

It looks like the Loch Ness monster, I think, except with many legs. Sort of the centipedal Loch Ness monster.

Or actually, come to think of it, it looks like the top part of a dinosaur's skeleton. Rather reminiscent of the one in the main hall of London's Museum of Natural History.


And back to the East ...

View of SIA plane taken from the T2 viewing gallery.

From sea vessels in the West to air planes in the East. Who says Singapore lacks variety?

Went through the KPE for the first time on the return leg of the trip. Very impressive indeed. Now, if they could only put the MRT underground throughout the island.