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   Brief Summary of my  short weekend stint in Pulau Ubin (PU) my coworkers. I  survived crashing once onto a coconut trunk, another time landed softly once into the  bush  with bruises on my chest and arms. Its  pilot's error  - me!  

What to do /see

Hiking, mountain biking, visiting kampong

$ and Cent
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Bumboat -$2.0 one way, 

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Bike( $3-$12) check gears and brakes. Expect pushing the bike instead of riding it on several stretches of the road.

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Drink - iced cold Coke -$0.80!  Rambutan - $3.0 a bundle - no diff from the 'mainland'
1 Plants /Fruit trees  Sea Almond, Rubber Tree, Indian Cherry, Fishtail Palm, Nipah Palms, Sea Hibiscus, Mangrove, Screw pine, 'noni'  climbers  - 
Coconut, rambutan, jack fruit, chempetak, langsat, durian
2 Animal Wild boar?, monkey, hornbill(?)
3 Special Plant  I spotted one - Sonneratia Caseolaris, there are others waiting to be 'discovered'
4 Other interesting  sight   grandma on bike ( helmet not required), monkeys cooling off in swamps
5 Rating:
 ( 0-10 Best)		 ( 7 ) * Value for $ compare with  Sentosa for example
( 6 ) * Scenery (if you have not been in M'sia  recently) 
Advice

*Bring insect  repellent 
*Watch out the 'keep right' tourist cyclist from abroad. 
*Forget about bringing too much food for lunch - light snaps and plenty of fluid!