It used to be that SBS Bus No. 82 would travel along Punggol Road, through dense secondary forest, along the only thoroughfare to the jetty at the terminal end where the seafood restaurants were and then do a 3-point turn and tranverse the return journey back to town.
These days, the area has become one of the newest satellite towns and re-development has taken on an astonishing pace. But there are pockets of nature still available, especially around the Sungei Punggol and Sungei Serangoon rivers.
On a late evening jog and I stumbled upon a dirt-track off the main road leading to a picturesque patch of lallang, wild flowers and dried-out pine trees. Will re-visit the area when I am not huffing, puffing and sweating so much =))
But by the time I got to the beach, the area was already in its final throes of sunset. And darkness was beginning to blanket the rocks and barnacles on the shore...
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