Okay this afternoon i felt damn bored.

So, i decided to go explore the rural side of sembawang whereby i saw on some angler’s website that there a fishing spot over there!


lets look at the route first.

halfway thru yishun mrt to sembawang mrt’s track, beside the thai food restaurant building there, there’s a big big canal.

the white arrows is the cycling route that i’m gonna take to reach the so called “fishing site” at Bottle Tree Village there(not the one at khatib!)

super nice weather la!

that’s why i was thinking i cannot stay at home and rot!

this is the route.

this route has a nice track for cycling!

when i reach the end of the straight route, i got to a left bend and the canal started to become deeper …

opposite is a military site, no entry!

there’s even a YISHUN FIRE STATION!

didn’t realise yishun has fire station too… until today!

finally saw some souls around, some young kids cycling.

cycled 1 KM, another 1.8 KM to go …

a slight slope, what lies ahead?

ohh, its a bridge.

this is the view at the side, a smaller canal.

they even have sports facilities at such a ulu site!

after crossing the “bridge”

here comes the longest stretch of straight route.

and what’s the view ahead!?

nice!

super super wide canal!

it is said that this canal is very old le.

"SUNGEI SIMPANG KIRI”

there are “busstops” for ppl to seek shelter during rain.

some more human spotted along the way, old man fishing with fish net.

2.6 KM cycled, 200Ms more to go!!

Finally, 0 Ms left, 2.8 KM cycled!

got greeted by Bottle Tree Village.

the smell of Ocean~

some malay boys leaving the place, with their fishing equipments.

opposite the canal, i saw some army guys walking along the beaches o.O

finding Mas Selamat?

arh~ nice view la.

yes thats my bike at the right bottom corner.

that’s the FISHING SITE.

saw a indian family and couple of other people fishing over there.


the moment i went to look at the open sea, i saw a BIG fish jump out of the water, about the 80cm long bah!

then those uncles went, WAH~

checked the tides,

Date : 18/03/2009
Time : 1637
Tide : 2m (High)

and there’s a slipway.

okay not as big as the one i have in my camp.

lol.

2 malay uncle and 1 chinese uncle throwing crab traps, crabbing!

halfway, i received 2 SMSes.

was wondering who smsed me twice in a go.

i reached malaysia!

lol.

the uncles were casting many crab nets at one go.

one line = one net.

i went to peep at their catch of the day.

the malay uncle very good, he went to open the wooden cover let me see.

guess what . . .

WAH!

PENG!

compared to my catch last week at sembawang jetty, mine was like babies la!

i went to check on the web, the blue one is male, the slightly brown one on the left is female.

the chinese uncle had lesser catch, but still alot la!

from where i was, which is the RED arrow, i can see sembawang jetty (BLUE arrow)!

later, i only managed to find my way to the malay mosque located at the YELLOW arrow, was trying to get to sembawang park by foot from here.

when i got back to the opening of the SUNGEI SIMPANG KIRI

4 anglers, what a crowd.

my bumble bee bike :D

i tried to get nearer to the jetty.

and i managed to find more anglers.

some traces of urbanisation.

they even set up campfire here!

machiam survivor.

i read from the web, see the bubbles or movements in the water?

they are shoals of fishes.

little kids trying to net some fishes.

i saw them netting up some crabs!

one last photo of the beautiful canal before i take my leave.

some self-pic ~_~

when i was about to leave.

i saw a uncle stand up from his seat and ran towards his rod.

i saw the bend from the top of his rod and he was reeling in the lines fast hoping so the fish wont escape!

a catfish!

sizeable one.

haha.

beware, they have poisonous fins.

on my way back, along the canal, i saw a malay angler caught a catfish as well, but half the size of the previous one.

:X


halfway thru, theres a path that leads to a road.

its this restaurant! (with the big crab sign)

i rmb this place when i take the bus to sembawang park, i’ll pass by this place.

so that’s mean i can cycle thru this path if i wanna reach the canal from sembawang park!

after that, i went to chongpang to grab more fishing equipments, larger weights and hooks, gonna target the larger fish on my next fishing trip!


lastly, some stitched photos of the place!



the sembawang jetty side.

the canal opening side

P/S : all the pictures are taken and edited solely by me!
managed to take more pictures as i went to explore this place alone.