Category: Singapore
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Islands of Singapore: Pulau Ubin
Just off the coast of mainland Singapore is Pulau Ubin, a boomerang shaped island, meaning ‘Granite Island’. This was once home to thousands of settlers dependent on granite quarrying. Though abandoned since the 1970s and reclaimed by nature, these quarries remain a picturesque relic of the past. Now, the few remaining villagers subsist on farming…