gem 2 - lim chu kang

apart from the farms and restaurants, there are some things found at lim chu kang that are not found elsewhere in singapore.

do you know that there is this stream and pond where the lotus plants grow wild. i do not mean that they are found in great abundance. i mean they grow on their own; they are not planted. the bulk of it is actually located within a fenced area, the transmitting & receiving stations of bbc. there are, however, some growing outside the fenced area, an area accessible to the public.

along the many lanes of lim chu kang, there are fruit trees planted by the sides of the lanes(roads). one not so common fruit tree is the surinam cherry. The fruit should be picked only when they are so ripe as to fall into the hand at the lightest touch, otherwise they will be undesirably resinous. some people do help themselves to the fruit on these trees. they come armed with plastic bags and pails to harvest the fruit.

aside from the surinam cherry, other fruit trees include the monkey apple, soursop, jambu mawar, buah long long and meninjau.

a lot of people are also not aware that admission to the sungei buloh bird sanctuary is free on weekdays and also on weekends, provided you are there before 8.30 a.m. they charge a small admission fees after 8.30 a.m.

if you go to ivy's bollywood, it's not worth paying the $2 to tour the farm.