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Here is Ubin on Googlemaps.
Going there by bus(bus guide). Bus numbers 2, 29, 59, 109 will take you there. Stop at the terminus. Head towards Changi Point Ferry Terminal northeast on Lorong Bekukong about 100 meters away.
Take a bumboat ferry, it costs $2.50 per person. The boat departs when there are 12 passengers or when the boat get chartered for $30 when there are not enough passengers.
The first ferry usually leave at 7-8 am, its usually filled with passengers going for work in Ubin such as contractors or shop owners. No problems if you plan to go earlier. Some boatmen, especially older ones, prefer to sleep in their boats. They are usually at the jetty at 2am onwards.
There is no last ferry service. The boatmen stops ferrying when the crowds thin down. On weekends, the crowds thin out from 4pm onwards going to Ubin and from 8pm returning from Ubin so expect to pay more by sharing and chartering if you are impatient. You may be stranded in Ubin if the boatmen has gone home so don’t hang around too late.
Update Apr 16, 2010: Visitors’ level seems to have dropped. Its harder to get a boat to Ubin if you are planning to go there for fishing or camping at night. We played it safe by leaving for Ubin no later than 8pm when the boatmen are still around at Changi Jetty and sharing the full costs of $30.00 for the boat ride.
We would also call ahead and inform the van drivers to expect our arrival, saving us the long trudge to the interior in the dark. You can call Mr. Moh at +65-9731-7629/ +659084-8827 or Tien Song at +65-93468017.
Update Apr 16, 2010: An increasingly frequent sight which distress nature lovers are devotees, in acts of misplaced kindness, buying live seafood and liberating them at our coastal waters.
(Picture of devotees and their monks haggling with boatmen
