We woke up early to a beautiful sunrise on the island and a great breakfast prepared by the staff. Afterward we practiced our snorkeling in the shallows off the beach. Less than 100 mContinue reading
Author: Michelle LaRocco
Michelle is a 2nd year Masters of Environmental Management student studying coastal environmental management, her interests include climate change adaptation and coastal development.
Welcome to Malaysia
We drove north trough Singapore and crossed the Strait of Johor into Malaysia (new passport stamp – yay) and continued north into Malaysia. The countryside is mostly palm oil plantations and some rubber plantations, theContinue reading
Bukit Timah
Yesterday we hiked to the top of Singapore, in the Bukit Timah Nature Reserve, the last patch of primary rain forest left on the island. It is only 163 m tall, but in 90% humidityContinue reading
The Fish Market
Two of my Coastal Environmental Management classmates, Dr. Orbach, and myself ventured out to the Jurong Fishery Port early this morning. The fishery port is open 24 hours a day, but from 2 am toContinue reading
Day Five
Today we traveled by ferry to the islands of Saint John’s and Semakau. These Islands are in the Straits of Malacca; just south of the main island of Singapore. On Saint John’s we visited TMSI,Continue reading
Day Three
This morning we woke up to pouring rain. March is supposed to be part of the dry season, but I suppose when we are just over 100 miles north of the equator we should expectContinue reading