After taking a break in January, the Crabs are happy to be back conducting the first walk of 2016.
There were 56 enthusiastic visitors who made that long journey from Singapore to Chek Jawa. I have always called the journey "a skip, hop and a jump" because you have to get to Changi Village first, then 'hop' on to a bumboat, and finally 'jump' to Chek Jawa on an island taxi. Hardly anyone complains about the journey, which kind of tells us just how much Singaporeans love Chek Jawa! Bravo to the visitors!
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| Golden Orb Spider |
Even before the walk began, the visitors were admiring the Golden Orb Spider and its splendid web. The weather has turned drier this week, and the guides were expecting to find more spider webs, and we did! Spiders are known to conserve energy by avoiding the task of building webs during the rainy season. The rain would spoil their webs easily, and the spiders would end up spending more energy to build and re-build webs.
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| Group photo of walk on 27 Feb 2016, Chek Jawa |
Here's the happy group photo before we set off for the walk. Our walks are suitable for families as well as for grown-ups.
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| Flowers of the Attap (Nipah) Palm |
