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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nDid you know that Singapore is an archipelago composed of 64 islands? (I didn’t) There are 12 at the north and 40-ish at the south. FYI, “pulau” means island in Malay. A bit of history, Sentosa is composed of 5 islands that have been made into one. It had lots of use through time but in the 60s, the government decided to create an island dedicated to tourism. There was a competition for its name: Sentosa means the land of tranquillity. We didn’t land on Sentosa and we sailed past the Sisters’ Islands. There’s a legend about two sisters who were kidnapped by pirates but I can’t remember exactly what happened. There is now an underwater garden around the island where people can admire the extraordinary diversity of Singapore sea flora and fauna.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Saviez-vous que Singapour est un archipel compos\u00e9 de 64 \u00eeles ? (Moi, je ne le savais pas) Il y en a 12 au nord et 40 au sud. Pour info, “pulau” signifie \u00eele en malais. Un peu d’histoire : Sentosa est compos\u00e9e de 5 \u00eeles qui ont \u00e9t\u00e9 r\u00e9unies en une seule. Elle a beaucoup servi au fil du temps mais dans les ann\u00e9es 60, le gouvernement a d\u00e9cid\u00e9 de cr\u00e9er une \u00eele d\u00e9di\u00e9e au tourisme. Il y a eu un concours pour son nom : Sentosa signifie le pays de la tranquillit\u00e9. Nous n’avons pas accost\u00e9 \u00e0 Sentosa et nous sommes pass\u00e9s devant les \u00eeles des S\u0153urs. Il y a une l\u00e9gende \u00e0 propos de deux s\u0153urs qui ont \u00e9t\u00e9 kidnapp\u00e9es par des pirates, mais je ne me souviens pas exactement de ce qui s’est pass\u00e9. Il y a maintenant un jardin sous-marin autour de l’\u00eele o\u00f9 les gens peuvent admirer l’extraordinaire diversit\u00e9 de la flore et de la faune marines de Singapour.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Our first stop was St John’s Island. Before all the building, people could see the island from Fort Canning. A flag was mounted on St John’s to signal the arrival of boats to the mainland. The island has been used very early as a quarantine centre. Indeed, people were not always very healthy after spending a few months aboard a boat. People landing in St John’s were undressed, cleaned, their clothes disinfected. For some time, those who died where buried on Kusu Island. Obviously, first class passengers were always healthy!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Notre premier arr\u00eat \u00e9tait l’\u00eele de St John’s Island. Avant que le sud de Singapour ne soit tout construit, les gens pouvaient voir l’\u00eele depuis Fort Canning. Un drapeau y a \u00e9t\u00e9 install\u00e9 pour signaler l’arriv\u00e9e des bateaux. L’\u00eele de St John’s a \u00e9t\u00e9 utilis\u00e9e tr\u00e8s t\u00f4t comme centre de quarantaine. En effet, les gens n’\u00e9taient pas toujours en tr\u00e8s bonne sant\u00e9 apr\u00e8s avoir pass\u00e9 quelques mois \u00e0 bord d’un bateau. Les personnes d\u00e9barquant \u00e0 St John’s \u00e9taient d\u00e9shabill\u00e9es, nettoy\u00e9es et leurs v\u00eatements d\u00e9sinfect\u00e9s. Pendant un certain temps, ceux qui mourraient \u00e9t\u00e9 enterr\u00e9s sur l’\u00eele de Kusu. \u00c9videmment, les passagers de premi\u00e8re classe \u00e9taient toujours en bonne sant\u00e9 !<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n The quarantine buildings were then used as political prison, especially during the Japanese occupation. After 1950, they became a centre for drug addicts. The buildings are still here today and in very good shape. They are used for school residential trips and are ready if case there is a need for a quarantine centre. It is not the most welcome sight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Les b\u00e2timents de quarantaine ont ensuite servi de prison politique, notamment pendant l’occupation japonaise. Apr\u00e8s 1950, ils sont devenus un centre pour toxicomanes. Les b\u00e2timents sont toujours l\u00e0 aujourd’hui et en tr\u00e8s bon \u00e9tat. Ils sont utilis\u00e9s pour les voyages r\u00e9sidentiels scolaires et sont pr\u00eats en cas de besoin pour redevenir un centre de quarantaine.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Lazarus is linked to St John’s via a footbridge. Lazarus’ name come from the hospital that was there when St John’s was a quarantine centre. Now it is a place for campers and beach lovers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lazarus est reli\u00e9 \u00e0 St John’s par une passerelle. Le nom de Lazarus vient de l’h\u00f4pital qui s’y trouvait lorsque St John’s \u00e9tait un centre de quarantaine. C’est maintenant un endroit pour les campeurs et les amoureux de la plage.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n The last island we saw was Kusu Island, the turtle sanctuary. It looks like a turtle from the side. There is a very nice story about a turtle who saved 2 fishermen from drowning and so they built two temples on this island to thank the gods, one temple is Chinese and the other one is Malay (currently closed). Our guide remembers coming to this island as a child with her grandfather. At the time, there was no landing point and people just arrived on little row boats and walked in the water to the shore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n La derni\u00e8re \u00eele que nous avons vue \u00e9tait l’\u00eele de Kusu, le sanctuaire des tortues. Elle ressemble \u00e0 une tortue de c\u00f4t\u00e9. Il y a une tr\u00e8s belle histoire \u00e0 propos d’une tortue qui a sauv\u00e9 2 p\u00eacheurs de la noyade et ils ont donc construit deux temples sur cette \u00eele pour remercier les dieux, un temple est chinois et l’autre est malais (actuellement ferm\u00e9). Notre guide se souvient d’\u00eatre venue sur cette \u00eele lorsqu’elle \u00e9tait enfant avec son grand-p\u00e8re. \u00c0 l’\u00e9poque, il n’y avait pas de ponton pour d\u00e9barquer et les gens arrivaient simplement sur de petites barques et marchaient dans l’eau jusqu’au rivage.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n The picture at the top is Marina Bay view from St John’s Island.<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n La photo en haut est la vue de Marina Bay de l’\u00eele de St John’s.<\/mark><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This was a visit organised by Accueil Singapour with Diana as our guide. She is a wealth of information. 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