Chek Jawa | 水產百科網

...thehundredsoffiddlercrabsmadethesandybeachappearasamovingredandwhitecarpet.IfChekJawawasn'tparadise,itdidadamngoodimpression.

Paradise has a home in Singapore. I found it at the top of the seven-storey Jejawi Tower, which rises above the forest canopy of Chek Jawa. With my four-year-old daughter, we marvelled at the egrets and herons feeding along the shoreline. Parakeets soared beneath us, monitor lizards ambled through the mangroves and the hundreds of fiddler crabs made the sandy beach appear as a moving red and white carpet.

If Chek Jawa wasnt paradise, it did a damn good impression. I wandered across the tower platform and hugged my daughter. Perfect moments are so rare, they must be shared. "Daddy," she whispered. "I need to pee." And with that, I carried my cross-legged daughter down seven flights of stairs and found a natural toilet in the mangroves.

A place where kids can be kids, and nature can be seen

Without a doubt, Chek Jawa is among my favourite family spots in Singapore. For my dau...