Black and White photo of a fisherman bailing water from his traditional sampan at St. John's Island, Singapore

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St. John's Island is one of Singapore's southern island. It was used in its early days as a quarantine station for cholera cases detected among immigrants. From the mid 1950s, the island was used to house a penal settlement and a drug rehabilitation centre. In 1975, the island was once again transformed, this time as a tranquil getaway with swimming lagoons, beaches, picnic grounds and chalets, for urbanite Singaporeans. Today one can get away from the daily bustle in Singapore by catching a ferry from the Marina South Pier. The island is now inhabited only by a handful of residents and park rangers.

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Size: 4347px × 2898px
Location: St. John's Island, Singapore
Photo credit: © Moonie's World / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: beach, boat, cloudy, fisherman, fishing, harbor, island, johns, lagoon, sampan, sea, seaside, sheltered, singapore, sky, st., traditional, tropical, wooden