Woah! This place looks awesome - thanks for the lead!!
@AndrewHahaLee
Жыл бұрын
Singapore has been a victim of WW2 and not many talk about it, one of the reasons for it's drive today. It's nice seeing someone cover the history and heritage of this island nation.
@WONDERLUSTworld
Жыл бұрын
We’re loving finding out more about its history and in turn Jonty’s families past too.
@WWK186
Жыл бұрын
Great to have your parents around in the video. Humour makes relationships so much lighter.
@WONDERLUSTworld
Жыл бұрын
Laugher is great!
@AvengeBasketball
Жыл бұрын
Nicely documented! Even as a local its been 2 decades since I visited Fort Siloso. Thanks for sharing!
@WONDERLUSTworld
Жыл бұрын
Wow! Has it changed much in 2 decades? Do go and visit again if you get the chance!
@leewn2319
Жыл бұрын
Great to see your kids exploring the fort and tunnels and learning the destruction of wars.
@WONDERLUSTworld
Жыл бұрын
Yes - some of it was quite confronting for them but I guess they’re getting to the age where they are aware of how horrible these things can be. Milo was particularly impacted by the fact that his Great-Grandparents lived through these times.
@leongyet9896
Жыл бұрын
It's been decades since I went to Fort siloso. Thanks for showing this,I'm planning to go back there sooner than later.
@WONDERLUSTworld
Жыл бұрын
Do enjoy your visit. Still surprised it’s all free.
@limbehh8494
Жыл бұрын
You guys are awesome and very happy your family exploring Singapore every corner n edge. Sad that some Singaporean and foreigners say Singapore is boring. Just like you... I am exploring Singapore and still are. You have to be an outdoor n nature lover than you will know what Singapore have to offer. Keep your video going. Simply awesome!!!!
@WONDERLUSTworld
Жыл бұрын
Aww thanks so much! Have long as you been here? We think it’s also about just trying new things. You won’t know if you like it if you don’t try! Any places you can recommend to us?
@VicariousWalker
Жыл бұрын
Nice, the last time I was at Fort Siloso was back in school. Time to go back for a visit!
@WONDERLUSTworld
Жыл бұрын
Yeah! I’m sure you’d appreciate it in a different way now. I know I went on some school trips as a kid I didn’t appreciate and now I’d love to go back to revisit some.
@AnthonyLim-yq2sl
Жыл бұрын
Fort Siloso.. Changi Chapel Museum is a must too... Fort Canning.. Labrador Park Gun Battery.. Kranji War Memorial ..
@WONDERLUSTworld
Жыл бұрын
Hi Anthony!! We’ve done all except Kranji War Memorial - it’s on the list though! What makes it your recommendation? What are your highlights there?
@AnthonyLim-yq2sl
Жыл бұрын
@@WONDERLUSTworld im a war junkie and also very fascinated by SG history... and so much stories abt WWII... the stories that my grandma told me..etc Kranji War Memorial has to be in the list of places to visit.. im glad i did.. the architecture, the large, peaceful surroundings. A visit will definitely yield many sobering insights about the war and lead to a deeper appreciation. Its on a hill, slopes down and you get a nice view., oh when i was there, the sun was setting, light breeze... it was just stunning... like a movie scene.. so moving..
@AnthonyLim-yq2sl
Жыл бұрын
@@WONDERLUSTworld adding on 2 more to the list... 1) Former Ford Factory->the place where the British surrendered to the Japanese in 1942. 2) Reflections at Bukit Chandu ->some of the fiercest fighting during World War II was there... the bravery of the Malay regiment in their defence of Singapore..
@WONDERLUSTworld
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for all this! I’ve taken a screen shot and will do some research into those places. We have a king summer holiday coming up so will be good to have lots more places to explore.
@crosbyong
Жыл бұрын
You guys almost always produce good vlogs. KUDOS! Related to WW2 in Singapore, there many more discovered but no-well known military installations and bunkers in our islands -eg Labrador, Kay Siang Road, Pasir Panjang, etc
@WONDERLUSTworld
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the kind words. Many more spots for us to check out by the sounds of it.
@crosbyong
Жыл бұрын
Oops! Sorry the typo errors 🤦🏻♂️ I meant discovered but “not well-known”
@WONDERLUSTworld
Жыл бұрын
No problem! We understood it 😊
@noorirwan686
Жыл бұрын
Back in the 80s n 90s sentosa is one of the main tourist attraction along with maybe orchard road, zoo, birdparks. Now theres MBS, RWS, GBB, jewel etc... I missed the old marina bay alot, the transformed it to MBS.. before 2010 it used to b me n my gf fave hangout place...theres like arcade, hawker centres, nice sea view etc..memories 😢 Happy weekend guyz
@WONDERLUSTworld
Жыл бұрын
Aww ☺️ sad when our fav spots go or change. We loved the bird park, took our kids since there were babies - but also looking forward to making new memories at the new park when it’s open!
@drdavidfoo6632
Жыл бұрын
Visit Bukit Chandu along Pasir Panjang
@WONDERLUSTworld
Жыл бұрын
Ok! Thank you for the recommendation! What is good about it? Is it a nature walk?
@drdavidfoo6632
Жыл бұрын
@@WONDERLUSTworld It the Malay Regiment Stand against the Japanese on Kent Ridge just before the British surrender
@WONDERLUSTworld
Жыл бұрын
Oh wow! Ok, thanks - we’ll check it out!
@suhaibobo
Жыл бұрын
Hi there This is my first time leaving a comment here. I've enjoyed watching all your vlogs so far and this Fort Siloso one is even more interesting for a history buff like me. The last time I was at Fort Siloso was back in the mid 90s. Oh if you haven't checked them out yet, do visit the Ramadan Bazaars at Geylang Serai and Kampong (Kg) Glam (vicinity of Sultan Mosque). The Kg Glam bazaar will run until 16 April and the grand one (with street lighting and all) at Geylang Serai will last until the eve of Hari Raya on 21 April. Cheers, Suhaimy
@WONDERLUSTworld
Жыл бұрын
Hello! Thank you so much! We are trying to work out how to squeeze the bazaars in this year - it’s been a very busy few weeks. If we can’t manage it this year - it’ll be priority next year 😁
@aidaville
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for this look at a much refreshed Sentosa and the fun (also sobering) Fort Soloso tour. Really interesting and glad the day was enjoyable for you !
@WONDERLUSTworld
Жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it! We do love getting to know all aspects of Singapore and the historic side is an important one!
@gotmyonu1027
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for bring us with you on your journey.
@WONDERLUSTworld
Жыл бұрын
Thank YOU for coming along every week! Heheh 😊
@cee_bee_creates
Жыл бұрын
What a wonderful video ❤ I'm back in Singapore in late August and I try to do something new each visit. I think you've just given me my August trip 'new thing'
@AnthonyLim-yq2sl
Жыл бұрын
Fort Siloso.. more suggestions.... Changi Chapel Museum, Fort Canning.. Labrador Park Gun Battery..
@WONDERLUSTworld
Жыл бұрын
That’s great!! Do let us know how you enjoyed your day when you go!
@WONDERLUSTworld
Жыл бұрын
@@AnthonyLim-yq2sl Thanks for the recommendations! We have done two of those, and made some videos on them too - just Labrador Park Gun Battery we'd love to explore soon. Thank you!!
@Sgscouser
Жыл бұрын
If u guys are into WW2 history, the old ford factory is the place u might wanna pay a visit.
@WONDERLUSTworld
Жыл бұрын
Hello! Jonty did a very interesting documentary episode at the Former Ford Factory - kzitem.info/news/bejne/rLCe0o2lj6t9qHo - includes an interview with his late grandfather who survived Sook Ching. Let us know what you think!
@xaviergracie
Жыл бұрын
Nv been to fort siloso before after staying here for almost 18 yrs lol but this is a great video, thanks for showing us around, really enjoyed it ❤
@WONDERLUSTworld
Жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it. Perhaps pay a visit sometime ☺️
@xaviergracie
Жыл бұрын
@@WONDERLUSTworld we will, wait until the weather cooler down a bit, now is crazily hot 😂😂
@WONDERLUSTworld
Жыл бұрын
Haha yes it it. We ducked in and out of the aircon and the exhibits!
@greeneyedcat717
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for a fantastic video. Really enjoyed the tour of Fort Siloso. A few years ago we stayed on Sentosa at the Rasa (we are Australian) and from that really delved into the back history of the island. Last month we returned to Singapore and managed a tour of Fort Canning and the park, which was both very beautiful and very sad. We purchased the book 'To Japan to Lay a Ghost' (Peter S.Rhodes, 1998) and it's difficult to imagine what Singapore endured during the occupation. I look forward to chasing up the interview with your grandfather.
@WONDERLUSTworld
Жыл бұрын
That sounds like a like a lovely trip. Fort canning is also so lovely. Jonty’s Grandpa shared a very moving story. So strange to think it wasn’t so long ago and how far things have come and what might have been.
@GregoryTully
10 ай бұрын
Hello there. My wife & I have just followed your entertaining, informative advice and visited Fort Siloso. It was a fantastic day and cheap (free) for Singapore. It is surprising more people don’t visit it as there were very few today Monday on our visit. Thank you once again for your advice. Cheers Greg from Perth. WA.
@WONDERLUSTworld
9 ай бұрын
Hi Greg from Perth! So glad you went along and had an amazing time! Thank you for letting us know and enjoy the rest of your stay!
@tlcroger
Жыл бұрын
by far the best video
@WONDERLUSTworld
Жыл бұрын
Oh thank you! What made it the best for you?
@CKology
Жыл бұрын
What an amazing video 🎉I can imagine how crazy the Qs are for Sentosa 🛰️ Grandfather is adorable ⛴️ the tunnels look fun 🚧 Great video
@WONDERLUSTworld
Жыл бұрын
It takes hardly any time to walk over either 😂 we also took the bus back home as the cue for the monorail was a 30 min wait. But the bus came straight away and was super fast too.
@lokiyagami1904
Жыл бұрын
Awesome...it's been some time I heard someone mention the other acronym of Sentosa => So Expensive and Nothing to See Also
@WONDERLUSTworld
Жыл бұрын
😂😂 it doesn’t really apply anymore!!
@timfitzmaurice537
Жыл бұрын
Fort Siloso is one of our must sees. Love it for the history and with Fort Connaught not publically open bar special occasions its the only spot we can easily visit where her grandfather probably went during the war
@WONDERLUSTworld
Жыл бұрын
Sentosa recently released a certain amount of private tours to Fort Connaught and they sold out so fast I didn't manage to get a ticket. Hopefully they will release more tours.
@timfitzmaurice537
Жыл бұрын
@@WONDERLUSTworld Yes, I saw those specials…if we ever came out when those trips were on Id try to get one, we know Sarah’s grandfather was stationed at Fort Connaught before the battle for Singapore when his regiment (Cambridgeshires) went to Simes Road area and so as ancillary troops would have be used to move things round so he likely went to Siloso at some point although he isnt around to ask sadly. So a Fort Connaught ticket would be a big thing.
@WONDERLUSTworld
Жыл бұрын
Oh wow amazing to be able to walk through the history!
@michaelseet9320
Жыл бұрын
My mom who lived to 94 had seen British POW shot on the march to Changi..it left her really traumatized. At the age of 11 she worked as an office girl in a Japanese military headquarter. When the British came back she remembered given combat rations from the returning Johhnies (thats what she called the Brits). But for a really sobering experience visit the Death Railway at Kanchanburi, Thailand. Aside from the Railway there is a great national park there too.
@WONDERLUSTworld
Жыл бұрын
Wow. Some friends were recently at Kanchanburi and we would like to visit there some time too! Thanks for sharing your mom’s experiences ❤️🙏🏼
@RonLarhz
Жыл бұрын
Yea.ang mohs were called johns/johnnys. That's also contributed to the naming of roti john.
@WONDERLUSTworld
Жыл бұрын
@@RonLarhz Interesting!! I like this fact!! Thank you! There's anew one we learned this weekend - will be featured on this Friday's video!
@RonLarhz
Жыл бұрын
@@WONDERLUSTworld Yea there was a documentary of sort long ago. They interviewed a guy on history of roti john. And In the 90s still can hear older ppl use it occasionally to refer to ang mohs.
@michaelseet9320
Жыл бұрын
@@WONDERLUSTworld during her last couple of months she would often have flashbacks and in one episode she shouted for me and told me to give some bread to the Johnnies..she said thay havent got a proper meal for days..we must never forget what our elderly went through..
@phillphelan1138
Жыл бұрын
I have told this before, we got stuck on the monorail at Fort Siloso on our first trip together to Singapore in 1983 , meters up high for 3 hours in the hot sun, the attractions were not as good as they are today , just a bunker with some tables and photos- Phill & Peg
@WONDERLUSTworld
Жыл бұрын
Three hours on the monorail would have been a bit too warm!! I’m not sure when Fort Siloso was updated, but a few people have commented that it is very different to previous versions of the museum!
@anderslarsson1256
Жыл бұрын
Så härligt att ni lyckades träffa körsbärsblommningen 😀 har bara lyckats ett par gånger genom åren.
@WONDERLUSTworld
Жыл бұрын
Hmm not sure google translate is correct, saying something about cherry blossoms?!
@peacenowar6920
Жыл бұрын
We truly miss the big merlion that been demolished for other development 😢
@WONDERLUSTworld
Жыл бұрын
Aww yeah. We have a photo of Jonty and I on holiday inside the merlions mouth! Looking forward to seeing what’s going to be in its place.
@joodiff
Жыл бұрын
Very nice video this week! Didn’t like visiting Fort Siloso much as a child during school trips there but as an adult, I’ve looked at it through new eyes and have grown to love and appreciate SG’s colonial history. By the way, Fort Siloso , at its Northwest tip faces Fort Pasir Panjang at Labrador Park which has two gun emplacements and tunnel complexes as well (though not as extensive) It was twinned with Fort Siloso as a defence site to Keppel Harbour. There is this local tale about a “secret tunnel” running under the water that linked Fort Siloso and Fort Pasir Panjang. This video at the 10:24 mark debunked the myth of the secret tunnel linking the 2 forts though. kzitem.info/news/bejne/raSYv2xqbpWZoYY But I’ve still always imagined how interesting and mysterious it would still be if the tunnel really existed!
@WONDERLUSTworld
Жыл бұрын
Thank you ☺️ a secret tunnel would have been a pretty cool find indeed. I went on school trips I never appreciated too and would enjoy it very much now as an adult.
@timfitzmaurice537
Жыл бұрын
That Food Republic in Vivocity is one of our favourites too. Normally use the Boardwalk as well. Last time we were over there were Minions everywhere
@WONDERLUSTworld
Жыл бұрын
Oh wow! Hahaha. We haven’t seen the minions there recently, perhaps they are causing trouble elsewhere 😂😁
@timfitzmaurice537
Жыл бұрын
@@WONDERLUSTworld This was September so I suspect the rabbits have taken over since then
@WONDERLUSTworld
Жыл бұрын
It would seem so! Lots more works going on so who knows what will be popping up next time.
@healingpossibilities44
Жыл бұрын
We very much enjoyed our day trip. So much to take in, the vlog is a great reminder ❤
@WONDERLUSTworld
Жыл бұрын
Loved having you here! X
@JesusLovesHisCreations
Жыл бұрын
There’s a fried porridge there….quite delicious n their ba Kut teh r amazing😂👍love the old Sg history 🤭🫰
@WONDERLUSTworld
Жыл бұрын
Yum! So much food to try 😆
@JesusLovesHisCreations
Жыл бұрын
Ya I know right🤭👍so if I go out with my friends, we’ll alway order a few dishes e.g. 4 people so order 4 dishes….but we’ll normally share…meaning each dish spilt into quarters….then each of us can enjoy tasting 4 different dishes n yet wun explode our tummy 😂🤭😅👍
@WONDERLUSTworld
Жыл бұрын
That’s a great idea! Heheh. We tend to do this at hawkers too! 😊
@ejsoh5291
Жыл бұрын
used to stay at the civil service bungalows when I was a 6-7 year old. Back then main attractions were just the musical fountain, the wax museum and the beaches
@WONDERLUSTworld
Жыл бұрын
Wow I’m sure it’s changed so much over that time. What’s your favourite spot there now?
@katrionalaurent8164
10 ай бұрын
Loved this video! 🤩 Sentosa (and the Rasa Sentosa resort) was where i spent a lot of my childhood so it was great to see some of the scenery again. Living in France at the moment but hoping to come back to Singapore very soon, either to live or at least on holiday. Watching your videos in the meantime makes me really happy! 😉✨
@WONDERLUSTworld
10 ай бұрын
Aww thank you for your kind words. Which part of France do you live in? I (Millie) lives in the south for a few year as a young teen. We all love France and long to come back on a holiday and to eat cheese 😛 all the best with plans to come back here - be it holiday or to live.
@katrionalaurent8164
10 ай бұрын
Ah thanks for replying! 😉 We live just outside Lyon, not far from the alps. Yes, we do love our cheese! That was what we missed most, food-wise, when we went on holiday to Singapore in Feb! I'm actually English and my husband is French, but I'm now very much 'Frenchified' in terms of food! 😁All the best and maybe we'll bump into you one day in Singapore, or somewhere in France (we are often in the South, either around Cannes or the Montpellier area). 🤩@@WONDERLUSTworld
@WONDERLUSTworld
10 ай бұрын
Ah lovely. We used to live near Montpellier actually. Do say hi if you spot us out 😀
@mindawareness
Жыл бұрын
ex british soldier, saw british surrender to the japanese, interesting through,
@WONDERLUSTworld
Жыл бұрын
Wow what a time. Glad we can still learn about it today.
@RonLarhz
Жыл бұрын
This place give me ptsd, literally. Went on a school field trip here in primary school, the live action experience fked me up. Now,Whenever they do the total defense siren i get tense/shocked n freeze. Ps : edited to erase details.
@WONDERLUSTworld
Жыл бұрын
I’m so sorry to hear this experience, not a nice thing to happen at all. Sounds like a pretty scary school trip to be honest. It’s nothing like that now I hope, they do have sounds effects about the Fort still.
@RonLarhz
Жыл бұрын
@@WONDERLUSTworld The idea for an immersive experience is cool but they really should have prep us for it. Never told anyone bout it bcos they would just say I'm being silly.
@WONDERLUSTworld
Жыл бұрын
@@RonLarhz yeah I agree there. There is one section we went into that is all dark and sounds around we were told about, it’s like a walk through time. Thanks for sharing your experience.
@RonLarhz
Жыл бұрын
@@WONDERLUSTworld Thks for not laughing.... I'm afraid I'm oversharing 🥺🤦🏻♀️ It just triggered the memory...😖😖😖
@WONDERLUSTworld
Жыл бұрын
Sometimes things catch us off guard and bring back a memory, good to talk about feelings and emotions. ☺️
@alanchiam4546
Жыл бұрын
Why do u place your shoe on the dining table, 4:29 and next to u to our food
@WONDERLUSTworld
Жыл бұрын
That was an accident! I forgot they were tied to her bag 😣
@RonLarhz
Жыл бұрын
Omg. Nice spotting.
@WONDERLUSTworld
Жыл бұрын
😖 oops - she needed her water bottle inside the bag!
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