Many people have written about it. I know Neil Humphreys did.
It even deserves a report in the New York Times* earlier this year.
Anyway, its charm, simplicity, serenity, and rarity will soon be missed by many.
Amid the size of 3 football fields, residents continue to enjoy the kampong cameraderie in their zinc-roofed, atap wooden houses, with the beauty of nature, and rambutan, jackfruit trees and coconut trees in their own backyard.
Who would have thought a quaint little village, untouched by the claws of modernization, still sits quietly - all this while - in this modern city state of ours?
Sadly, URA has announced plans for its redevelopment.
There are about 20 households still staying there.
Go say hello to the residents of Kampong Buangkok.
Do it before this last disappearing kampong ... disappears!
Their friendly dogs and cats will welcome you too! :)
* Click here to read NYT article
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