The call with Bao
On the weeks I cannot take the ferry, this is the call. Bao stays with the people I left him with on Kusu. He is not quick, and the call is not quick either.
Finding this place
Singapore
Kusu Island
1.2232, 103.8611
Kusu means tortoise. A ferry from Marina South Pier crosses to the island. Bao is mine. People there keep him, and I sit with him on a video call when I cannot make the boat.
Kusu means tortoise. A ferry from Marina South Pier crosses to the island. Bao is mine. People there keep him, and I sit with him on a video call when I cannot make the boat.
Lives here
- Bao · Tortoise
Visits
21 Aug 2026
Ferry from Marina South Pier. Sat with Bao, the tortoise I left on Kusu, until the return boat.
Bao
Unfolding the map
Who lives here
Visits
21 Aug 2026
Ferry from Marina South Pier. Sat with Bao, the tortoise I left on Kusu, until the return boat.
Bao
Stories from here
Bao in the grass
Bao is mine. I left him with people on Kusu, and this is him in the grass, working at the stems among the small white flowers. He is not quick. On the weeks I cannot take the ferry, this is what the video call looks like.
Greens on the stone
They gather on the stone when the greens are put out. Bao is the one from the grass. The water dish sits below them, and the leaves go first.