First of all, we left at around 9.40 am
and finished our Journey at around 4.15 pm. Our route was to start from
the Canopy walk and make our way all the way to Vivo city [ Harbour Front MRT station ] where we stopped for our picnic at Hort
Park.
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The way to head there for us was really
complex because we wanted to start from the Canopy walk which is not easily
accessible by bus nor train. And the nearest bus stop we found was on South Buona Vista Road. The only bus number that went there was
200, which leads up to Kent Ridge Park where you can start of the Canopy walk
via Vigilante Drive. To arrive at this bus stop, you will alight at the Kent
Ridge MRT station from the circle line and take exit B ( I am
not sure if I remembered correctly but it should put Science Park ) to bus stop
2 - You will not need to cross the road to take bus 200 and its three stops away
to lamppost 30. If you exit from the MRT station
at Kent Ridge and see NUH, then turn around and go the opposite way because
the bus stop to get to the bus 200 is on the other side. Apologies for the kiddie drawn map ;p
The way that we took gave our starting
a steep uphill climb; we were quite tired by the time we reached the park's
path that leads to the Canopy Walk. Have no fear fellow trekkers, all the
trails have numerous
signs to help you place yourself on your map. Most of the time we were walking
along some strange road and paths that makes no sense but just further up ahead will be signs,
I do believe you won't be able to get lost so easily unless well, if you do
then there is always the map applications on your phones to lead you back
somewhere! =D
Before starting on the Canopy Walk, we
had to go through Kent Ridge Park which is pretty nice, vegetation totally
surrounds you. This would definitely be a place to take a nice stroll away from
the bustling city where you can feel the wind blowing your face
and much sheltered from the sun. Maybe we were pretty early but it was really
quiet and peaceful there; other then the
sounds of the trees creaking, grasshoppers singing and the occasional birds'
call.
The canopy lets you have a nice view
just over trees where
you may spot monkeys and pretty birds ( we didn't spot any monkeys though =( )
What you will mostly see will be the secondary trees, and to complete this
trail only take around 5 minutes. People in wheelchairs would also come here to sightsee and enjoy the company of others.
Next is the Floral walk and Hort park,
this place is basically more of a learning place where there are many different
plants and flowers to see. You will need to visit the many 'little houses' of
plants of which some are hosted by companies that promotes agriculture. Yet
again, maybe we were really early ( 11 plus to Noon ) but there weren't
many people around the this part of the park. Some of the showcases seem
to be in the process of revamp but
other then that
it was a quiet place. We found a nice cosy spot
to have our picnic. Be warned though, some spots have a very strong smell of
manure. After our picnic, when you walk further up,
there will be a restaurant and cafe, here will be a bit more nosier ( there was a children's party that day )
where you may use the restrooms and refill your
bottles.
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Oh and there was this one part on the
way to the restaurants where there were bushes to our right. Because my partner
was carrying the camera at that time and I was staring at the trees to our left
that I didn't noticed there
were many beetles¿ that were
flying about. So when I turned back to ask him something he screamed a little
and jumped back, and I got a fright and jumped back too and saw the
HUGE bluish-black beetle¿ flew past
me. He told me it hit the camera lens as it flew past and gave him a scare,
thought it was some bee as it was HUGE. It looked something like this: I do not
take credit for this picture
Being so quiet and quite empty you
can get up to some naughty woohoo in
such a lovely place. But I'm just kidding, though Singapore need to
increase the birth-rate, there is no need to get up to such
things in the public eyes ( Though papers and magazine has said that these sort of
activities boosts birth rate ;p
)
Walking straight up onto Alexandra
Arch, which I heard is much nicer at night when the lights come on. Well ... it wasn't
really pretty in the morning that day. Following on is the Forest Walk, I don't
have much to say here because it was so quiet, we couldn’t find any birds at all, it was just exercising
our foods off. Then after was the Hilltop walk which unfortunately we didn't
explore because my partner at that time wasn't very keen on climbing up with our heavy bags and back down.
Then came Henderson Waves, I would say
that Henderson Waves in my mind looks really
pretty at night and the most beautiful when it's sunset where the light will
reflect the light off its concave interior that would make it rather
breathtaking. But in the afternoon, it was just another place to seek shelter
from the glaring sun.
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A really funny thing happened before we
walked on Henderson Waves. I was really thirsty because I was already falling sick,
so I wanted a sports drink to cool down my throat rather then
to drink my homemade Iced-lemon Tea. Therefore I placed my bags down to
take out my money, when something bit me, I looked down calmly at first to see
a huge red ant on my feet at the end of my socks and shoe tongue and it bit me
again. I screamed and shook my leg really hard screaming for my partner to get
it off, my bag flew off the log and I stop to see if it got thrown off but it bite
onto me to hold on. My partner was in total shock that he didn't help me at
first but in the end he killed the ant after flicking it off me. At that time I
was totally freaking out and very embarrassed, but
I find it so funny after that incident.
Finally we proceeded on to Faber
walk, here was really confusing because there weren't as many signs as before
but it was really fun being scared of the insects and huge spiders ( I hate
those the most ). We took the cold and dark routes that eventually lead us
to Jewel Box! So we rested there and ate our special cakes that was given to us
by my Sweet Dear Mother =) But it was really fun, took funny videos and
pictures. Jewel Box is a really neat place to have romantic dinners but at a
high cost.
Last but not least, we completed the Marang trail
where there were many insects. I stopped to take photos when suddenly my
partner waved the bag at me and told me to run but I was shocked and scared
that I just squat down and covered my head, he kept waving it on top of me and
asked me to move then I quickly run to one side and he followed
after me. It was after then that he told me there was a wasp following me but I didn't
run - because I thought he was telling the bug to run =.=" so silly of me.
And finally we reached vivo city where we freshened up and caught a
movie =)
Thank you for reading this whole
terrible long post of mine, but I just thought it would be fun to share my trip
with you guys and hope that you may have as much fun as I did. In case you find
it hard to get the maps of the different trails, you may download it below in
pdf - sorry iPhone users.
It is all the trails combined in one pdf by the National Parks Singapore.
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