We like to infuse a little bit of nature into our weekends. We don't want to be cocooned in air-conditioning.This morning, we did a 7km slow walk in 2.5 hours. We hit the suspension bridge to do that treetop walk and swung back. We parked further away at the Venus Drive carpark on purpose so that we could clock a longer distance.
It was my first time there! But I really didn't think it'd be difficult. This is Singapore!!! How unfriendly can the terrain be?? While the rest wore sensible jogging shoes and berms, I stuck to wearing trail sandals and a tennis skirt. Heh. But I insisted on carrying a bag of supplies. No matter how easy a trail is, accidents can happen. I know that all too well. That bag had stuff that could keep me alive for 48hrs, even with a broken leg!
It was literally a stroll in the park for us. We skipped and sprinted along some parts of the trail. But we didn't run lah. Not that on to run all the way uphill and across rocks. The monkeys scared me at one point. When the monkeys saw us, some scampered down to perch on the railings of the boardwalk. We kinda stopped for a while. We had to walk by the monkeys and we didn't know if they were going to jump at us!!! ARRRRRRRRRGH. I swear the monkeys were grinning at us! Me and animals. No good that way.
Anyway, the view from the suspension bridge was quite beautiful. We lingered for quite a while there without anyone else coming along. We considered stopping by SICC for lunch and ask them to buggy us to the cars. But the breeze was lovely. Not too humid at this time of the year. So we decided to just finish the rest of an easy 2.5km to the carpark. Lunch can be somewhere else more interesting.
Our weekends should be spent walking around the parts of the island that are not exactly within a concrete jungle.
16 comments:
wahahaha you packed survival kit but wore tennis skirt. there's nobody like you babe.
i love taking these walks and it's nice that we have quite a few places to choose from :) we shd arrange more of these instead of dinner and drinks. healthier!!
i think kikare basically said what i wanted to ..tennis skirt and survival kit. u one of a kind, babe!
Oh those monkeys there...can be scary..
do hort park next!
Come over to the US and we'll hike sometime seriously :)
By the way, if they were grinning at you, I'd be worried - bearing teeth is a sign of aggression in monkeys.
I've done the tree top walk...me and outdoor anything cannot..
kikare + nuttyjas: u girls ah. VERY FUNNY MEH? i wear a tennis skirt when i do inline blading too. i think that would be asking for it. if i fall, i'll have brilliant scratches.
ame: we will! i'll give u a tinkle the next round.
dawn: i want to!!! the man was eyeing this pair of timberland gore-tex boots today. he was tempted to buy! hahaha. but nowhere to wear to unless we go up to visit u! oh. monkeys showed half their teeth? ah well. we were prob intruding upon their territory, that's why.
lms: we considered walking to bukit timah nature reserve. the guys were like- 'we did topo' here before in army! ;p leave it to nat and tehpeng to run the trails!
Wow..!! tennis skirt..! awesome..!! i think i played tennis and squash .. just because i can wear my tennis skirts.. and show off .. my elephant thighs..hhahaha!!!
But seriously .. i would give anything to have weather like yours in Singapore.. !! we are having a blizzard out today.. *sigh*
Lovely! Tried this about a year ago when I wasnt really exercising regularly. Return leg started getting grumpy and SICC was exactly where i gave up and had a friend who was there feed us lunch and drive us to the car park.
The route is great but only if you have time to spare and plenty of water (emphasis on water). The weather has been pretty cool these days so it's a good idea to go nature walking now!
Yeah I believe there's a route that will take you from MacRitchie to Bukit Timah. Give yourself 3 - 4 hours.
I've been thinking of doing this trail for awhile but it's hard with the boy. We'll probably end up having to carry him and if there are flies or mosquitoes, it'll make things worst. Next time...next time...
i gonna bring my boy here, he loves all these nature walks thing. lovely morning spent! =p
mamabok: there's shorts underneath the skirt! so it's oky! i know! it's so cold over there now. i think i'll stick to sunny singapore for now!
carrie: hehehe. the sicc is at a strategic point!
eveline: we'd have if we had time. another day prob.
sesame: u need to not mind the small insects and all. currently, the weather is still cool that we virtually saw no bugs and no one had mozzie bites. but it does need an active kid with a fit physique. otherwise they'll tire pretty fast.
elaine: go! take half a sunday to do it. you'll get fresh air and great photos!
Buy it when you come up - note I say WHEN, not if :)
dawn: aye m'am!
If I go hiking, I also want to look good what. So I understand the tennis skirt lor. Hehehehe..
jomel: we so vain lor. hahahah.
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