tree top walk..

a hot and sunny afternoon was spent travelling all the way to the MacRitchie Tree-top Walk with biyun.. and it was a damn long journey all the way from my house.. hey, i live in the west manz.. from Jurong East MRT to Ang Mo Kio MRT, and then still had to take a bus down to Upper Thomson Road.. and you may ask, how come we did not enter from the MacRitchie Reservoir car park.. because that will take us a 4.5 km walk in from there, which would most probably take about 2 hours of walking.. so we took a shorter route through Venus Drive, down the road to the Singapore Island Country Club, and then into the forest..



and so while we were walking along this quiet road with occasional cars driving by, and then suddenly, a gust of wind blew and... ... ...



a tree just fell right in front of us!!! what the?!?! it was only a gust of wind, and plommph the tree fell!! just a few steps right in front of us!! now i'm thankful i'm alive.. =)



and then we reached the flight of steps that would eventually bring us to the bridge of the tree top walk.. after a near 2.5 km walk, we finally reached the bridge, to get to see this -



i won't say that it was magificant.. we were only 27 m high from the forest ground, and all we could see was the canopy, a peek of the reservoir water and a trace of urbanisation from faraway HDB flats.. so much for a tree top walk..



and it was only 250 m long.. huh..

after walking for so long only to walk across this 250 m long bridge, me and biyun stood there and took more pictures (and also munching our raisin bread.. haha), so as not making it a wasted trip.. haha..




biyun took out her umbrella because it was drizzling slightly for a short while..


biyun says this photo looks like i'm on a boat on sea.. haha..



and then we headed back to where we came from.. along the way, we saw many of these concrete well-like structures, and then we started having wacky ideas of our version of Sadako.. haha..



and then there were monkeys around too..



as unlucky as i could get, my sandals gave up on me.. boohoo..



with shoes like that, we couldn't continue walking the entire MacRitchie Reservoir, but to take the shorter route again.. on the way out, somehow we were again lucky enough to miss a bird shit, which landed just in between us.. haha.. and also a very nice gentleman offered to give us a ride out to the main road.. sorry Mr Nice, if we stink your Peugeot car with our sweat.. haha..

so we counted ourselves lucky, not to be hit by a falling tree and a falling bird shit, and also having Mr Nice to drive us out to the main road.. =) except the fact that my sandals refuse to hang on until i get home.. hmmph..

the day ended with a walk around Junction 8 and an attempt to shop.. again i didn't manage to buy anything.. haha.. but biyun did!! finally!! haha.. and then i took a bus back home.. i refused to take the train during the horrible peak hours, and would rather take a bus and having able to get a seat throughout the entire journey.. haha.. thought that the ride would probably take me about near 2 hours to get me to Jurong East, but i was glad that the bus was travelling at quite a fast speed down the expressway.. haha.. so i got home in 1.5 hours, same if i were to take the train.. haha.. whee..

remarkable that i could walk for so long with a broken sandal, and now they are down in the chute.. a good sweat, brought back a tan on the arms, but probably no more next time to the tree top walk.. haa..