Accidental Tourist - 2015 - Treetop walk

Walking in Singapore is best done in early morning or late evening when the temperature becomes more bearable even though humidity remains a constant 90% throughout the entire day (and night). But to venture to Treetop walk at Macritchie, I had to brave the afternoon sun as the trail closes by 5pm. I chose to access the trail from Venus Drive, off Upper Thomson Road - frankly because it was a shorter trail (2.5km) vs. the other access point which is another 2km away. Walking can be therapeutic as you only need your physical body to get you ahead. For me, this is one activity that can be an enjoyable activity even if I do it alone. In this area, you almost feel like you are at one with nature with birds chirping and crickets sounds surrounding you the whole way. When I was up on the walkway, it was literally a bird's eye view as you are above the canopy of trees with a panoramic view of the nearby Upper Peirce Reservoir.  

“The TreeTop Walk is accessible from MacRitchie Reservoir Park via MacRitchie Nature Trail or from Venus Drive, off Upper Thomson Road. The distance to the entrance of the TreeTop Walk is approximately 4.5 km (1.5 – 2 hour walk) from the reservoir park and 2.5 km (45 mins – 1 hr walk) from the carpark at Venus Drive. Therefore, a round trip including the TreeTop Walk is about 7 to 10 km (3-5 hours depending on your walking pace).”
There will be a one-way system on the Tree Top Walk. That is, visitors can only enter from the Bukit Peirce entrance (via Peirce Track). Walking towards Bukit Kalang, visitors will exit along the Petaling Trail. 
More FAQs about the Walk on the NParks website. 

Till the next time, into the world and beyond! 

Accidental Tourist – MacRitchie Reservoir – 2nd trip: Monkey trails

Was down at MacRitchie again last weekend – this is one of the few weekends I don’t have classes on Saturday so decided to pull myself out of bed again at 6a.m. to take some photos.

This time round, I went down the other garden path towards the winding bridge (currently under renovation). I was fascinated with an old sign along the waterworks bridge that indicated that the waterworks was done some 110 years ago in 1890s. Wow!

Managed to hook up with monkey friends – one even spared me the time to pose for some photos for me! :)

Saw some interesting human-monkey behavior which reminded me of a sign that I saw on another trail which is on the other end of the MacRitchie trail – here’s the sign that I saw in my earlier walks…..

I actually wondered what that sign meant. Now I realize that the monkeys have become quite familiar with humans. I saw a monkey leap towards an old couple carrying plastic bags in their hands & was not frightened even after they were chased off by the man. I think they were thinking the couple was carrying food.

Overall, it was fun photographing the monkeys but when you are around there, you really have to be aware of your surroundings (I got one creep up on my bag to rummage through my waist pouch when I was sitting down on a bench).

My poser monkey

Drop by my JPG link as I posted some other photos there as well…..till the next trip out, onto the world & beyond!