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Prelude I always wanted to visit the "Southern Ridges" but due to various "uncompromised" factors, I could only do it now. So I headed straight to the southern part of the island, had my heavy brunch and off I hit the trek. Before coming to this place, the only impression I had on this park is its lengthy route that covered the south-western part of the island, from Telok Blangah to the Kent Ridge. Approximately NINE kilometres...
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This was my entrance to the Ridges, right at the foot of Mount Faber and located besides the well-known Seah Im Hawker Centre. |
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| Mt Faber | |||
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Normally, people would associated this 105m hill as the place to board the cable car to the Sentosa island, opposite of it. Famously or notoriously, this is also a favourite spot for lovers' rendezvous. |
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One of the notable landmarks of the Ridges is this wave-structural bridge called "Henderson Waves", as it was built across Henderson Road. |
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So this is the spot where many local dramas had their location shot at, as I made my way down to the Terrace Garden from "Henderson Waves". Doesn't really look that impressive with its greying surfaces, stark contrast to the glaring white I saw on television many donkey years back. |
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The notable feature of this "Forest Walk" is the 1.3km steel walkway that linked from Telok Blangah Hill to its finishing point - Alexandra Arch. |
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I lost my way where I arrived at Hort Park. The Hyderabad Road besides this park is the source of the confusion that only later I realized I need to "cut-through" Hort Park before I can make my way to the Canopy Walk. |
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| Canopy Walk | |||
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This being the final spot of my trek as I found myself ascending to the top of the Canopy Walk, which saw me ended my day at Bukit Chandu Memorial. |
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Conclusion Alright, fair enough that there's some vegetation in Singapore after all, it just that the over-urbanized image of the skyscrapers is the first thing that come to us when we think about Singapore. Isn't it a shame that we tend to overlook places like the Ridges when we keep yelling the lack of greenery on this island. The lengthy trek proved to be quite a challenge for its numbers of ascending and descending terrains. Perhaps, the next stop for such self-exploring as my friend suggested is Kranji, where there are some farms and its neigbouring Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve. Be back for more... only after my backache is gone..
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