East Coast Park (by bus)

Took bus #76 from YCK bus interchange ('coz I remembered there's a bus from there to East Coast!). It's a double-decker bus, so we chose to sit upstairs. About halfway our journey, we heard someone blew a whistle (peet peet kind).

Then my friend looked worried and said something like, "oh no.. here he is again.." Soon enough, we saw an old man came up to the upper deck. He blew his whistle again, and raised his arms upwards and flashed a smile. Immediately thereafter, a stench hit us. Acrid smell of urine. Oh oh... Our journey will be long, so we decided to escape to lower deck.

I joked and said to my friend that maybe the uncle will come down and sit with us since lower deck has many empty seats. Not amusing because the uncle did come down, and we were half deciding whether to get off the bus and take another one. My friend suggested to wait another 2 more stops. Luckily the uncle decided to get down at the next stop. I think it was quite sad. Doubt the uncle has any family members looking after him...

After that 'adventure', our bus trudge along and reached Parkway Parade. From there, we went to some backlanes, and went down the underpass that connects to East Coast Park.


ECP underpass


after exiting the underpass...


evening lights (at about 615pm)


paths for joggers, cyclist, rollerbladist, walkers etc


of coconut trees, sandy beach, clear blue sky and the sea



a kid making sandcastles, perhaps


I like watching the waves breaking.



Here's what other people are doing.


those dots in the sky are kites...


We didn't venture far as it was close to dinner time. So off we went in search of food! Was supposed to eat crabs, but I had ls after lunch, so better not risk it. We settled on a hongkong cafe fare...


look what i found in the menu ;P


dessert


my lemon coke


lamb chop


claypot beef brisket

Food was ok, but the place was dirty. The seat was like.. tsk tsk tsk!

After dinner, it was dark outside as it was already 745pm.


mini-mini amusement park?


merry-go-round


few stalls selling stuffs like hats, clothings, popcorn etc

Noticed that the park is not that well lit after all... perhaps that is also part of its attraction?


so dark...


not too bad... stil got street lamps

There's a stretch just before the underpass (probably about 100m or so in distance), and that area is pitch black! The street lamps are not working at that stretch. So be careful!


the only source of light was coming from the buildings across the highway, or from cyclist bike...


Short exploration. The end.

gyoza

Do you like gyoza?


half a dozen gyozas for dinner


everything was stuck together, so removing the first piece will cause the second one to spill open!


soft and juicy

postcard from Japan

Hey hey, my very first postcard from Japan!







So nice!

exotic fruit

You know.. this is my first time seeing a real passion fruit. Not a flavoring, not a juice, but a real fruit!


this is how it looked like on the outside


How about eating it?


inside


Remind me again why are we eating fruits that taste like seeds? Well, apparently it is nutritious. Full of vitamin C and beta carotene (and i thought only carrots and papayas had this...). Read more about it here.

In terms of taste, passion fruit joins the ranks of pomegranate. Bon appetit~

Telok Blangah Hill to Mount Faber Park

After Henderson Waves, it seemed that we were walking up slope. So I guessed, we're headed towards Mount Faber.


continue walking


nope, no rest


just walk straight


big tree


glimpse of civilisation


arrived at destination


view from Mount Faber


familiar stretch, walking past Jewel Box


cable car


nice shrubs


$1 to view


direction to aircond-heaven


Mount Faber is not the end journey....as we're heading back to Vivo. There're buses from Mt Faber to somewhere, but nope.. we had to walk.. apparently...


so downslope we go again..


looks dangerous..

It took us about 20 minutes from Mt Faber, down the hill towards Harbourfront.


the last descent..




After all the walking, we duly rewarded ourselves with a meal and a movie. Shags!

From Hort Park to Telok Blangah Hill Park (Henderson Waves)

After Hort Park, we went up the bridge and began walking towards Telok Blangah Hill Park.


to the right, to the right


Alexandra Arch


nighttime illumination




treetop walk


very tall trees


can you spot something?


Much of the journey, you'll see these scenaries:






It takes about 20 minutes to complete the walk.


walk up here (exit Earth Trail)


somewhere


reached Telok Blangah Hill Park (only!)


Here's pretty much how the TBHP trail looks like:




As it is a hill top, then it should be overlooking somewhere:


garden


After resting for a while, it was time to continue walking.


down the garden


down somemore


into the wilderness...


start of the Henderson Waves trail


not very high above the sea.. hence, quite hot!


glimpse of seaview


zoom in


cool shades, cool shape


trying to be arty




no kidding, walked from Hort Park to here


long way to go....


back into the jungle


Total walking time from Telok Blangah Hill Park to complete the Henderson Waves stretch was about 20 minutes.