A walk through Nature

Crystal clear water of a stream.

Lots of small fish swimming in the stream.

Lush greenery.

Growth of new life.

What remains of a former giant.

Sweet fruit of the forest.

Figs.

Durians.

Young leaves are red.

Pagoda flowers.

Singapore Rhododendron.

Drongo - I saw this bird twice but had no luck photographing it.

Scary thorns of the rattan.

Buds of the Fish Tail Palm.

Buttress roots.

Spider's lair.

Dragonfly.

TreeTop walk suspension bridge.

Return trip.

Fern.

Unusual palm leaf.

Squirrel-like animal.

A place to have a picnic and look out for birds with a pair of binoculars.
Forest decoration on the beam of the toilet.


A fruit that had burst open to release the seeds.


Fallen.

There are a few trees that are this tall and wide.
An uncooperative butterfly.
Fruits
Going Home.

TreeTop Walk

It's been quite a few years since I last visited the HSBC TreeTop Walk. There are three ways to get to it - from Rifle Range, from MacRitchie reservoir and from Venus Drive in Upper Thompson. We chose the Venus Drive access and though we started late at around 9am I was looking forward to the walk. The highlight of our walk was of course the suspension bridge. Here you see how wonderful it is to be standing high above the ground at the level of the tree tops.

Reflections at Keppel Bay

From the Henderson Waves, you get an unobstructed view of this group of building that look like they've had a drop too much to drink. These are pricey apartment blocks rising into the sky in the most unconventional way. I feel giddy just looking at them. The Fengshui (geomancy) of these buildings collectively must be good since they have a 'mountain' (Southen Ridge) behind them and moving water (the harbour) in front of them and they are south-facing. This development is called 'Reflections at Keppel Bay' . Check it out if you have lots of money to spare. For me, if I do, I will build a palace on a sprawling piece of land by the sea!

Hortpark to Vivocity

At seven in the morning the moon refused to leave the sky and the sun could not show its face behind the lilac-coloured clouds. I had my Canon 400D and my 250mm zoom lens and time to think about the pictures I took. I learned to play around with manual settings for an hour and looked at nature in detail. The rest of the morning, I walked from Kentridge Park to Vivocity with my walking buddy and took more pictures switching to auto mode because there was less time to fiddle around with the settings. The walk was leisurely with short breaks to admire the view from various spots - Telok Blangah hill, Henderson Waves and Mount Faber. The sun was burning hot but there was a breeze blowing through the trees and these are my better photos taken during a walk because I was totally in sync with nature.