Showing posts with label bike. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bike. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 11, 2015

20150808_Bukit Timah Trek & The Green Corridor

On 8/8/2015,  0800 Hours, we decided to trek up Bukit Timah Hill!

For many of us, it was a first time for us to do this.
Guess, it was due to the sudden interest in 'mountain' climbing following the recent Mt KK earthquake?

And it rained cats and dogs that we had to postpone the 'climb' by going the the Rail Mall for breakfast first.  Well , the rain did subside and up we went.


Most of the trails were closed for repair and so we could only do the shortest climb using the steps shortcut. So it ended fast and furious!

But we were not disappointed that we decided to go to the quarry thereafter. It turned out to be the most memorable part of the trek!  There were 2 Czech guys who were doing a documentary on the Green Corridor in Spore.  They were looking for someone who had done this trail and wow, EC foot the bill! Sporting chap agreed to do the interview and so we took the video of this action.  There were no rehearsals at all. No NG takes.  It was spontaneous and quick and that day we saw a star born right in front of us! LOL. 

So what is this Green Corridor? Bet some of you may be clueless? Ever seen a Lemur? No idea? Watch this 'educational ' youtube of our star and crew on that day.  Coincidentally, just a few months earlier , 3 of us did a bike trip from Ghim Moh area up the Green Corridor to the base of Bukit Timah Hill and we rode along the Bukit Timah Road back home. It was from 11am to about 2 pm in the scorching hot sun! But it was fun. Tiring but interesting. So this part of the Green Corridor is embedded in this video too.








The Green Corridor!




Tuesday, July 29, 2014

20140728_Ubin Revisited



On 29/7/014, a group of 15 of us went biking at Pulau Ubin! It was Hari Raya holiday and there were many people on the island this day.
Arrived at Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal Boarded the ferry at about 9:30am. One way is S$2-50 per pax


https://www.dropbox.com/s/wgzqqifh6dtwz0g/14%20Pulau%20Ubin.wmv

This is the Changi Beach Sailing club. Boardwalk


The ferry only takes about 10 min to Ubin
The max number of passengers for each ferry is only 12!
Rented the bikes on arrival at S$8 for the whole day. Some chose the newer bikes at S$10

We decided to turn left to Chek Jawa which was about 2km away from the jetty?
Rather undulating for some parts of the road...need to disembark to push the bike!

Took the Chek Jawa Boardwalk...the tide was too high for us to spot the starfish etc..:(
Weather was pretty good!
 They were looking at the mud holes..there were mud crabs and mudskippers!
And this is the atap seed's "covering"! Strange that the transparent looking seed actually is found as such!

 Arrived at the tower...time seem to passed us by slowly....
 Some went up to peek and it was Aaron who led the way!
From above looking down!



Nice green looking "lake"!

 Rambutans - er...not too sweet and the flesh tend to stick to the seed...

Left Ubin at about past noon.
To prevent any from collapse from the biking, we decided to go for lunch at the hawker centre at Changi Village.

The chicken chop noodle and the red tea longan dessert! Wow ! Great!!

Next time" We will cycle to the right and explore the other side of this island!


20260911 Alpacas @ The Factory - Global

 Loving these 2 fluffy alpacas!!!