it's own macdonalds as well! whoa so thats where everyone's gone to!
so as confirmed by the signboard
after a short walk and we are out of that urban jungle
yup our intel and spies confirms that the right place alrite!
the park restaurant is still there and is a Japanese restaurant now
and this big open field
yup it kinda have characters arranged in a way, that reading it out spells the place we intend to go as well!
Most people will just park their car at the free carparks here and head off the other direction towards Hortpark itself
the place is a packed family outing area
and lizard crossings
alot of the road are banked really nicely, far more than those in Mt Faber
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our journey sees us through more mini forests
hurray for our west coastline being turned into a container port!
Loaded revision study table
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Here we have big PUB water bottles
a walk on the upper Kent Ridges of Kent Ridge, get it?
the hort in "hortpark" stands for horticulture, which derives from the Latin hortus meaning a 'garden' space... ok....
facing the sea, the place is very airy and windy
sad to see Clementi woods, a shadow of it's former self
offering not only large picnic areas, but...
before arriving at...
here, we get the backdoor entry to the park note its proximity to the road!
the canopy walk is not as popular due to it being quite out of place in the connector route
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something tells me the trees here love to fall...
and poof suddenly here we are at NUS!
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once upon reaching the top of the park
it's like one of the mangrove trail walks, only like wayyy much higher
you will see this the start of the tree top canopy walk
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thats all for that boring walk, our next stop will be Kent Ridge Park!
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the land of signboards, carparks and decommissioned tanks!
though I won't label it as a Bt Timah alternative
beyond the ridges lies the "Hort" part of Hort park, thats ... just before the million dollar lawn...
despite it's proximity to Hort park, the place is only frequented only by regulars or people living around the area
Kent Ridge (park) itself!
few of the omg! part of the trip! (while I can hear you hillwork runners go yay!)
and here we are finally at West coast park!
though we could really appreciate the shade of a primary forest!
trees+top= need for relief meaning more uphills!
there are many other nice oddities on display too...
some of the various cool night lighters along the floor
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offering rather interesting but otherwise tree-obscured views