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hi I am a sign and I tell no lies, succumb to my directions! -
and we are off to the treetop canopies! -
trees+top= need for relief meaning more uphills! -
few of the winding meandering paths in the area -
the 1st glimpse of our steel trees -
this part of the trek sees us back into some small secondary forests again -
though we could really appreciate the shade of a primary forest! -
few of the omg! part of the trip! (while I can hear you hillwork runners go yay!) -
once upon reaching the top of the park -
you will see this the start of the tree top canopy walk -
it's like one of the mangrove trail walks, only like wayyy much higher -
offering rather interesting but otherwise tree-obscured views -
the canopy walk is not as popular due to it being quite out of place in the connector route -
thats all for that boring walk, our next stop will be Kent Ridge Park! -
our journey sees us through more mini forests -
before arriving at... -
Kent Ridge (park) itself! -
the land of signboards, carparks and decommissioned tanks! -
facing the sea, the place is very airy and windy -
hurray for our west coastline being turned into a container port! -
the place also spots an offroad trail for mountain bikers and trekkers -
though I won't label it as a Bt Timah alternative -
despite it's proximity to Hort park, the place is only frequented only by regulars or people living around the area -
Most people will just park their car at the free carparks here and head off the other direction towards Hortpark itself -
wonder where that leads to? -
something tells me the trees here love to fall... -
we exited Kent Ridge park through this pond route, before -
argh! walking through civilization (Science park I) -
Here we are at the Heritage trail part of Kent Ridge trail (get it? neither do I!) -
so as confirmed by the signboard -
a walk on the upper Kent Ridges of Kent Ridge, get it? -
Here we have big PUB water bottles -
and lizard crossings -
alot of the road are banked really nicely, far more than those in Mt Faber -
and poof suddenly here we are at NUS! -
after a short walk and we are out of that urban jungle -
our next destination lies beyond this path -
is that a lone signboard I spy? -
yup it kinda have characters arranged in a way, that reading it out spells the place we intend to go as well! -
here, we get the backdoor entry to the park note its proximity to the road! -
clementi woods was once a mangrove area, so there are quite alot of such varieties of swamp plants here -
with the exception of people... -
clementi woods is not exactly bike friendly given the large number of steps in the park, but too small to be considered a proper -
the park restaurant is still there and is a Japanese restaurant now -
sad to see Clementi woods, a shadow of it's former self -
we will leave Clementi woods for now... -
as with every downfall comes with something else... this one across west coast crescent -
and this big open field -
across the west coast highway -
and here we are finally at West coast park!