May Day, May Day

In spite of all health warnings to avoid crowds under the "imminent pandemic" conditions, it being the long weekend, we plucked up our courage (and dug deep into our energy reserves), to join the masses in making the long trek from Bukit Timah Nature Reserve to MacRitchie Reservoir. It was a distance of more than 10 kms (somewhere 3/4-ways through, I was too damned wiped out to do the math), which was a killer in the heat and humidity of this tropical island.

We started off chirpy enough, jauntily walking down the path, swinging our bottles of water alongside us and chatting happily away.

We even took time to observe the little critters of nature. This was a giant spider, basking in the morning sun, surrounded by several little spiders (not all that little, up close and personal!), hence the shaky photo taken from a distance...

Like Hansel and Gretel's breadcrumbs, we followed the path marked out by these little posts with a red band.

Over mountains and hill(ock)s...and expressways...

Checking the map halfway through, to ensure we weren't headed to Mandai or somewhere COMPLETELY off the beaten track...

Came upon what appeared to be someone's sanctuary at one time, now abandoned. We wondered who had occupied this idyllic little piece of heaven, tucked away in the forests.

"Why did the tortoise cross the road?"

We startled this little one as we trekked noisily through the forest. I think it was a little stunned and petrified of these noisy giants trying to get up close with a phone camera...

Stopping for a breather, and proof that we DID trek all the way!

Two days after the walk, some folks were still suffering the effects in the form of sore leg muscles...heh heh.