17th May 2011 is Vesak Day, which is a public holiday in Singapore.
In anticipation of this day, I decided to plan some possible activities for dear, myself, and our friends - all of which revolves around walking, trekking, and some form of sight seeing.
But other than the Southern Ridges walkabout that dear and I did some years ago, I did not know other routes for a this walkabout. So I searched the National Parks website, bounced off some possible venues and routes with our friend, and he finally decided on a route for our walkabout.
8:30am: Dear and I arrived at our friend's house, met up with them, unloaded some of our stuff, and all of us proceeded downstairs to begin our walkabout. As our friends resides in Bukit Panjang, the walk from his house to Diary Farm Nature Park took about 10 to 15 minutes.
Walking along the concrete path of Diary Farm Nature Park, our friend - Isaac suddently took us off-road. Not to sound like a pampered spoilt brat but totally took me off guard because I wasn't expecting to walk anything short of concrete or wood.
Walking into the woods, we stumbled across this beautiful sight of the sunlight peaking through the canopy. How surreal is that!
Ants scurrying through the foliage in a neat and tidy row. Haven't seen that many ants in my life before.
Isaac taught us that this is the common sun skink - Eutropis multifasciatus. I'm so glad we have a knowledgeable guide for this walk. Ha!
From far, these looks like red flowers to me. Upon closer look... Eeek! Red Dragonflies!
We also came across caterpillar infested leaves. I was so glad that I wasn't walking under these leaves.
Love how the above picture seem to interpret the process of photosynthesis.
Spotted another pretty pretty and fluffy white plant which stood out from the rest of the grass.
Here's the route we took. Looking back, it seems like a pasture that's easy to walk. But do not be deceived. There are actually muddy soils, slopes, and tall grass.
Moving on, we arrived at Rifle Range Road, where we stumbled upon some 'monkey business'.
After 2 hours or so, we finally arrived at MacRitchie Reservoir. There, we had no idea that the route we took was actually against traffic; which was only one way! Well, we thought - what the heck! Might as well proceed on since we came this far.
Climbing up the long flight of wooden stairs, we finally reached the HSBC Treetop Walk. Though I'm afraid of heights, this doesn't look THAT scary after all. But still, my heart was beating faster than usual.
Isn't the view on the bridge breathtaking?
Walking along the concrete path of Diary Farm Nature Park, our friend - Isaac suddently took us off-road. Not to sound like a pampered spoilt brat but totally took me off guard because I wasn't expecting to walk anything short of concrete or wood. 
Walking into the woods, we stumbled across this beautiful sight of the sunlight peaking through the canopy. How surreal is that!We walked on further and the beauty of Mother Nature caught our eyes.
But in my attempt to capture these sights on camera, I realized that there is no way I can get close to an insect because of my fear of them. So that's when the boyfriend comes in handy. He goes up close to the little creatures, and SNAP!
Ants scurrying through the foliage in a neat and tidy row. Haven't seen that many ants in my life before. 
Isaac taught us that this is the common sun skink - Eutropis multifasciatus. I'm so glad we have a knowledgeable guide for this walk. Ha!
From far, these looks like red flowers to me. Upon closer look... Eeek! Red Dragonflies! 
We also came across caterpillar infested leaves. I was so glad that I wasn't walking under these leaves. Below are some the plant pictures I took along the way:
Love how the above picture seem to interpret the process of photosynthesis. 
I like yellow. So anything yellow captures my eyes, which is then captured on my camera.
Spotted another pretty pretty and fluffy white plant which stood out from the rest of the grass.
Here's the route we took. Looking back, it seems like a pasture that's easy to walk. But do not be deceived. There are actually muddy soils, slopes, and tall grass. 
Moving on, we arrived at Rifle Range Road, where we stumbled upon some 'monkey business'. 
After 2 hours or so, we finally arrived at MacRitchie Reservoir. There, we had no idea that the route we took was actually against traffic; which was only one way! Well, we thought - what the heck! Might as well proceed on since we came this far. 
Climbing up the long flight of wooden stairs, we finally reached the HSBC Treetop Walk. Though I'm afraid of heights, this doesn't look THAT scary after all. But still, my heart was beating faster than usual. 
Isn't the view on the bridge breathtaking? So anyway, we walked in the opposite direction until which reached the end of the bridge (which is the actually the start of the bridge) and was reprimanded by the Park Ranger for disobeying instructions.
In his anger, he told us to return from where we came from, which means to walk back across the bridge, down the long flight of stairs, in order to reach the end of the walk.
But after much plea and apology, he let us through. Phew!
All in all, we spent about 3 hours thereabout on the entire walkabout. Though the duration of this walk isn't as long as the Southern Ridges walk, it was still good exercise; especially when you are in the company of loved one and friends.
With a step towards healthy living at absolutely no cost, perhaps I should organize more of these walkabouts, since there are a few more public holidays this year. *Grins to self*
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