We assembled at Sembawang Bus Interchange and took bus no. 882 to the Sembawang Park, where we started our trek today.
Trekking in Singapore (Pulau Ubin)
As normally the bumboat will only sail off when there are 12 passengers joining the ride, we boarded the bumboats to Pulau Ubin in different batches while waiting for those late comers.
"The Art of the Brick" LEGO Exhibition
I chanced upon the "The Art of the Brick" LEGO Exhibition at the ArtScience Museum one Saturday afternoon.
Trekking in Singapore (Bukit Timah Hill)
We started the walk at 8.45am, it took us about 5 minutes to walk from the visitor center to the quarry at Hindhede Nature Park.
Trekking in Singapore (Pasir Ris - Changi Village)
We set out from Pasir Ris MRT station at 8.30am, passed by Pasir Ris fishing pond and headed Pasir Ris Park Mangrove Swamp.
Trekking in Singapore (Woodland - Sungei Buloh)
We set off from Woodland MRT Station and headed Republic Polytechnic, walked through Admiralty Park and reached the Woodland Waterfront one hour after starting out.
Nostalgia - Screen Pictorial Magazine
Saw this almost forgotten carton of magazines during the spring cleaning; it reminded me of the comparatively simple life in the 60’s of last century.
Trekking in Singapore (Khatib - Seletar Reservoir)
The sky had turned dark when we started off from Khatib MRT Station at 8am.
Trekking in Singapore (MacRitchie, Ruins of Syonan Jinja)
We set out from the exit A of Marymount MRT Station and took about 15 minutes to reach MacRitchie Reservoir.
Trekking in Singapore (Bedok - Changi Village)
Today’s meeting point is at a corner between the Bedok Bus Interchange and the Bedok Hawker Center. We set out at 8am sharp too.
Trekking in Singapore (Yio Chu Kang - Upper Thomson)
The assembly point today is at Yio Chu Kang MRT station and the group set out at 8am sharp.
Nostalgia - Banking Souvenir
Although still having a vague memory of the old “China Building”, the owner does not remember since when and how this money box, which is a scale model of the old “China Building”, appear at a corner of the living room.
Trekking in Singapore (Lim Chu Kang - Kranji)
We took a bus from the bus station near Choa Chu Kang MRT Station to the end of Lim Chu Kang Road.
An Impressive Mini Car
That was a Saturday afternoon in March this year, HM and I saw this mini car while stepping out of the Singapore National Museum. It was very impressive to me so I took out my handphone immediately to have it captured.
Trekking in Singapore (Paya Lebar - Marina Barrage)
We start from Paya Lebar MRT station at 8am, via City Plaza, old army camp, and then made a left turn after NorthLight School to the riverside of Geylang River.
Trekking in Singapore (Buangkok - Paya Lebar)
I came to know about this trekking group that trek in Singapore monthly by chance. They used to start the journey at 8am. The unofficial leader does not take attendance, whoever wants to leave the group half way can always do so freely.
8 Days Hanoi, Halong Bay & Sapa Tour - D8
The hotel normally start serving breakfast at 6.30am, as we need to leave for airport at 6.15am, they advanced the time of serving breakfast to 5.45am for us.
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8 Days Hanoi, Halong Bay & Sapa Tour - D7 (Hanoi)
We arrived at Hanoi railway station at around 5.15am, the staff from Golden Sun Hotel picked us up to the hotel, although it was not dawn yet, there were a lot of people exercise and joging around the Hoan Kiem Lake.
After taking a rest and freshen up, we followed a ‘36 streets’ walking route which we got form the internet to explore the Old Quarter.
8 Days Hanoi, Halong Bay & Sapa Tour - D6 (Tribes Village)
We left the hotel at 7.15am to visit tribes villages. Our guide noticed that we had interest in bird viewing yesterday; he arranged a short stop over on the way at Hoang Lien National Park.
8 Days Hanoi, Halong Bay & Sapa Tour - D5 (Pha Long Market)
We joined the Pha Long Market package organized by the hotel (for their guest only) today. We were told that Bac Ha Market is already much commercialized, sometimes tourists there are more than the locals. The Pha Long Market they recommended is far at the border between Vietnam and China, and takes about three hours drive to reach there. The Market is actually not open to tourist yet; therefore the fare to there is higher than to the other markets as it is inclusive of some “coffee money”.
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