Friday, June 17, 2005
the sun was shining, bright and sunny.. me met ling for a walk in the "treetops"..
we prepared sandwiches and salad for lunch and started our day early (tho shd've been earlier, cos i was late, shame on me..) we were chattery and happily skipping along, admiring the flora and fauna in Macritchie park. we scrutinised the map to make sure we were on the right track.
walking along the boardwalk, and catching up with each other's life.. time passed rather quickly. but then we were tired after 1 and a half hour of walk. yet, the treetop was no were to be seen. we walked and walked and walked after wat seems to be an eternity, we reached the petuling tower. it's a 6 stories high tower supposed to let us look out for birds, admire the rainforest etc.. so we sat on the 5th storey of the tower, took out the salad as appetizers..
but the dark clouds came.. (yeah, dunno why yun can't command them to leave) and then we feel drizzling... oops.. not discouraged by the little rain, we continue our way in search of the "treetop walk".
not wanting to follow the crowd, we came to a point where we went against the crowd. was happily showing off how we had foresight by bringing umbrella, the pple drenched were like pathetically passing us. when this kind family told us, this is a one way route and we can't reach the treetop route by this, we were like"!!!!!" then we had no choice but to turn back. so this route which we found was supposed to be a short cut was a no thru' road, sad sad.. then we went back to the main path and went with teh crowd. by the time the rain was so heavy the path was flooded and our feet were soaked. but nothing can stop us, the 2 gungho gals, from conquering the treetop!
at last we reached the treetop entrance aft some climb upslope. we made our way into the treetop walk, and was fascinated by the sight we saw. we were like aboveall, and took in the misty (cos of the rain) scenery.. too bad din bring a camera.. it was indeed a reward for our 3+ hours worth of walk to reach the treetop. by the time we were hungry and drenched (so much for the umbrella, haha) and we had to make our way back down to where we were told that was wrong by some passerbys.. and it was a rather long walk till we reach the ranger station where we filled our bottles, and had lunch.
after some rest, we made our way back with the remaining 5.5 km journey. and the walk was equally scary, becos nobody was in front or behind of us. and the stretch of trail was 5.5 km long, in the forest, called the MAcritchie nature trail.. with a drop-off sole (from my track shoes), 2 painful, scrapped ankles, some mosquito bites and a wet wet backpack, i hung on to my determination and went thru the forest. a bit scary cos it's just the 2 of us gals, and we keep hearing big "boom" like the sound coming from the rifle. we walked thru wat seems like the breadth of singapore to emerge victoriously to Macritchie! from 850 am to 215 pm, we were walking and walking and walking!! gasp.. aren't we great?
seriously, i think the both of us are not as fit as some who can walk so fast thru the jungles or even on the boardwalk trail ( cos many overtake us, old and young) but we ought to obtain a pat on our back for our determination and courage right?
tips on the treetop walk:
- go early in the morning, prefarably 2-1 & 1/2 hours before the opening of the treetop walk
- bring a water bottle
- umbrella (our life saver!)
- a set of clothes change, unless u dun mind being smelly on the bus home
- lunch (definitely gonna be hungry aft so much walk)
- NEVER wear ankle socks
- good walking shoes ( dun wear lousy type that the soles will fall off one haha)
really had fun today, with ling, my gungho galfren! till the next time!
| posted by clouds at 6:12 PM
