On Sunday, we decided to go for a walk in Singapore’s MacRitchie Resevoir Park. There are several hiking paths of various lengths, but we chose one of the shortest, the 7-kilometer Tree Top Walk. After our time in China, where solitude was often interrupted by blaring music, we appreciated the “No Radios” sign as we began our hike.
The highlight was a 250m suspension bridge, which provides a bird’s eye view of the forest canopy. We also enjoyed the verdant hills and enormous tropical leaves, which dwarfed our seven-year-old daughter. MacRitchie is known for its monkeys – signs throughout the area warn not to feed them – but we spied just one Macaque as we were leaving.
According to the web site, the Park is named for James MacRitchie, who designed and built the reservoir in 1867. The Tree Top
Walk opened more recently in 2004 to promote an interest in and appreciation of the natural sciences. While part of the walk was along a road, once in the interior, it felt – deceptively – as if we were deep in the jungle. This ended, of course, when we exited the trail and flagged a taxi to go home. Having grown up in the Northwest United States, it used to feel funny to take cabs to and from hiking trails, but now I love the convenience.
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