A walk through heaven

As this is one of the rare Saturdays where the kids have no classes, we decided to do something adventurous. We decided to take the kids out for a morning hike -- along Henderson Waves - one of the newly launched Southern Ridges

We started our day with a late breakfast at ABC market - hawker centre. Thereafter we proceeded with great anticipation towards Telok Blangah Hill, and were all ready to conquer the hill and get close to nature.

As we were approaching the carpark, we noticed that the bulk of the car park lots were occupied... the girls were quick to point out to daddy the next empty lot, in hope that the lot will not be 'taken' by a competitor in a nearby car.

Before long, this family of 6 was out of the car, and making our way up this steep slope... geez, shouldn't have eaten one too many fishballs... I could feel the weight of breakfast on my legs! After a steep slope, and round a bend, our eyes feast on a beautiful sight before us... the start of the Henderson Waves. The number of planks of wood, so neatly arranged in rows; marked by waves of steel. We marvell at how long it took the designers and workers to put this piece of art together.

We crossed Henderson Road, at some 60 metres above sea level, and drank in the beautiful tree tops as we walked across the road, without pausing for traffic, that was humming away many metres below us.

Soon after, it was the beginning of Marang Trail. Along the way, we stopped to watch a few boo-boos communicate to one another. This is as close to nature as we could get for the boo-boos were less than 20 metres from us. Dad promised to take the binos along the next time we do this hike again, so that the kids could catch the view of the birds.

We reached the Jewel Box, where tourists board the cable car to head towards Sentosa. This was when we were somewhat disappointed... the place was undergoing renovation, as such we did not manage to stop for ice-cream. Still we did some scouting around the Jewel Box, before retracing our footsteps back to the car.

By this time, it was way past 1pm, and humidity level was up a few notches. We still enjoyed our way back, but was glad to be back in aircon comfort in the car. This is not the end of our Henderson Wave experience. We will be back, and will conquer a different stretch of the Southern Ridges. After all, we cannot quite claim to be Singaporeans if we do not even know our Southern Ridges, can we?


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