Sunday, September 20, 2015

First Hike in Singapore - November 2013 Divali Day Off!

Last Monday, 4th November, with a day off school for Divali, an Indian "Christmas" holiday, Elijah and I went on an amazing hike with his friend Adam and mama Mindy. Who needs a zoo when instead you can walk the Petai trail on the MacRitchie Reservoir?!  We enjoyed the many monkeys, turtles, lizards and butterflies all along our path and these little guys were the first to greet us!

Really, these guys we're Elijah's first inkling that this would be a pretty cool hike!
 The meticulousness of the cleaning was loving and so heartwarming...
 and so we're off...
Turtles, lizards...
 ...vistas
 ...flora, fauna and
...really cool root systems!
 This was an interesting sight to come upon...after our initial intro to the monkeys, at first glance, we thought that these trees were full of more monkeys!  They were, in fact, huge dried leaves, apparently having fallen from above landing in the branches below.  
 They were pretty big.
 There were new sights at every turn...
 ...and height...
 This...was an awesomely cool tree!...who knew? chewing gum!
 ...and yet another monkey approaches...
 "don't let him see the whites of your teeth"
 Seriously, these guys are amazing!






 ...and we come to the end of the Petai trail.
...and make our way onto the Prunus trail back to the car.


  Last sightings of the lizard...
 The take-away gift
Call it...a manicured jungle!
 Very typical of rain gutters in Singapore
 Leaving the trail, we return to civilization.
Happy Divali!