At one with Nature

After a mind boogieing, hectic, frustrating, lost few weeks, I decided to go and try the new (maybe not so new) park link. That links Harbourfront on the way to West Coast Park. Well I can only say it is not linked. After you link to Science Park, you are no longer in any parks. Through NUS and Science Park, you must hike yourself with no instructions. If that is the case I felt that the papers should not have reported to make it sound like the whole stretch is all linked. Ok ... More on the good side now. The Harbourfront to HortPark was quite nice. Quite scenic.

The Marang Trail was a little on the steep side. But NParks have made at some parts a steeper and a less steep paths which is good. At to top of Mt Faber, you can see over the whole of HarbourFront and Sentosa. Now comes the wee bit difficult part. As some parts of the Faber Walk is not marked, You need a little luck plus good eyes to spot the very temporary black signs that NParks have put up to direct you to the Henderson Waves, which is 36m above sea level. There from our island highest pedestrian bridge you can see good views of the city and the southern islands. The bridge design is also quite unique. Then you will reach the Hill Top walk, again signage is a problem. Following that is the steel 1.3km elevated walk. Or you can choose to walk the Earth trail. This part is also not too bad. Slower you pace and enjoy the views. Breath in the fresh air. Finally crossing the Alex Arch will bring you to HortPark. At HortPark you can see much landscaped garden, edutainment, book a function room and also a thai restaurant.

Overall the park links is quite nice. Bring you into part you never knew (still) existed. But the signage is a problem. And also I feel that for some parts of the walk for example the Forest and the Hilltop Walks, we may have to give the trees a little more time to recover from the damage that the sustained during the building of the walks. I am sure give a few years, with much care given and us give less abuse to nature. They will recover well enough and then the ridges walk will be an even better walk to go to, to bring oneself closer to nature. To be one with nature.