Singapore - The Garden of Asia

Singapore - The Garden of Asia

3rd September - 6th September 2013

Singapore has a bit of a reputation for being a bit boring so my expectations were low.  I had 3 days to explore the city, it rained for the whole time I was there but I have to admit I rather liked it and ran out of time.

Welcome to Singapore 

Well there is no ambiguity here, maybe they should put this on the entry card for Peru!! 

The Dragons Tooth Temple

The Sands

The Singapore Flyer - Much bigger than the London Eye

A great view of the start/finish line for the Singapore Grand Prix

The Fish Spa and my feet 

The Colonial style buildings

The Raffles Hotel 

The MerLion
This is the mythical creature with the head of a lion and the body of a fish, used as a mascot of Singapore

View from the top of the tourist bus...it rained all day

Not sure I want to eat here

Still raining 

Overall a great place to visit, I really liked Singapore, even in the rain and felt that there was still more to explore after 3 days

Lion Rock Peak

Lion Rock Peak, Northern Territories, Hong Kong

22 August 2013

3 Hours

Comments: Next time when you get in the taxi, remember to be a bit more specific about your destination. Lion Rock Country Park is quite big with several entrances

This was my planned route...

Photocopied from "The Heritage Hikers Guide to Hong Kong", this detailed map!! was my planed rout for the day. However after exiting at Wong Tai Sin MTR station I could not find the No.18 minibus so jumped in a taxi and ask him to take me to Lion Rock Country Park. 

After getting my bearings...a change of plan. This was the actual route a took

Starting point

Heading up towards this

 Ahh...that's why its called Lion Peak

1 hour 10 minutes to the summit

I can highly recommend not buying these, they taste of nothing and have the texture of cardboard and immediately suck all of the moisture in your mouth.

View from the top

   Heading back down to Sha Tin Pass

Some wonderful wildlife along the way 

I did not expect to see this

I read afterwards that these Long Tailed Macaques are descendants of Monkeys released in the 1920's

This guy in the pylon was the lookout and as I continued down the trail he banged on the pylon to alert the rest on the group.

 

After reaching the end of the trail I descended through the city looking for an MTR station to take me back to HK Central, thank you Google maps 

Hong Kong Parkview - Tia Tam reserviour - Mt Butler - Jardines Lookout

Hong Kong Parkview -  Tia Tam Reservoir - Mt Butler - Jardines Lookout

30th July 2013

3 hours 20 minutes

Comments: Remember to take more water and your poles next time

The Route

Unfortunately I do not have any photos, I took plenty but my SD Card decided that it had had enough and is showing an error message.