Singapore Wilderness MacRitchie

You can take one of the shorter loops, or you can walk across to Bukit Timah like we did!

We have just been on an outing with MAE teachers to MacRitchie,
What an interesting day we had.
As always this walk proved to contain wonderous things,
And it is right on the doorstep of the city.

Carolyn, Genieve, Bob and Ruth on the Treetop walk.

We assembled at 9:30ish at the Lornie Rd carpark.
When most had arrived we set off.
We stopped briefly when we met up the our second group of arrivals.
We entered the rainforest heading to wards the Treetop walk.
That was the last we saw of the main group,
But they did leave arrows to show where they had been.

We made the most of the nature around us.

From the treetop walk you become aware just how close the city is,

On the floor of forest you wouldn't have a clue it was so close.
What a teasure this pocket of rainforest is.

The Greek proverb says it all, throughout the walk are some interesting quotes. Such words of wisdom.

If you have the opportunity pause on the Treetop walk,

Study the trees,
They really are full of life,
At times you catch a glimpse of some interesting birdlife.

Ruths prize find of the day, a caterpillar.

She has searched for one in the wild here,
Finally Bob found her one.
Not sure what it is though?
It sure was hairy.

We usually do see monkeys at MacRitchie.

But this time there seemed to be so many,
They were in large groups throughout the forest.
They were entertaining and looked very healthy.

The look on the face of this monkey is really interesting,

I wonder what he is thinking.

I couldn't work out if this wee fellow was trying to get in!
Or trying to get out?

Take a look at the teeth on this guy,
He was only yawning here.
I wouldn't want those latched on to my leg.
Remember these are wild animals.
A Little Monkey Story
When we stopped at the Ranger station for a brief rest
Ruth had a scary encounter. She had just sat down on a seat. She had her backpack on her back.
A larger monkey was eyeing up the people as they arrived. He took one look at Ruth and made a beeline toward her. When he was within three meteres he leapt at her back pack.
She Screamed and jumped up, he fell back down on the ground. He looked dejected and for a moment I though he was going to make another attempt at her bag. We are not sure but we think he might have noticed the wet wipe tissues stuffed into her outer pocket and thought it was food. When you are near places where humans go to eat the monkeys can be a real pest. We have seen them destroy the tranquility of someones picnic down near the carpark at MacRitchie. Be warned don't have plastic bags or food out in front of these guys, they are hardened food snatchers.

We found out today that there are two kinds of Monitor Lizard,
We think this little guy was the other kind to what we usually see around.
He kept us entertained while he hunted bugs beside Rifle Range Road.

He was brightly speckled,

He couldn't care less about us.
Notice the enormous hole for his ear.

Not my best photo but,
That is my finger right next to this ant.
Any bigger and I think you could put a saddle on it.
The were lots of these enormous ants out on the path.

John Muir must have spent some time in amongst the trees,

His quote certainly is true for MacRitchie.
We enjoy coming here,
Every time you do there is something new to learn.