Sunday morning walk at Punggol Heritage Trail

The latest walking trail must be Punggol Heritage Trail. Singaporeans have already taken a liking to brisk walking all over Singapore, mostly started cause of covid when we could not travel overseas and had to do a little adventure around Singapore.

I too started walking with my siblings hahaha.

Very convenient to reach Punggol Heritage Trail, we just take the MRT train to Punggol Coast MRT Station and started walking.

There is a map to direct our path, it is very easy as it is just one straight pathway however the heritage trail is not 100% completed.

This used to be a road where cars and buses travel along the road. Now it is closed to traffic.

Read how this place used to  be a zoo, I did not even know it . I was still a child in 1963. The only zoo I know is in Mandai haha.

The old bus stop is still here and the bus will never come , this bus stop now acts as a shelter for people to hide from the rain.

It was a pleasant and easy walk and soon we spotted Punggol Sports Centre still under construction. The centre houses a full sized indoor swimming complex, multi purpose indoor sports halls, fitness gyms and wellness studios, outdoor courts and recreational areas and community activity rooms and event spaces. It is due to open in 2026. More from source       

The trail continued all the way to punggol waterway

Barringtonia racemosa, also known as Common Putat, has pendulous inflorescence, up to 1m long. The flowers are night-blooming and have filamentous stamens that are white, pink or red. The bark and fruits are crushed and used as fish poisons as they contain toxic saponins. source

Mandai Board Walk, Singapore

Since covid had restricted us from travelling during the pandemic, Singaporean had been walking hahaha. I also started walking and with a lot of new parks and attractiions opening during these few years, make us walk more and admire nature more too.

Took Bus 138 and alight at the Singapore Zoo Stop (the sign shown on the bus screen).

Mandai Boardwalk is the latest boardwalk to open and is near to the Singapore Zoo. After alighting at the Singapore Zoo stop, just looked for the sign that stated Singapore Zoo.

After taking the escalator to street level, just followed the signs that lead to Boardwalk.

The boardwalk is about 3.3 km and stretch from River Wonders and Singapore Zoo.  We walked from Point A to Point C and then back to Point B to exit. The whole walk took more than an hour. Lots of shades makes walking easier. But there's no toilet along the boardwalk but there's toilets near  Point A and Point B.

Vines hanging down to the boardwalk giving lots of shade as we walked along the boardwalk.

Spotted Mandai Treehouse - Mandai Rainforest Resort opposite the boardwalk.

After reading this sign warning of Macaque, we saw a troop of them running along the fences, so afraid  they would snatch my handphone haha.

Bird watch at the end of the Boardwalk

More encounters with animals along the Mandai Boardwalk.

Monitor Lizard

A pair of cute monkeys

Brisk walking at Bidadari Park Singapore

Spend weekend, brisk walking at the new park at Bidadari. Bidadari used to be a cemetery but now becomes a housing estate with a park. Singapore is a very small country, we do not have enough land for the living so many cemeteries were exhumed.

Way before Bidadari is a cemetery, it used to be a private land belongs to some rich people. 

(Read from source )

The new Bidadari Park is nice for brisk walking and jogging and exercising. There were many tall trees that provided shades.

In the middle of the park is a lake , is a huge rain tree. The lake served as a storm water retention pond.

During heavy rain, the lake area will be closed to public.

The park looked small but is actually quite a nice place to jog. Haha we found many coins (about S$2) on the pavement, I guess the coins were dropped by joggers.

There's a nice playground in the park.

Children loved watching the fishes in the lower marshland. 

Nearest MRT Station to Bidadari Park is Woodleigh  MRT Station.