Today we’re continuing our journey across Singapore as part of the coast-to-coast trail. If you need to catch up, check out checkpoint 1 here (featuring Jurong Lake Gardens) and checkpoint 2 here (Bukit Batok Nature Park). But I’ll be honest with you, friend, checkpoint 3 is for the die-hard fans only. If you’re here looking…
Singapore’s coast-to-coast trail is a 36km route from (almost) one side of Singapore to another. Today we’re covering checkpoint 2, the 2km from Bukit Batok Nature Park to Bukit Timah Nature Reserve. If you missed the start of the journey, catch up here! Bukit Batok Nature Park Checkpoint 2 of the coast-to-coast trail is right…
Singapore is a country filled with lots of hiking trails, from the highest point at the top of Bukit Timah Hill, to the Southern Ridges, to the wetlands in the north, and lots more I haven’t explored yet. But the Coast-to-Coast trail ratchets the difficulty up a notch, combining multiple parts of many hiking routes…
This is your simple guide to the Southern Ridges, one of the most popular hiking routes in Singapore. Covering Mount Faber Park, Telok Blangah Hill Park, HortPark, and Kent Ridge Park via a series of elaborate trails, bridges, and connectors, the Southern Ridges is an incredible example of how even a densely-populated city like Singapore…
Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve in the very northwest of Singapore really puts the wild in wildlife. Crocodiles, mudskippers, monitor lizards, and, err, onions, this part of Singapore is one of the best escapes into nature you can get without leaving the country. My phone didn’t agree with that last part. After I’d taken a bus…
It was a trek for the ages, destined to be remembered by historians for generations to come. I speak, of course, of the epic journey of hiking to the highest point in Singapore. Let me tell you, friends, it was a thoroughly taxing 30 minutes. The highest point in Singapore is Bukit Timah Hill, which…
Well, friends, we survived our 2 days at Bear Mountain, but it was a close call at times. Now I’m going to switch to present tense and act like all this is happening as I write it. It’ll be more exciting for you that way, I promise. We order ahead from some local favorite restaurants…
Haiti is one of the least visited countries in the world. And at the time of writing, it’s understandable. The country barely has a government and gangs run riot. If you’re planning a trip to Haiti (hopefully for a time in the future when it’s a little more stable…) or want to know what to…
This is a guide on how to hike the Santa Ana volcano in El Salvador: step one: while facing the volcano, put one foot in front of the other until you reach the top. Step two: congratulate yourself on a job well done! For people looking for practical information on how to hike the Santa…
Hiking is good exercise so one fine autumnal day we went hiking in Bear Mountain State Park. However, when you live in New York City, to go hiking you have to walk to the subway – passing a perfectly adequate gym on the way – then take the subway to the bus station, then sit…