samedi, mars 22, 2008 Overnight hike: From MacRitchie to Bukit Timah  With a little trepidation, I agreed to the venture - Jo said we needed to have some psychological prep for the April KK trip, which sort of made sense (although Darius just returned home from a sudden KK trip himself without any preparation whatsoever.We met at 11 at MacRitchie, and set of at 1130 by full moonlight. The path through MacRitchie to the Bukit Timah flyover took us through some really pretty scenery - still waters in the reservoir, and lovely golf greens (belonging to SICC?) Things were a little muddy at places, but the hike was mostly easygoing. We got to the ranger's hut at approximately 1am, then continued past Jelutong Tower onto Rifle Range Road. Walking along the road is worse than trekking because there's nothing going on - no roots to walk over, no uneven ground to navigate, no bogs to avoid. Just the long, endless road ahead. So discourteous it doesn't even wind a little. Rifle Range Road brought us into the Catchment Path (map on right), which we actually have to clamber into. Hidden right after the army ammunition depot, the entrance to the path is not well-marked (not at night, anyway), and I would not have known it was there, had we not turned into it. The Catchment Path led us uphill to the main road up to the Summit Hut. We then opted to walk along the main road to the Summit Hut, and took a 15 minute breather to rest. It was 330 then, and the moonlit summit was eerie, but still pretty. The wind picked up, and we got a move on before we caught a chill from the slight bite in the breeze.  We headed along the Rengas trail, towards Dairy Farm Loop. This is where my sense of direction breaks down, because it's dark, I'm tired, and there are plenty of people in front of me making the directional decisions. I think we hiked through Dairy Farm Loop a little bit, then turned back to the main road (red line). Finally, we went down to the Bukit Timah Visitor Centre, and ended the hike at 530am. We walked to have breakfast at Al-Azhar prata place opposite Beauty World, and finally hit the road home at 6am or thereabouts.
[Overnight hike: From MacRitchie to Bukit Timah] |
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