Sunday, September 12, 2021

Singapore - To Do 11Sept21(Stadium Riverside Walk)

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Stadium Riverside Walk
240m/3min walk from Stadium MRT Station

A scenic walk that's located right in front of Kallang Wave Mall, which in itself has loads of eateries, activities and shopping options. 
The stretch is more of a scenic walk and long stretches of leisurely picnic spaces. The place offers activities for all ages.

There's the Water Sports Centre which has Kayak & Canoe Rental services, sand play  at the beach volley ball court and water play overlooking the Kallang River and city scape. 
 

Excellent spread of varied activities and will return for the water play area. Note that there's isn't a dedicated shower area that we saw nearby.

You might also be interested in these other free, notable water parks.
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Children's Garden at Garden's By the Bay
Jurong Lake Garden water play area
Lower Seletar Reservoir Park
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Sunday, September 5, 2021

Singapore - To Do 04Sept21 (Kallang Riverside Park)

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Kallang Riverside Park
A nice stretch of parkland beside the Kallang River offering a view of the old indoor stadium and the OCBC Aquatic Center. This side of the river used to be home to  Kallang Gasworks and remains of its original structure are placed as a reminder of that historic past. 
*Huge Banyan Tree*

*Dragon Boaters doing their circuits*
*For the casual fishermen, get second hand lures for cheap. $3 and up?*
A lovely stretch of park which has a bit of history and a mix of activities from fishing, dragon boating along the river, the view and your usual morning exercise groups.
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Singapore - To Eat 04Sept21 (Heap Seng Leong - Oldschool coffee joint)

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Heap Seng Leong
(Oldschool coffee joint)

Click here for ABBA location of Heap Seng Leong10 North Bridge Rd, #01-5109, Singapore 190010
Heap Seng Leong is one of the last few, popular breakfast coffee joints that hasn't become a commercialized chain. One can reminisce having a classic Singapore breakfast in the old school coffee shop.
*Usual Orders here are Kopi(Coffee) or Coffee with Butter*
The place offers very simple breakfast fair of Coffee, toast and eggs. Be prepared for a wait as the master, aged over 80, still in his iconic getup processes your order. It was entertaining to watch him 'erase' the overly chard bits with the lid of the metal tin.


A taste of nostalgia really. Coffee was nice and richly flavored. The toast was alright. Personally preferred Tong Ah Eating House for their iconic preserved shop houses, larger space and view from there.

The coffee shop shares its space with crispy curry puff so worth to try in between the wait. The curry puffs have a really hard shell crisp, with a not too spicy potato curry filling.
Click here for ABBA location of Heap Seng Leong10 North Bridge Rd, #01-5109, Singapore 190010
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Friday, September 3, 2021

Singapore - To Do 29Aug21 (Fernvale Grove Playground)

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Fernvale Grove Playground
Featuring a local neighborhood playground located at Fernvale Grove that's a little more unique and has multiple playable features.
Click here for ABBA location of 470b Fernvale Link, Singapore 792470
A little rock climbing
Log Balancing
Overall, a nicely three/nature grove themed and designed playground. The space offers multi-tired play with unique sound features. Kind of like the playground at Marine Cove. The small caves and cubbyholes make for great play spaces for the young ones.
There's a 'younger' version suitable for ages 3-5 located across from the main playground.
These other notable public playgrounds maybe of interest as well:
Alkaff lake view four elemental Playgrounds
Tilting Train Playground in Tiong Bahru
Click here for ABBA location of 470b Fernvale Link, Singapore 792470
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Sunday, August 15, 2021

Singapore - To Do 14/15Aug21 Sungei Buloh Nature Reserve (Migratory Bird Trail & Coastal Trail)

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Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve
Opens 7am-7pm
The entire area of Sungei Buloh essentially consist of two major nature walks. These are namely the Migratory Bird Trail (1950m) at the Wetland Center, and the Coastal Trail (1300m) at the Visitor Center. There are some shorter sub routes in between which do integrate into one another
Getting here is relatively easy with the near hourly free shuttle bus services to and fro Kranji MRT station to the respective centres and additionally the Kranji Marshes. There is limited parking available at both sites and get filled up on the weekends.

(Migratory Bird Trail)
The track maybe just under two kilometers but from Parking point to the end, it was an additional 1km. 
Click here for ABBA location Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve Wetland Centre
*Observing the Water Hen forage for food from a distance*
Easy routing which I must say is relatively stroller friendly. Most of the path were compact sand with a side more granite based. 
*Whats left of the old bridge*
*There are several nice look out points for bird watches and views of the straits*
*Taken 16Feb25 Crocodile on the banks. Best to find them when its becoming low tide. However with the tide coming in we still managed to spot a total of 3 crocs.*
*Aerial view from the lookout point*
*Hideout for bird watchers*

*Hibiscus Harlequin Bug*16Feb25
Pretty enjoyable for the first 30% of the route. From the visitor center to crossing over the bridge and a bit of the pathway. Apart from the coastal views, after a while the route around got a little monotonous, especially with the lack of path crossing wild life. This could be due to the higher human traffic on the weekends.

That said, we still did catch a good share of animal sightings on this journey. 
*Massive Crocodile swimming away*
*Archer Fishes*
*Water Hen*
Good for the front part of it, after that it transited to just completing the route. One maybe more interested in Pasir Ris Mangrove Board Walk for a varied experience of a shorter routing.

Click here for ABBA location Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve Wetland Centre
 
Coastal Trail (Partially Reviewed)
*Crocodiles basking in the distance*
*From the Kingfisher pod at the other end. Taken 16Feb25 nearer to the main visitor center.*
  *Nice water feature with stepping stone to get in amongst nature*
We only managed to cover a bit of the Coastal Trail on accident and will return to finish the whole thing on another visit.

Some of the minor routes and attractions covered. These were the Little Heron Deck which is essentially a nature inspired and immersive playground for kids which they thoroughly enjoyed, along with the Mid Canopy Walk which a was a fun mid tiered bridge. 

Click here for ABBA location of Coastal Trail 60 Kranji Way, Singapore 739453
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