soon-to-be-completed admiralty park

the recreation part of the park opened in october 2007; looks like the nature part of it is ready for opening soon. the nature part occupies 20 hectares of the 27-hectare admiralty park. today, when i ventured into this section of the park, they were planting grass at a small 30-lot car-park next to the admiralty west prison.




















the path, wide and winding, is in a valley, close to sungei cina that flows through this park before draining into the straits of johor. three foot bridges have been built across the river. i did not use the bridges because the workers were painting them. the mangrove is found at this part; saw someone catching two mud-crabs in the mangrove.

they have left much of the vegetation in that area intact and as you walk along the path, you can see clumps of nipah palms, many of them with fruits. (from the nipah palm, you get attap chee, an ingredient used in ice kachang.) there are also sea hollies although the sea is some distance away. there is also this naturally sculptured elephant, with a morning glory flower for an eye.

i have been thinking: if i had lived in the 17th or 18th century, i could have been an explorer or an intrepid traveller who liked wandering into unknown places. in singapore, i seem to be going to places where people have not been or places that not many people go to.