The Coast-To-Coast Trail
Following the `success' of my Coast to Coast walk last December, I was wondering what other trails would be worth tackling, during my end-of-year leave for 2022. Fortunately, the National Parks Board has a series of curated trails for leisure and exercise, and this includes a Coast-To-Coast trail. Unlike my own walk which ranged from West Coast to East Coast, NPB's entails walking from Jurong Lake Gardens in the Southeast of Singapore to Coney Island Park, which is roughly in the Northeastern region. So, on a typically overcast December afternoon, I set off to explore this trail, with a mixture of adventure, curiosity and just a little of trepidation. I had decided to do this trail in sections, so as not to over-exert. No thirty plus km in one shot as I did last year! But I believed that it would be no less fulfilling and meaningful. DAY 1: Botanic Gardens to MacRitchie Reservoir The starting point of my trail would be the Botanic Gardens, which had turned out to be my favouri...