Bukit Timah Nature Reserve

Bukit (hill, in Malay language) Timah is Singapore's tallest  hill (164 meters) and contains Singapore's last remaining pocket of primary rain forest. It is not a very big area but a nice nature get-away from the city high-rise living.

 It is hard to capture the steaminess of the forest, the density of the undergrowth and the steepness of some of the trails. But it is all that.

So many different plants competing for light and nutrients. Vines twist and shoot up the trees in their rush to the top. Some of them you don't want to mess with!

At the 'summit' the height is measured to the centimeter! I was supposed to be pointing that out but I am instead pointing to the latitude, oops.

As usual, there is a warning to not feed the monkeys. (We didn't see any, probably because since folks don't feed them, they don't show up.)

Hungry at the end of our hike, we walked over to a restaurant that had Indian, Malay, and Chinese food aplenty. The menu was in a 12 page double-sided binder, or if you prefered, printed all over the walls, floor to ceiling. See Bill reading the selections across the room.

And I am enjoying an ice cold coconut water while we wait for our food.