By the numbers
28,603 steps
22.14 kms
Level of Chaos: Google sending me off grid
I had a good sleep in Singapore on the first night and was well rested. I was ready to take off and head out once I had something to eat. The plan was to try and spend the day out as the hotel had a plan between 2pm and 5pm to have a fire drill that would have the lifts at the bottom of the building with the only access down stair to be down the stairs. The night before I had gotten a ticket to take the cable car up Mt Faber, which is near Sentosa. I wanted to try and see some of the World War 2 sites like a tunnel or even a Japanese memorial that I came across on Google maps. That plan sounded good to me, but it didn’t quite work out.
I got to the Cable car with plenty of time and hoping it wouldn’t get too hot while I was walking around. I figured that I could see some if the sights in the area. I did want to take a walk to Henderson Waves the worlds highest pedestrian bridge, although I didn’t realise it was a distance from the cale car and not flat. I ended up at one location where I found a Merlion, apparently there are more than one official statue. I did eventually find the bridge and I walked over it and back as it would have ended up in a longer walk in the area if I had kept going since it was part of the green belt in Singapore. They were doing work on part of the loop track so cars couldn’t go everywhere. I wanted to see a Japanese tomb and a bunker, although I was a little confused by the access as it seemed easy, but I could have been a little lost as well. I ended up following the road around and came to the Danish Seamen’s church that was build in the early 1900s. Once I got to the carpark area of Mt Faber, I found access to the bunker was on a private road, so I dismissed that and even the track on Google maps that said I could get to it by walking back up the hill and coming down. I went after the tomb and was stopped by a gate that said State property no trespassing and also they were monitoring the area. I wasn’t even going to try with that one. At this time I wasn’t even going to think about trying to walk back up the hill as I was drenched in sweat. I wanted the coolness of the shopping centre.
I ended up in the shopping centre where it was cool, and for some reason decided it was a good idea to walk over the bridge to Sentosa and back. Now I can say I have done that for unknown reasons especially to myself as I seem to like punishment. I stopped for a bite to eat and jumped on the train with the thought I could take a run for Orchard road. Along the way I thought about it and didn’t want to get stuck with the fire alarm, so headed to Woodlands, where the checkpoint to cross into Malaysia happens to be. The first stop was more of an accident as there was a park with a jetty that happened to be an old military jetty once owned by Malaysia and later turned over to Singapore after they gained independence. There was a great view of the causeway, but there was also a large bridge being built that joined Singapore to Malaysia so I guess they would have several land entry spots soon. I knew my map was telling me there were tunnels nearby and I went hunting them down and became increasingly concerned the closer I got to the Woodlands causeway checkpoint. I am sure I would have been watched. There was a sign talking about the causeway being the withdrawal spot from the mainland during World War 2, where the causeway was destroyed during the war, but the Japanese repaired it within a week or so. I then followed one of the streets to where the tunnels were and I had a nice big gate in the way and a fence also with a notice saying the land was being resumed by the Woodlands checkpoint. It was a pretty busy checkpoint too. I couldn’t go look at the tunnels, so I looked at Google maps and then the satellite view that told me it was a gate, so no I couldn’t go there. I turned around and headed back to the station worried about the storm that was rumbling away.
I managed to get undercover without getting wet and headed to Orchard road, although I nearly decided to head to the war memorial, but I was hot and sweaty. My shirt was wet and the bag I had was wet as well all from sweat. I really should stop going to hot countries where I end up a puddle of water. I made it all the way to Orchard road and found it still hadn’t rained, but it was still really hot. I had a look in one of the shops and hopefully wont relive the trauma of being asked if I wanted a suit. By the time I made it back to the hotel the training would have been done, but there was a new problem. One of the elevators was broken and was being repaired. I wonder if it had something to do with this morning where they all were taking ages to get anywhere. On my floor, I could actually hear the guys tapping away with their tools and that was from the 8th floor.
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