We soon came across some monkeys and I was intrigued by one eating a slice of bread. I even commented that its food had dropped! The monkey soon climbed up a tree and Papa quickly took me away in case the monkey decided to pee and rain its urine on us from the tree.
We ventured on. It was literally an uphill task. The path was much steeper than what Mama remembered when she came many years ago when she was a teacher.
I traveled in 3 different ways:
I walked
In pram
On Papa's shoulders
Along the way, there were times when Papa wondered if we should carry on. Just before we reached the summit, Mama wanted to turn back but Papa said he had a hunch that the summit is quite near and we should carry on. It turned out that Papa was right because after a few minutes, we reached the summit!
Time to whip out the camera for more picture taking. Me and Mama.
Papa and Me
Because Papa placed me on the rock, I wanted to sit on the rock on my own and have my picture taken. I was actually saying cheese when I made Mama put me on the rock to take this picture below. :D
See Mama's worried fingers? Actually, there is nothing much to fear.
See Mama's worried fingers? Actually, there is nothing much to fear.
After staying at the summit for about 15 minutes, we left to return home. It took a little coaxing to get me to leave the summit. Papa wanted to Mama to take a picture to show how steep the slope was near the bottom of the hill. Papa said if he let go of his hand, my pram will roll down the hill really fast. ;p
There were other paths that are more "foresty" and according to Uncle Denton, he has seen snakes when he was at Bukit Timah Forest Reserve. We didn't see any snakes both times we came. Perhaps if we come again Papa may choose to take those paths. Mama, the city dweller scaredy cat, will just be happy to wait for us at the summit while I explore the forest with Papa. The only problem is, how do we get Papa to agree to exempting Mama from the forest? ;p
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