Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Today, my family and I went to Mount Faber. It was a whole new experience for us but it was really tiring. Although of this, I couldn't deny that this trip to Mt.Faber was a really fun and nice one.
Well, let's go into detail what happened at Mount Faber...
Firstly, we arrived at Mt.Faber by my uncle's car. After a while, we reached the "Forest Walk". Then, we climbed up a slope. I was not afraid at first as it was not that high after all. But, after a while, I began to fear as the height increased. Overall, it was quite a good experience for me. The "Forest Walk" looks like this:
Along the way, we also saw a poor tree:
Then, we saw a ice-cream vendor and bought some ice-cream. While my parents were queueing up for the ice-cream, my sister and I went to nearby playground. But I would not say that it was truly a playground. To me, it was somewhat a fitness corner. It was very special and we had lots of fun over there. After a while, our parents bought the ice-cream.
Later, we reached "Henderson Waves". It was designed in such a way that it really looked like waves and the design was quite unique. The scenery over there was nice too and I took a lot of photographs. When we reached the end of "Henderson Waves", we looked back and found out that it was actually this tall:
We were lucky to find out about the height after crossing the bridge. If not, our family might not have crossed the bridge at all.
Then, we continued our journey along the "Marang Trail" which is a road leading to Vivo City. As we continued trekking, we saw 4 monkeys in total. The monkeys were very adorable and their hair was very unique. Their hair was like a bundle at the top of their head. Next, we reached the peak of Mt.Faber and spent some time looking through the telescopes fixed there. My father took out $1 for me to insert into the machine to look through the telescope. Everything far seemed to appear right before me and the tiny, distant cable-car became really big and near. We took turns to look through the telescope. After that, we made our way to Vivo City after a flight of stairs. On our way there, my father spotted a beautiful flower:
Then, we went shopping for a while and had some fast-food before we left home.
Tired, tired and still tired. After the trip, we felt really tired but happy. We actually took 1h30m to finish the distance from Alexandra Road to Vivo City! I was sweating and tired but after all, I really liked the trip. This was my 1st trip to Mt.Faber and it was a nice experience for me. The bridge, the tracks, the trees, the stones, the beautiful scenery and last but not least, the time I spent with my family.
Phew, I do not need to trek anymore now. But in the near future, I will like to go for another...
Here are some photographs taken during the trip. Enjoy! :D
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