Green Spaces

Today I went looking for monkeys and durians.  Both were ill-advised, one because of bodily harm, and the other because it's out of season.  I struck out on both fronts, but I did get to take a nice hike through one of the two larger park systems in Singapore.  The Southern Ridges trail is actually two trails, one along a catwalk just below the canopy and one along the ground, that link together a set of parks along, as you might expect, the southern-most ridge on the island which includes some nice look-outs and some legitimate jungle, complete with "do not feed the monkeys" signs.  Alas, the wildlife I saw was limited to butterflies, spotted doves, and some sort of larger bird of prey that did not have conveniently placed interpretive signage.  I did find a fence of lucky bells at a popular wedding venue at the top of Mount Faber and got into a long conversation about the geopolitics of North Korea with a nice older Singaporean gentleman.