My leave got approved last week and I’m now in the final stage of preparing for my next big bushwalk. Last year around this time I walked the South Coast Track and even though it was frustrating to walk at times due to very bad track conditions, the pristine beaches and rough coastline were an amazing experience that made me want to see more of the South West National Park in Tasmania, especially along the coast line.
I don’t want to reveal too much for now, I’m planning to stay in the bush for up to two weeks, the route is around 130km long and part of it is untracked country, so I will have to navigate myself to find the right way. I’m very excited and if all goes well you can expect a full diary with photos, maps and all in a couple of weeks.
This had already been my last day in Singapore, my flight to Melbourne was scheduled for around 8pm. I checked out early, called a taxi to the airport, put my luggage in storage and went back into town with another taxi. I wanted to spend my last day on Sentosa, some sort of theme park island in the south of Singapore, with beaches, all sorts of attractions – I was sure it would be a lot of fun.
A city tour was part of my travel package so I was picked up early and driven to a bus company in the city from where the tour started.
We stopped at various points in the city, including a Chinese temple and a gem factory (no tour without a visit in at least one gem factory where you can spend all your money on stuff you don’t need). I found the tour was totally fascinating, mostly because Singapore was such a green city, exotic trees everywhere, not much traffic, great architecture, probably the cleanest city I’ve ever seen. Everything looked so well-kept and modern, I loved it.
