42km over again
This time.. by bike..Activity begins at 2pm (17 May 08) when we met up at ecp mac (with 10, ks, kt n wife, n i0). Rented our bikes and set off towards Changi Village. Think it took us ard 1hr 45 mins to reach there, and we take a break at the hawker, savouring the nasi lemak n replenishing fluid wif delicious coconut drink. *slurps*
And then the hard part starts. Firstly we hollanded abit as we cant find the PCN (Park Connector Network) towards loyang --> tampines --> bedok --> ecp. Asked a fellow pro-looking cyclist and he pointed out the way for us, saying its 'abit tricky'. Ahh.. and the 'trickiness' took us till almost 10pm to complete. Couldn't agree more with him. Very tricky indeed.
Following some maps n pcn markings to Tampines was fairly easy. But when we hit Bedok reservoir, no maps, no clear markings. Ended up touring ard the reservoir one big round to ascertain that it is the wrong way. 3.3km of wasted energy and tiredness. Some 好心人 overheard our discussions and came over to point out the correct way to go. But alas, couldn't find proper markings, we veered off the intended track and didn't head to Bedok town park. But somehow, we're back on the pcn again towards Siglap. So tricky finding the siglap pcns. Turned back again n again to check, backtrack, found the right track, then go on the track again... Asked a group of cyclists along the way. And finally we're hitting ecp. Lucky we ended up near the Macdonald's area, saved some km. Returned our bikes, and asked for some discounts. Paid $21 for the 8hr bike rental. Think it is quite ok la, with some complimentary mineral water.
Headed home after a quick dinner, with butt aches and muscles fatigue.
Woke up this morning and decided to check out the pcn maps. Why did we stumbled so hard at Bedok reservoir? Alas, there's actually two different exits to head to ecp. One via Siglap (the further way) and one via Bedok pcn. We shld have taken the latter instead. But the funniest part is, two exits and we took so long to find one of them. Haha.
So its a ~53.3km route instead!
Guess nxt time printing out the maps n bringing them along wld be much better. =)
If there's a next time...... Wahaha... We're a crazy bunch of crazy ppl..
PS: Think two of the ladies din know abt the day's hectic plan before hand.. omg.. *被骗ed*
posted by Woof @ 1:33 PM
1 Comments:
I think the one who suggested going for the cycling muz be crazy :O...
Anyway, even though we did holland-ed abit and go extra way at the tired body.. I hope everyone had a chance to catch some scenery instead of purely trying to get the way back~ heh..
In any case, I tot someone will bring a camera along.. haha.. guess it was lucky no one did.. else I am pretty sure we would have ended the thing at 11pm :P
I will go back again ba..(something like a few months later...) anyone keen :P
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