henderson wave bridge
Yesterday, decided to head down to the Telok Blangah area of Singapore to walk the Henderson Wave Bridge – the highest pedestrian bridge in Singapore (36 meters above the ground – or 12 stories up for you Westerners), Faber Walk, the Forest Walk and Hort Park. Henderson Wave Bridge itself is interesting, but the nicest part are the views of Sentosa and the rest of the southern part of Singapore from atop the walkway.
Henderson Wave Bridge (not my photo)
As you can see from the photo, the bridge was constructed of metal beams set out in a wave pattern – apparently a mathematical formula was used to create the wave pattern. The walkway is actually local SE Asian timber and is also set out in a bit of a wave pattern so that you always feel like you’re going up and down when you walk across it. It was quite empty yesterday when we went across it, but it connects a series of parks that were buzzing with people. I think it’s one of the nicer areas to hike in Singapore because there are just so many different sections of park to hike through.
Walking across the Henderson Wave Bridge
From Henderson Wave Bridge you can traipse across the forest canopy walkway that normally has monkeys flying about around you. Unfortunately we didn’t see any monkeys. Yes, I know. I was also disappointed – and hot and sweaty and hot … and hot. But finally after about 3-4 km, we arrived at Hort Park, which apparently won some architectural awards recently. It’s a highly designed park, meaning it’s not really a natural park. But it’s got a nice variety of flowers from around the world. Like this one below, from the desert. Actually – Singapore was a bit of a desert yesterday (with humidity). Anyhow – I’m heading out to the beach today to have some much needed fun in the sun. -b
Desert Flower
