yes, i know we went last week. but last week was a recee trip, and this week was to start getting myself geared up for the real hike.
and guess what, i started off the trip with such a great find, and im still thrilled abt it……
i saw an owl butterfly!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! one of those things i wish i could get to see in real life, other than photos from internet. though small, i must admit, perhaps i have got quite a good eye… or maybe someone who went with me brought luck!
check out this leaf thats so badly eaten up!
anyway, lots of fish in the reservoir. the same kind we saw when we kayaked there 2 yrs ago.
too bad, didnt get to see Mr WML today. and walking on the boardwalk, just reminded me of the conversation my friends had when we walked there previously.
we saw this weird insect. handing upside down. and after my amazing experience with the owl butterfly, i thought maybe i found a dead leaf mantis (its a living mantis that acts like its dead). it wasnt. still, it looked like a naked cockroach from my angle.
and im getting a tad bit better at photographing spiders…….. hmmm… 
then we saw this leaf with warts protruding out of the leaf. not the first time i saw this. dont think its some plant virus. i wonder what that plant is, and why it has things growing out from the leaf. 
on so many leaves on the plant!
a pretty little ladybug.. 
then i spotted this weird black insect. there arent that many insects that are black.. i think. this one was black and yellow. and the more i look at it, the more it looks like a grasshopper…
finally reached the tree top walk…… here’s the view from the top. 
i could only think of Dr Loo while i was up there. that guy is like a plant expert. i dont really have that much interest in plants though..
we finally got down the steep flight of never-ending steps, much to our knees aching.
“would you rather you were climbing these steps?” TBL asked.
“thank God im not!”
and here’s the weird snail we saw last week.. 
and because a colleague said i took a nice photograph of the snail the previous time, i tried it again!
the shot didnt turn out nearly as artistic… still, its a shot!
for a long time, we didnt see anything, and i was sad that i still didnt get to see a tree snake… but somewhere after we crossed rifle range flyover, i spotted a snake, maybe not a tree snake. it was dark brown/black and spotted… it was so close to us, by the time i realised it, i was startled. but the poor snake must have been more startled, cos it flipped over, and leaped, and skidded into hiding, within 2 seconds!
no photo of that snake!
the last i saw was this nice red dragonfly. which reminds me again why i love my camera, cos the veination seen in the wings are just beeeeeeaaaaauuuuuutiful!
overall, nice trip. my muscles arent aching as bad as it was last week. but there’s more to come. canoeing at marina, will hurt my arms.. and im going to get to doing some push ups to get me ready for the whole day canoeing trip!
btw, a genuine question.
does anyone know what happened to the rifle range rd monkeys? i know i called them devils, but to have the entire stretch deviod of monkeys is weird. not a single rustle on the trees, not a single family sitting on the road, not a single monkey hiding on the trees. have they all been culled?
RSS - Posts
What say you