Travel Diaries - 1

Saturday arrived with all its fanfare and glory. The sun was up, the birds sang and everyone was walking around whistling,smiling and feeling good about the next two days. I was excited too, but for different reasons. We were to go on a trail in Changi that was called the Changi Coast Walk. Now, it didn't look like anything extravagant. It was just a 2km walk along a beach, but it had been a while since I stepped out into nature and really enjoyed it. So it was something I was really looking forward to. 4 o clock came and went by the time we left. The journey to Changi took us close to an hour and a half as we trudged along talking about everything under the sky. When the destination finally arrived, we got off and started to look for the point where we had to begin the trail. Once we knew where we had to head, we stocked ourselves with some water bottles and took off. I must say here that the entire path was man made, so there were no surprises. It wasn't strenous, so we weren't sweating and panting either. We walked along at our own pace taking as many pictures as we could at all the places. Some of the sights were beautiful, but one wouldn't say from breathtaking. The sunset was worth it though. As the sun went down, the rays on the water gave it a pinkish tinge that was absolutely stunning. We walked past a few dark places, a few stairs, a sailing club and a few families that were staying in the Aloha resorts. I have heard rumours about the resorts being haunted, but we just moved along. After 2 hours of walking a stretch that should have ideally taken us half an hour, we sat for a bit at the point which we thought was the eastern tip of Singapore. It was our tiny little break after which we walked back quickly to the where we began to get home. Like I said, it wasn't the awesome-est trip, but i felt giddily happy for having reached out to nature after so long. Also, I was with the most controversy free, fun people on the trip , so yes, it was totally worth my Saturday evening.