Geocaching

Darren will post!

Since I was lamenting the fact that we had become terribly boring people, and that there's nothing to do in Singapore, Jonathan suggested that we go "Geocaching"

So in a matter of an hour, we were all set..to head off early in the morning!



Me in back seat...Cal on the left and Jon on the right! Onward!! Roadtrip! A trip to the north...oooooh! The north! What wonders await us?!! Beautiful natives? Exotic sights and smells? Bacwkard plumbing? AH! The excitement, mystery and wonder that was promised was truly intoxicating! (Well actually, the place where we had lunch...*puke*...that whiff of fecundity still lingers on the palette....)

Anyways, we entered the co-ordinates into this little thing-a-ma-jig and off we went! To Admiralty Park (next to Republic Polytechnic!)



An antiquated but rather cool GPS system. WHAT?! NO MAP?! Anyways, we soon found ourselves at Admiralty Park, next to Republic Polytechnic!

I was secretly groaning when the 'puzzle' called for some mathematical brain dexterity.. ugh...and even some Amazing Race type scenarios....


Guess what we were doing?

And worse still...bashing into the jungle is one thing..but MUDDY jungle?! Heavens! The humanity! But Jon figured it out soon enough.



But 'luck' was not on our side and 45mins later, we surrendered. We just couldnt find it!


ARGGHHH!!! I stepped on something!


But at least there were somethings to see...

And a bubbling volcanic pond!!!


AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! Well at least I hoped it was...I really don't want to know if it was polluted and some poor animal was drowning in that stinky cesspit.

The Second Mission was simpler. We arrived somewhere in Sembawang, somewhere near Pakistan Road and Canada Road (no idea? use this.. The poor man's GPS/Road directory... Sky pigeon!) with some gorgeous old and somewhat different looking Black and Whites. we found the 'whatever' we were supposed to find.......



Well....yeah...It was only half of the co-ordinates!

However, after battling ants...



and rummaging through a huge tree, we totally creamed the next task! !!


Jonathan touched it... I was NOT GOING TO TOUCH IT.

It was already lunchtime, but still we soldiered on. Well, more like dragging feet - I was having a terrible headache (I've been trying to wean off the caffeine see, but as I found out, I was just dehydrated!).

So we stopped for a bit of lunch, before setting off to another mission. We couldn't find the thing again, but the area itself was the 'treasure'










And this! We climbed to the top of course! But at the top..... Jon started getting static electrical attacks from the railings and ....


Urm..guys...do you hear thunder? RUN!!!

Oh yes! And there were monkeys! Lots of them!




We then met Tshush (who accompanied us on another TWO failed mission around Serangoon Gardens! No more caches by kids!) and Desmond for a quick pre-dinner snack. Before embarking on YET ANOTHER MISSION. Hardcore hor?

By now, I was very tired (and hungry) but the plaec was quite something. Never knew such a place existed.










And that's all! I'm wondering if I should post the portraits of all the culprits!