East-side night ride...

[scubasimon]

Hiya! Am planning a ride on the east of Singapore next. Have been doing a lot on the north, west and south lately. I will update with a route plan over the weekend based on suggestions from people who know places put in your suggestions here (or in the Singapore Rides thread) and I'll see if they can be incorporated into the route

 

Date: 7 September 2009 (Monday)

Time: 8pm

Meet: Somewhere in the east (to be confirmed by Sunday night)

 

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Thats all for now!

[JackOHJack]

e other time i went down Tampines road.

 

Quite shiok, particularly the stretch that runs parallel with kpe (view attachment).

 

But 8pm... my guess is it'll be congested.

[scubasimon]

ah...can do other places first and then go through this particular road later in the night

[scubasimon]

Its tonight! Do fill in your nick if you want to go for this ride...will be fun as usual. And sms me your number also please at 98155287.

 

Date: 7 September 2009 (Monday)

Time: 8pm

Meet: Mountbatten Road Esso Station (near the stadium)

 

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[scubasimon]

hehehe...looks like no takers for night riding in east side har? anyway, if anybody wants to join me, sms me at 98155287 cos i won't be checking this till later...tata!

[bernardk]

Take the Changi route towards changi village. Nice cold ride there. But dun speed cos there might have camera waiting.

[scubasimon]

I wanted to do up a blog report for this ride but did not have the time earlier. It also looks like I'm going to be bogged down the entire weekend. So rather than let that continue to be stifled, I thought I'd just post the pictures from the ride and share some of my thoughts about the ride here in a more simple way

 

I wanted to see the eastern part of Singapore this night and started off from Mountbatten. The idea was to ensure we had the opportunity to ride towards Changi area. However, due to the timing of the meet up at 8pm, the way east was going to be congested from the folks returning home. So we decided to head out to the south first.

 

The Marina Barrage is a great place to be. It is almost always breezy and peaceful. The colourful lights at night makes it double the joy. We spent quite a lot of time here chatting and taking pictures of whatever caught our fancy.

 

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I could not resist taking this series of pictures of the feature fountain. The colour of the light changes dramatically as the shape of the fountain morphs. It was a sight to behold. We spent quite a lot of time here at the fountain just because it was so captivating!

 

There's a magnificent roof garden at the Marina Barrage. It is mind-boggling to think that they managed to build such a large garden up on top of a roof! The view here is magnificent.

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The night sky was filled with just the right amount of clouds, illuminated by the different lights from the city. I just love the way the clouds show up in a dark sky because of these different coloured lights. It is awesome!

 

Walking over to the other side of the roof garden, we were rewarded with a picture of serenity at work.

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See the way the calm waters reflect the lights from the gazebos on the bridge and how that industrial construction area looks like its guarding this serenity with pride

 

Here's a little piece of quiz for you...the next two pictures were taken quite awhile apart. See if you can figure out where I took them

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Of course, no night riding is complete without a nice spot of supper or kopi or some form of relaxation. So we tucked in when we were at this spot This is what I had...

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...and it was SUPER YUMMY!!!

 

Thats all from me on this ride. Come join the next one...which is the early morning ride on 13 September!

[sohpk]

hi guys i am new:) can i join on yr enjoyable trip outing? give me a msg at 96249222:) hope to learn more about bike to

[nabil15]

haha bro, you reply such old outings (:

 

well, we could go for outings soon yup.

[WaRRioR83]

nice pics bro, so far still do not have the time to go out photo taking with u, even your this trip will crash with my working timing sad! lOl...

 

still hoping one day u can help me take thoese super nice photos of my bike....

 

must wait till i change my pipe first on my bike