SINGAPORE - During the shut-in period of the coronavirus, going outdoors was a rare, carefully apportioned treat.
Other less popular and less crowded green spaces can equally serve a variety of interests, whether it is jogging, hiking, bird-spotting or a lovers' stroll. Humans look like mites standing next to heritage trees in the park like the Kapok tree, which can grow to about 40m tall.A family of wild boars, with babies in tow, skittered away before I could get my phone out, leaving only patches of uprooted mud, where they had been foraging for grubs and worms.
Ms Farreen, a Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts student, says:"It's less crowded than in some other parks. The rippling water is calming. I feel so relaxed and light." The centrepiece stone bridge, which dates from the 1980s when the park was first built, is flanked by Chinese pavilions. It is a familiar setting for local Chinese period dramas, which have been filmed here.
The remains of the first Japanese resident in Singapore, Otokichi Yamamoto , a sailor who helped to translate portions of the Bible into Japanese, are also buried here. Mr Tay, a nature educator at non-governmental organisation Cicada Tree Eco-Place, is teaching me the importance of names at Tampines Eco Green.
He identifies a Club Silverline butterfly, a rare, striped looker that has had part of its wings torn off, possibly by a hungry bird. Secondary forest, with tall trees offering plenty of shade, covers much of Singapore's largest nature park, which has two areas totalling 81ha - Chestnut Nature Park and Chestnut Nature Park .
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