This is one of our favourite places to go – Upper Peirce Reservoir.
Places like this are rare in bustling Singapore. But parents like us, will constantly look out for interesting and out of the way playgrounds, fun places just for our little ones. Anyway, Lower and Upper Peirce Reservoirs are not new but just rather inaccessible than most other Reservoirs in Singapore by public transport.
As Kel drove slowly on the long road into the Upper Peirce Reservoir, the kids were always thrilled to see many monkeys – grand monkeys, mummy monkeys, sister and brother monkeys, and baby monkeys clinging onto their mummies suckling their nipples, as well as monkeys picking out lice from other monkeys’ backs.
And almost each time we are there, we see inconsiderate people stopping their cars or vans and throwing food to the hoards of monkeys who seem to recognize their samaritans’ vehicles. As if they had been anticipating and waited for a long time, they scrambled towards the vehicle and catch their daily “supply”. There are many notices along the road and in the park that tell people not to spoil the monkeys’ natural instinct of finding food for themselves. Sadly, there are still people who choose to remain uneducated on this.
Just before reaching the Reservoir, there is this long steep road down where the kids always pretend they are going down on a roller coaster in our car. I simply love this moment. We also see many avid cyclists pedal hard up this slope as they defy gravity with strong lean legs.
Upon reaching the Reservoir, there is a long breakwater which kind of divide the Reservoir into 2 parts. On one side is the water catchment area that oversees a big park. The other side is our favourite where there is a very steep grass slope leading to a vast green field.
We walk along the little dirt track road leading to the lower grounds and to the low lying waters.
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