It's very very hot so time to escape the city for a few hours

Trying to find the right exit at the MRT stations is a bit like putting together a piece of IKEA furniture. The first time you do it it's a complete wind up that you think you will never master but at least you know that it will be easy peasy the next time. BUT there never is a next time as you only need one of those bits of furniture. And so it is as a tourist, you know you won't get lost and frustrated the next time, but there isn't going to be a next time as you're only going to see each particular sight once!!

I had 2 ambitions to achieve in my time in Singapore, one was to run the East Coast parkrun, and the second was to revisit the Chinese and Japanese Gardens, each of which I remember with delight. Because of the virus both Singapore parkruns have been cancelled for the foreseeable future, and arriving at Chinese Gardens MRT this morning I was confronted with this official message:

,,MP

That is such a disappointment, it was to be a highligh of my time here.

So I decide to do as they suggest and go to Lakeside to walk the bits that are open. The problem was that as I arrived:

I stop for a quick bite to eat and choose something from the menu that looks inoffensive. When it arrives I can only describe it as one of those 'what the heck is this' meals so most of it got left behind.

I ventured as close as I could to the building works and did sneak a couple of photos, I remember these pagodas so well.

There was little point hanging around so I decided to move on to the Canopy Tree Walk, about 10 stations away.