Nice weather on Hari Raya Holiday Monday. After Sat / Sun trips to Bukit Timah Reserve we planned to do something new and revisit Fort Canning instead. We took the Hill Street entrance.
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| Looking across the Hill Street Fire Station you can spot partial view of the Light House in Fort Canning. |
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| Partial view on the Hill Street Fire Station domes. Noticed On the left lightning conductor you can find strands of roots from the seedlings trying to reach for 'soil' or support. |
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| Colorful MDA buildings. |
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| August is around the corner National Day celebration for the 49th nation building. |
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| A reprieve from the direct hot sun under the shade of this Fig tree ( Ficus auriculata) . |
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| Wilderness in the middle of downtown? |
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| Tarap ripening. |
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Artorcarpus elasticus
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| Artorcarpus elasticus up in the tree bearing sterile fruit. |
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| Myna feeding on the Madras thorn seeds. Birds were strewing the bit and pieces of seeds, pulps. |
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Seed pods, pulps, and arils(?) rained from above. There are a couple of Madras Thorn Pithecellobium dulce big trees. The stringy bean pods was mistaken to be tamarind and hence the nickname of manila-tamarind.
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| Pithecellobium dulce's bean pods |
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| View from inside the Fort Gate |
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| The recessed ceiling accommodates the swing back of the large doors |
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| Fort Gate with row of peek holes above. |
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| Staircase up to the roof-top of Fort Gate |
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| The opening of the stair case to the roof top. |
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A brown color bat was seen flying out ( disturbed by squirrel) and returned to hide underneath the dried fern leaves of the rain tree
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| The peek hole from inside. It is easier to aim a gun at different angles from inside but it restricted the incoming bullets from hitting someone specific behind the wall. |
Gothic Gate
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| Cupolas - domed shaped resting place. It looks small but the dome is empty so you cant reach the ceiling from inside. |
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