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to spot a paparazzi-like gaggle of Japanese tourists poking enormous lenses over a wooden bridge. Sprawled on a branch in the river below is a monitor lizard. As we continue, a family of obliging monkeys puts in an appearance, clambering along bobbing branches and showering us with clouds of leaves. It’s certainly not the Singapore I’d


expected.


w SINGAPORE: GARDEN CITY Checking out Singapore’s greenest bits is easy thanks to the Park Connector Network, a web of cycling and jogging trails that does exactly what it says on the tin. There are also regular free guided tours of the parks. We opted for bike-based


exploration. More people than ever are saddling up in Singapore, and there are now two fantastic bike-share schemes: Ofo and oBike. I plumped for Ofo, whose bright yellow bikes can be seen everywhere. They don't even need to be returned to a stand


– users simply lock or unlock them by scanning the QR code on the frame. We took a slightly haphazard


approach, leaving our hotel and pedalling in the general direction of Windsor Nature Park, taking various detours whenever we stumbled across


another of Singapore’s many green spaces. My favourite is Bishan-Ang Mo Kio


Park, one of Singapore’s largest urban parks. It’s especially popular with cyclists, and at its heart is a winding river, once a canal. Its banks are now


RIGHT:


Singapore has a network of cycling trails


FAR RIGHT: Long-tailed macaque


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