singapore

 On Thursday I left work early and headed to the Bangkok Int'l Airport via the Airport Link sky train.  I was off to Singapore and so excited to see not only a new city but one full of amazing urban planning with beautiful use of green space and an amazing public transportation system.

Plus, I hoped to stumble upon some sustainable headed fashion ;)

With nothing but a small backpack for the weekend, I walked off the plane and almost right onto MRT.  I took it strait to the hostel where Colin had already paid for my bed that night.  Turns out the hostel was a green backpacker lodge, the Tree In Lodge, ran by two awesome outdoor activists, packers, climbers and cyclists.  Good job, Colin!

keepin' up-to-date on greeness in the media

Deck the halls with sustainable reminders...

The Common Room

Connections to nature information on every door.

The next day was meetings for work followed by an awesome jazz bar off a little street called Haji Lane.  The street was lined with little store front shops of sino-portugese architectural columns and arches.  I knew I'd have to come back the next day when they were open....

What a lovely day on Haji Lane

Sure enough I found some great fashion. Many were imports from Korea who's fashion is off the charts!

There were even a bicycle boutiques and shops. I love the idea of paring a fashion boutique with other interests like sustainable transportation that is so much fun.  There's no denying that the bicycle subculture continues to develop with fashion forward fixed gears and commuter fashion lines with functional form and hooks/ loops on clothing.

Check out the Levi's commuter line here.

PS- Specialized recycling bins and trash cans everywhere. It illegal to liter in Singapore, and if you're caught, they put you in a orange jumpsuit for community service picking up everyone else s trash, whether your a rich tycoon or not!

Bamboo clothes shop!  Uber soft and comfy for yoga and casual wear.

After crawling around Haji Lane, we hopped on a bus that took us strait to MacRitchie Park.  Its a park connected to a wild life reserve with a 12 kilo hike.  Just what we needed.

We saw so many animals and old growth trees... looking up and them as well as down...

Looking down at the rainforest canopy from the suspension bridge.

The suspension bridge was the peak of the hike! It was built to observe the ecosystem found in the canopies as well as for hikers to get a rare live view of the forest from the top.

MacRitchie Suspension Bridge

On the trails you stumbled upon footprints with quotes from the best environmental stewards...

Sunset on the reservoir. What a great way to end the trip.

Thanks for the great hike, Singapore.