Haw Par Villa will be closed from 1 Oct to 31st Mar 2021

"Bloody British!" & "When my kids were cute!" Love how the British are cool with self-deprecating humour. Thank you for letting us locals live vicariously through you! You go to many of our local places, Singaporeans don't give enough attention to!

@AsiaHikelopedia

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@burgerdeel

3 жыл бұрын

agreed, love the humour in this video

@savemotherearthsairajiv795

3 жыл бұрын

I am vegetarian

When I 1st came to Singapore in 1992, West Coast Park was by the sea, as the land reclamation had not yet started, it started the following year. In 1992 there was also no McDonalds there either. Further along you have Pandan Reservoir, and I used to cycle around that for exercise after work, it is about 4-5km all the way around. And the skyway (viaduct or whatever one wants to call it) didn't appear until 1998. And in the stretch of road along Pasir Panjang Rd between Clementi Rd and Bouna Vista Rd, there used to be kampongs, all in 1992

I enjoyed the comparison bit. It was really humourous. Laugh die me.

Really love your content! Always looking forward to your adventures here in Singapore !

Thank you so much for sharing. We’ve only been to the playground at West Coast park. Looks like there are more to explore. The Labrador Park looks interesting too. Will take the kids there next time 👍🏻

Looking fw to the haw par adventure!!!👍👍🙏🙏🙏🥰🥰🥰

I am impressed by your top down view of the West Coast Park. Thanks for the effort, nice relaxing and educational video. Great intro on the temples especially the founding history of Koon Seng Ting so meaningful!

@AsiaHikelopedia

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

Thanks for always being so detailed in your description of the sights and sounds of Singapore's landmarks! I have personally learnt a lot from your videos😃

@AsiaHikelopedia

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing!

Paused the clip to take a glimpse of your kids, they are beautiful looking, your son looks like you, a true boy Caucasia boy. West Coast area is a quiet and beautiful place, thanks for sharing!

Another great video! Keep enjoying Singapore.

@AsiaHikelopedia

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your support!

I watched all your Singapore by Brompton videos (and all your other Singapore related videos) when I first got my own in July 2022. They have been a huge inspiration for me to get out there to pedal and explore the island myself. I've recently finished my own West Coast exploration myself and I'm currently rewatching all your cycling videos. By the way, there is a playground for dogs in ECP now!

@AsiaHikelopedia

Жыл бұрын

Good to hear. Enjoy your cycling!!!

Hello, I had a great time on this beautiful tour of Singapore, very well presented, I congratulate you for this beautiful video and I will wait for the next adventure that I will surely enjoy, greetings and take care 😊👍☘️

@AsiaHikelopedia

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much

If you can see this, the "Dragon Tooth" rock was actually named by Cheng Ho, the Chinese Ming's Dynasty's explorer. He used it to navigates through the straits between mainland Singapore and Sentosa Island.

Seriously, not many people can say that they have seen it all, even for the older generation. History that we don't even know. Thank you for the memories.

Ah shark meat lor mee, she been selling that for quite a while. I also ate shark head before, but there is practically no meat on the head, just loads of cartridges and well omega 5. Only for people that like the gluey stuff

I got a Brompton and I'm in Singapore too :D Love your videos! Thank you for sharing about Singapore to the world.

@AsiaHikelopedia

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you like them!

@SuccessforLifester

3 жыл бұрын

What is the general price of a Brompton?

edited very well with drone top view.. Spending lots of effort. Nice video. Thanks!

@AsiaHikelopedia

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

8:23 8:54 You K-I-L-L it, Sir Richard! The level of dead pan humour is out of this world! Hahaha.. =)

U shud totally explore kent ridge park where nearby ther also another famous historical memorial actually.and hwa par villa is pretty near to labrador park actuallyyy! Hopefully next time can ventureee also^^

@AsiaHikelopedia

3 жыл бұрын

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Welcome to the place where I grew up. There is a Telok Blangah Hill Park behind the Chinese temple that you may want to explore in future. Thank you for introducing. :)

Love your videos!

@AsiaHikelopedia

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

Greeting from Canada! I grew up in Singapore and used to live on Pasir Panjang. My old home is two houses west of the light yellow house shown in 6:22 min of your video. Right across the street from the Pasir Panjang Hawker Center. Sadly, the house has since been demolished. Love your videos!

@maverickfalcon4856

3 жыл бұрын

I’m pretty sure it’s still there I live in the area

Love the choice of music in all your videos; how apt, blends so well! And oh, I'm a new subscriber from France

@AsiaHikelopedia

3 жыл бұрын

Bienvenu! and Merci!

@kimlt9923

3 жыл бұрын

@@AsiaHikelopedia De rien!

Like it when u said over and out

Thanks for the video , I really like it. And is really nice your video have chinese subtitles as well . So my Mom who no know english quite well can also watch your video.

@AsiaHikelopedia

3 жыл бұрын

That's great!

Labrador Nature Park is very eerie & scary at night... & said to be haunted.

You forgot, east coast park is probably more than 10 times bigger than west coast park. There's an even narrower house here where I live, it's quite near west coast park too.

Great vids, keep it coming

@AsiaHikelopedia

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your kind words!

FYI Pasir Panjang translates to "long sand" ..... Some time ago Pasir Panjang road would have been at the beach 🏖️ ...

@ernestkj

3 жыл бұрын

interesting to know! thanks for sharing!

Love the new video dude! plz make more

@AsiaHikelopedia

3 жыл бұрын

Working on it!

Hi from Kuala Lumpur. Watching your video feel exactly like I'm traveling in SG. 😉 I eat shark fin soup when I was kid.

台灣法規買賣和吃魚翅是有條件的，底線是獵殺保育類的鯊魚和只為了魚翅(割鰭棄身)，不過空有法定但是無效率的執行力，因此鯊魚的保育就越來越重要 台灣人有一道料理 鯊魚煙 是把鯊魚鰭以外的部位，以煙燻的方式來去除腥味並增強魚肉風味和口感，也是一道平民小吃

Very interesting, I need to revisit these parks.

@AsiaHikelopedia

3 жыл бұрын

Yes you do

,I’ve the wire reference. I’m from USA familiar with Baltimore n grew up in areas similar to Baltimore in the wire. My fav character was Omar n the white detective who he became friendly with.

hi man,really enjoy your channel,keep up the good content!,btw log3 your brompton!😊

@AsiaHikelopedia

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you like them!

Wow there is a Labrador nasi padang stall at the hawker centre!!

Hi Richard, when you next visit Haw Par Villa, take a ride down Pasir Panjang Rd ... I always find that road fascinating, it's an interesting and eclectic mix of all kinds of buildings, some really old houses alongside new residences, many small, obscure churches, a roadside mosque etc. In particular I always notice Gloria Mansion (which unfortunately is going enbloc) and most of all, the Norwegian Seamen's Mission perched high on a hill (as a child there was a sort of romance to this because I would imagine sailors from far away. Also, it just seemed very elusive because it was so high up. However I think it has now just become a church for the Norwegian community here). Bus no 10 used to be my favourite bus because it travelled down this road.

@AsiaHikelopedia

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, I will investigate!

I feel you my friend! ! When at 9:04 you said "back when my kids were still cute"...

Hi Richard, I'm forty-something man(Terence) who stays in Telok Blangah for 6 yrs. Thank you for the temple tour(nearby my doorstep) and best bit was the shark noodles that i didnt know existed! Gonna bring my 2 young kids around the area!

@AsiaHikelopedia

3 жыл бұрын

My pleasure

Great vid as always, Richard. Maybe I've missed it, but I don't think you've visited Bishan Ang Mo Kio Park - perfect for your Brommie. As my in-laws live in AMK, that's the park I spend most time in, whenever I can get back to SG - 3 trips cancelled already because of covid. Stuck in UK winter!

@AsiaHikelopedia

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks. I have visited there a few times, but haven't filmed as yet. It may feature in the future, though. I certainly don't envy you being stuck in the UK at the moment. Good luck escaping!

Makes me wanna get a Brompton too :')

Congrats for the wire, and very interesting video

@AsiaHikelopedia

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

0:27 "explanation" got written in the subtitle. Interesting content to watch while at home chilling watching an adventuring channel.

@AsiaHikelopedia

3 жыл бұрын

Haha! I was hoping no one would notice!

I've live in the East for all my life and always felt sort of out place whenever I'm in the West!

@SuccessforLifester

3 жыл бұрын

Me too

Shark meat, my favorite since I was small. It used to sell deep fried shark meat with the flour, dipping with the sweet and sour chilli sauce...erm... Yummy.

@AsiaHikelopedia

3 жыл бұрын

Sounds great!

Nice, maybe you can cover Thomson nature park, upper and lower peirce reservoir

Nice video. I’m from west area. Pasir Panjang rd and Kent Ridge Hill is historical site too. You should explore.

Ur videos are awesome!!U featured some places that we Singaporeans are not even aware of..By the way it's Taoist temple,not Daoist temple

Good to see the other parts of the video though :). Have you cycled up the '99 curves' hill from Pasir Panjang road?

@AsiaHikelopedia

3 жыл бұрын

Yes I have, but not on my Brompton.

Muar is a small town in Johor; you can get good satay and mee rebus here

Nice one mate! Just checking out your videos! Loving them!!! Subbed!

@AsiaHikelopedia

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you like them!

@shogunemperor

3 жыл бұрын

@@AsiaHikelopedia love it! Hope we meet some day!

Bedok, sure is a nice place for food. Welcome to the west haha.

Shark meat is a lot like Sting Ray.... but I notice some shark meat have a strong ammonia taste... while sting ray dun have the same problem... my dad used to buy those from fishmonger and then cut them up to stir fry with ginger, salted vegetables and tomatoes. Haven't ate shark meat for a long long time... the last time I do remember is exactly from this Lor Mee.. but I ate it from the stall in Tiong Bahru Market.

Love your humor.. thanks for exploring the island.. i don't think we local are doing more than what u did. Haaa Made us wanna go again.. visit the haw par villa.. use to be very famous in the past. We need to pay appox $0 -15 bucks to get in can't rem the exact but its not free in the past

@SuccessforLifester

3 жыл бұрын

It was free in older days, then later it became an amusement park and needs to pay. Later it became free again

Barringtonia asiatica has beautiful white and pink flowers

Wow Richard you are in my neighbourhood. Do Haw Par Villa, Kent Ridge Park, Orchid Gardens next time. West Coast is huge.

@AsiaHikelopedia

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tip!

@florenceching

3 жыл бұрын

@@AsiaHikelopedia Also the tree top walk starting from Henderson Wave up to Mount Faber. It's really nice.

I go cycling often to West Coast Park. Nice to see an arial view taken of the park. Haw Par is not for the faint hearted. My kids had nightmares after visiting the “18 levels of hell” section.

@AsiaHikelopedia

3 жыл бұрын

Will have to go there soon!

Do a southern ridges tour, mt faber to kent ridge, great sights, right behind telok blangah area..

@AsiaHikelopedia

3 жыл бұрын

It's actually on my list.

@shawnlowellli9040

3 жыл бұрын

Henderson wave and forest walk and wetland and the promenade

Try the adventurous bike trail to ulu Pandan river....

WHEN I WAS KID , SIXTY YEARS AGO , I LOVE EATING SHARK MEATS WITH PICKLES VEGETABLES AND CHILI ,IT WAS DELICIOUS GOOD. 👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️

Ok. Nice content. I hv just subscribed on your channel.

@AsiaHikelopedia

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks and welcome

We missed you ,Sir. That's Lor Mee , you're eating, don't know why it's called," Shark meat " noodles

Lots of chicken and you can barbeque there.......wait what?...the barbeques comes ready with fresh produce? Thanks from an East Coast person for your journey to the West.

@AsiaHikelopedia

3 жыл бұрын

Got to catch it first. Like Rocky!!!

Amazing

I only went west coast when playing pokemon. I live in East side too.

Hey hey good that you're open-minded to try... Thing about shark's meat is it's not particularly good fish meat. That's why it's battered and deep fried. The best fish are reserved for steaming and sashimi. Shark meat is quite common for Lor Mee. You're watching The Wire; I'm on The Sopranos (again).

@AsiaHikelopedia

3 жыл бұрын

I finished the Wire. I'm on season 2 of Sopranos now (First time!)

Wooo bedok!

When I saw the video header "west coast", for a brief moment, I thought you are back in Taiwan n I was abt to ask you how u got back there (coz not open to intl yet). When you found West coast park (WCP) noisy, my first thought was Labrador park which, as I know it, is definitely much quieter than WCP. I can't help laughing when you said that WCP is for those w. dogs. The funny thing abt you is that you hv a dead serious look on yr face even when you are joking. It was also funny when you said "bloody British" lol 🤣🤣. Actually at around the telok blangah area, there's a beautiful Catholic Church up on a hill. I think it's St Theresa, I think....not sure. At the junction of Pasir panjang n Clementi road, there's a quaint little 1950-60 type of house that's different fm the surrounding houses. Heard that it could hv belonged to the late Mrs LKY. There's no one living there but it's tidy n well maintained. Finally, your fruit juice, $3 bucks is considered cheap oredi.

@AsiaHikelopedia

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Chinese Singaporeans and many chinese disaspora and some mainland chinese coastal.cities have been eating shark meat for a long time. I remember my mum telling me that the edible sharks are the smaller species that live around the shallower sea waters, measuring up to 4 feet, and we eat the varieties that are not known to be maneaters. The flesh of the shark meat is light in taste and sweet.

A little bit of history. West Coast Park pretty much sits on reclaimed land. If you have driven along old Pasir Panjang Rd from Clementi Rd to Haw Par Villa, you will see many condos on the right used to be land where some beach front villas used to be. One or two are still there. This explains the coastal machinegun pillbox that is in front of Science Park Rd. So West Coast Highway used to be the beach. My father used to go to this beach in the past to swim.

@AsiaHikelopedia

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah. I looked on Google Earth the other day and from the old satellite images you can see that West Coast Park used to be like East Coast Park. It must suck if you bought your house for the beautiful views and then they built a container port there!

@jinngeechia9715

3 жыл бұрын

@@AsiaHikelopedia They wouldn't have known. The beach front villas were built around the 1920s. Most are now gone and replaced by the condos.

Haha... you mentioned "Bloody British " btw your bicycle "Brompton" from England 😜😜

@AsiaHikelopedia

3 жыл бұрын

So am I!

I love shark meat dry. But shark fin soup is a crime - taking only the fin and dumping the body. Nice comparisons of the coasts.

Wow a brave man you must be to be leaving your Brompton locked out of your sight!

@AsiaHikelopedia

3 жыл бұрын

True. I usually don't do that.

@fahmi9

3 жыл бұрын

@@AsiaHikelopedia I'm not sure if this will be keeping in theme with your channel, but can you do a video review of your Brompton from the point of view of a hiker/explorer in Singapore? I'm getting one next month and I'm excited as hell.

Can you do a lim chu kang exploration in the future! A changi prison selarang and changi village pulau ubin chek jawa too Special request! Thanks

@AsiaHikelopedia

3 жыл бұрын

I did a Kranji video a while back, which includes Lim Chu Kang area.

Add black vinegar and some chiili sauce for a perfect bowl of lor mee.

@AsiaHikelopedia

3 жыл бұрын

I did add vinegar, but not chilli!

Yea! Ok. Can buy frozen shark.meat at NTUC supermarket👍👍👍

@AsiaHikelopedia

3 жыл бұрын

Really?

👍👍

Do you sell merchandises of like polo tees with your channel's logo, that you're always wearing in your vids?

@AsiaHikelopedia

3 жыл бұрын

I don't at the moment. It's something I'm planning for the future.

@A5ht0n

3 жыл бұрын

@@AsiaHikelopedia Great.... eagerly awaiting for it!

Personally I prefer East Coast Park to West Coast Park because East Coast Park has a long stretch of coastline and beach. It feels more relaxing and natural than the "industrial" feel surrounding the West Coast Park. But each has their attraction and West Coast Park is of much smaller scale in size.

@AsiaHikelopedia

3 жыл бұрын

Fair enough!

台灣的鯊魚烟很好吃

Much of the ethical issues around shark fins is the way they are harvested for only the fins that fetch a high price. The sharks have their fins cut off, with the rest of the shark dumped back into the ocean because they take up a lot of space and their meat won't fetch a good price. As anyone would guess, the sharks will not survive for long without their fins. I'd say, for any meat to be consumed, it should be sustainable and there should be as little wastage as possible.

east coast park will be better in the near future when they shift all the ships to the west coast.

I was at pasir ris hawker centre and it was my first time there and I decided to try the fish and chips. I think I might have spotted you?

@AsiaHikelopedia

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah. Was there on Friday. I had fish and chips too!

@LonesomeBossDaily

3 жыл бұрын

@@AsiaHikelopedia Ya I was seated just next to the stall where the queue was, you are filming yourself and taking pictures of the stall menu and all. When will the video come out?

@AsiaHikelopedia

3 жыл бұрын

@@LonesomeBossDaily I'm probably not going to use it as the activity I filmed afterwards didn't work out so well. But thinking of going back there soon to do a purely food video.

😅😅it’s a hot and hard day for you ✌️✌️

Visit the goat farm at Choa Chu Kang

What is the average price of a Brompton? I saw they have a shop at funan

@AsiaHikelopedia

3 жыл бұрын

I'm not sure as I bought mine years ago in Taiwan, but they are not cheap!

@Andytjt2212

3 жыл бұрын

Est 2400 to 2800 +

it is shark meat.. sharks are fished for their meat (Australia and Spain) but now they throw away the fins as they can't sell them anymore

You missed the battle tank in a park

Want to ask you who took the high angle for you when you alone?😄

@AsiaHikelopedia

3 жыл бұрын

Drone

" is tuna ethical ? " boom there you go ;) I miss Singapore food .

Hi sir, can I check with you why my Brompton rear tire is slightly diagonally slanted to the right side of the rear triangle frame ?? Is this normal ?

@AsiaHikelopedia

2 жыл бұрын

It's difficult to give you advice without observing the problem. I suggest letting an expert take a look.

hi may i know what is the tyre width on your brompton im guessing 28mm?

@AsiaHikelopedia

2 жыл бұрын

I have no idea. Just the standard width, I guess.

It is funny when u film the chicken then said there also a BBQ pit... who know what will happen(to the chicken) if there no pandemic... Haha

@AsiaHikelopedia

3 жыл бұрын

It wasn't intentional, but now you mention it I'm getting hungry!

You have the same drinking bottle as me... :P

@AsiaHikelopedia

3 жыл бұрын

Cool. We're bottle bros!

There are many cannon ball trees here

its not fair as east coast has been endorsed by a deputy prime minister. we west coaster feel left out

@AsiaHikelopedia

3 жыл бұрын

Haha! I'm doing my bit to help out!

Is koon san dang not ting

Your Brompton is a m6r model?

@AsiaHikelopedia

3 жыл бұрын

Only 2 gears.

Greetings n best wishes from vlog milmilways.Interesting to watch your bicycle trip .Perhaps you can take up this challenge.you can do the beach walk from Changi boardwalk all the way to Tanah Merah .Keeping as near to the beach as possible but there are some breaking point.Have to use walking path or road.Plse check Google map.Thanks hoping you can take up my challenge.All the best.