A stroll through Singapore’s Green Corridor and Clementi Forest | Simon Says
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ม.ค. 2021
- Escaping the urban jungle is a mandatory weekend activity for me, and today I’m exploring Singapore’s Green Corridor: 24 km or repurposed railway tracks that cuts through the center of the island from North to South.
I also venture into Clementi Forest - one of the most gorgeous bit of wilderness you’ll see anywhere around Singapore. And yippe! I brought the drone!!
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Despite being born in Singapore and living there for a decent amount of years, I absolutely didn't know these places existed at all. Now that I'm gonna move back to Singapore from Malaysia soon, I now have places that I wanna explore thx to u. Also ur video quality is top notch despite using a 5 year old ipad to edit. Props to you and I hope u get more subs cus of the quality that ur making.
Thank you very much indeed. Lots of cool secret spots everywhere in SG - I’m nowhere near finished exploring!
I mountain biked home through the green corridor shortly after the trains stopped running. It was a pure mud fest.... it was awesome!
Paved trails are less adventurous, that’s for sure
Really couldn't tell it was edited using ipad until you brought it up at the end! Really like the drone shots too. Views from the top do hit different!
Mostly the VOs that came out sounding worse than usual - but if you didn’t notice, the efforts paid-off!
love your content dude, new favourite singapore youtuber
Hi Simon, your video is awesome! 👍👍👍
Thank you for a wonderful video. I can hear the wonder in your voice and it's like being there through your eyes. 😊
Glad it came across!
Another great video,very informative!
Enjoy your day and evening.
Same to you and yours!
Another great job Simon and I love how you opened our eyes to Nature and our interconnectivity. It is -8C in Toronto. Stay safe big guy !
Always! Thank you!
A great reminder for locals and also a good documentary at the same time.
Thanks for watching!
Fantastic drone footage of this beautiful place .
It’s a really cool bit of forest, even more beautiful seen from above!
Hey Simon. Thanks for the great video. I have been walk on this trail almost every Sunday.
I envy you!
Great job Simon, keep up the excellent content!
Thanks for watching and commenting!
Great video. Good content with so much effort put it. Keep up the good work!
Thank you very much! Feel free to browse my other videos - I put a ton of effort in all of them!
enjoyed this video very much! thank you!
Thanks for watching!
Beautiful video!
Beautiful place!
enjoying your videos - great job chronicling your stay here in Singapore. It’s Chinese New Year soon but it’ll be different from previous years - still hope you’ll get a glimpse of the celebrations
I was here for Chinese New Year 5 years ago, and have seen Singapore in it’s full swing! Give it another year or two, and it will all be back - and most will truly appreciate it!
just awesome😎
A fun day out!
love the camera and drone shot! everything in the video! im amazed! keep it going. Love to see more videos from ya. SUBSCRIBED😀
Yay! Thanks for the support!!
Interesting place to visit. Thanks for the video Simon🤗
Pleasure!
Buddy, you won me over with your comments about the rain forest. I grew up between NYC and the Colorado Rockies. But I was always pulled in the same direction. Ended up living in Indonesia for 15 years. I’ve been deep in it - in places like Sumatra, Sulawesi, Borneo, and even New Guinea. And there is truly nothing better. It is the most magical place for me. I wouldn’t just say that time spent there is precious, but it’s as if time away is wasted. And I desperately want to return.
Seems like you are going to be posting great stuff in the future, so I’m subscribing.
Right on Alex! I’m going to do my best not to disappoint!
Congrats you have more subscribers now. Great job, keep it up. God bless.
Thank you! P!! People seem to like the videos I make, so I keep doing them!
Thank u for exploring S'pore.
Nice video!
Thanks for taking the time to watch!
Another nicely put together video.👍 The last time I went into the jungle was during my national service days. 😊
You should get back in it, just for leisure. I would imagine that national service has a very different feel than simply walking the woods!!
Beautiful 👍🏻
That, it is!
Wonderful video 👍🏻 never explored this part of Singapore despite living here for so many years
It’s a great urban getaway for a bicycle ride on a sunny weekend!
Mannn..I just stumbled upon your channel. Watched this video. You got yourself a sub. I love your videos man keep it up!!💯
Welcome aboard! And thanks for taking the time to watch and comment, much appreciated!
Awesome video shot!
Thanks for watching!
My gosh, this is incredibly beautiful!! You guys live in paradise 😍
I agree - but only if giant king cobras are allowed in paradise! 😁
@@SimonSaysCanada Haha, I guess they were allowed in the first time round too 😋 just make sure not to accept any fruit from them ;-)
Yeah, I give them their personal private space as much as I can
@@SimonSaysCanada Understandable 😅
A fantastic video Simon... very Pro even you done it on your iPad.
You get my like and l subscribed to your channel.
Oh thank you, and welcome! Happy to have you tag along.
Your commentary on this episode is apt. Love the part when it's gone, it's gone cos that's Sg we know. Drone flight is the best way to cover that beautiful landscape. You missed Savage Garden when you said truly madly deeply 😁
Savage Garden!! Yay! Somebody other than my wife picked up on it!
awesome video surrr
Thanksssssz!
Thank you very much for this wonderful video. Especially when most of the video is on the scenery. In OTHER travel / nature vlogs, it is quite disconcerting when what mostly occupies the screen is the narrator's face WHILE the important scenery is in the BACKGROUND.
Your drone videos of the "forest " is wonderful.. 😀👍👏
Thanks! And yeah, my big bald head and wonderful scenery tend to not work well together! 😅
Dude.. u rock 👍👍👍
Triple thanks!
:o its almost another world. seen a number videos on the clementi forest and the forest looks different in each one, can't wait to go see it for myself!
It’s a beautiful little spot indeed.
Great adventures mate.
Next challenge throw to you - Find out all the World War Two remains in Singapore. There are hidden tracks, bunks and spots all around Singapore.
First challenge - Find the big gun in the east of Singapore first.....
I promise I’ll get to it as soon as I can! I already have a few in my back-pocket - I was planning a video about this, but it is still incomplete.
Hey Simon. Love your videos. As a Singaporean it’s wonderful to see Singapore from yr eyes. I just rode my bike at Rail/Green corridor on 19/3/22 and a Malaysian asked me about the green forest. That brings me here. Kudos. Looking Forward to your other videos. Will look see. Just saw yr Mcritchie too. At 54 yrs old. Its time for me to appreciate my country more. I have more time now after early retirement .
You have a magnificent corner of the world! Quite a lot packed in such a small place!
@@SimonSaysCanada … 😊 Thank U
Good video!
Thanks for watching!
Awesome work- especially using the software and tech you have at hand. Very impressive! You've inspired me to explore these areas more:)
Great! Do watch out for cobras though - I’ve seen a big one scampering away from the trail!
@@SimonSaysCanada Oof... will keep that in mind!
Great video. I loved the caveman video
Thanks! …which caveman part are you referring to, though? 😅
@@SimonSaysCanada all of it. The video in itself I thought was of excellent quality.
Great Job bro !
Thankee!
So good
Thanks dude!
Recently stumbled upon ur channel! Great content. Love the way you edit your videos! I lived in Singapore for a short period of time, so didn’t have much time to explore. Hoping to return and see all the beautiful places you’ve explored during ur stay there. 🙏🏻 good luck on ur journey 🙋♀️
Much love and peace from 🇵🇰
Thanks for the good words Laila! Hope you stick around - plenty more videos coming!
You’ve got my attention and a subscribe 👍🏻 keep em coming! 😀
Much appreciated!
love your videos.. love the shots, the commentary, and the story telling. by the way, if you love venturing in the forest, you might also enjoy mountain biking. there are mtb trails here in Singapore. Another way to enjoy nature. 🙂
I don’t have great eyesight, especially when moving fast down a trail... I’m a bit scared by mountain biking nowadays! 😅
During national service (armed forces duties) we used to do topo-hikes through these dense forest (sometimes in the middle of the night). No walking on tracks, bashing though the vegetation and the equatorial forest can get pretty nasty on you.
There are other similar hikes if you are interested, mostly in the central catchment reserves (upper Pierce reservoir for example) as well as big tranches in the west (used to be reserved for the military, not sure if they are open to civilian uses now)
Yeah, now that’s a REAL jungle trek! I’m still just an amateur out here, but in Canada , I used to walk the wild forests all the time. Nowhere near as lush as the jungle here though!
They're planning to tear down these luscious 50+ years secondary forest to make way for residentials. :(
Stumbled upon your channel. Nice work!
Yeah, I read. Some pushback in Parliament - wouldn’t happen for at least another 20 years. Here’s hope that enough people fall in love with it before then!
Ohh i hope this doesn't happen.
Oh no... Thanks for bringing this up - I signed and shared, and I’ll try to do more if I can
Beautiful ...n green.
Wow 😍 So beautiful. 感谢分享
Thanks for watching!
@@SimonSaysCanada
My pleasure 🏮
Another great video and awesome place! :) I understand why you appreciate the rain forest, the forest you were accustomed to growing up is entirely different, just like how us Asians marvel at a forest of European / North American temperament. When covid subsides, you may consider going to Sabah/ Sarawak in Malaysia which has one of most biodiverse rainforest (P.S they dont have nicely laid tracks there)
Cool, I’ll definitely check it out, path or no path. Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment!
Incredible, have never seen such beautiful places in Singapore.
Luv the transformers montages broooooo 90s for lifeeeee
More like mid-80s! I’m getting old.
@@SimonSaysCanada no worries broo im working on cartoon animation s, hopefully ill share some stuff in a year, the kids need to get back to the basics...out of this tiktok stuff
Love the way you film your videos... Clementi forest..hope the govt will not cut them down to built flats.
When's the night Safari vlog? Can't wait!!!
I went, but.... Image quality at night took a serious dip! I figure I need much better night gear to do the Malayan tiger justice!
that canal you chanced upon @2:34 min into your clip, is a canal that, yes you are correct, diverts flood waters during monsoon season from the rochor river as it flows along bukit timah road stretch. you were at the exposed part of the canal running along holland green. in google map view you would see a blue line (ie, the canal) linking rochor river@bukit timah to pandan river@ulu pandan in clementi. in satellite view, much of the canal would be underground.
Must be quite the scene during monsoon season. I’ll have to come back and check it out!
Try to spend more time with the Green in there b4 our concrete jungle engulf this part of Singapore soon. 🙄🙄
Yeah.... Just freeze immigration for the likes of me and let the trees grow!! I’m not even joking!
Good job 👍 am living near this place.. disclosing my place 😂😂
Do you live close to the giant jungle canal? 😁
I’m Singaporean and have never been here. It’s lovely 😍
You should go, it’s perfect way to spend a beautiful afternoon with friends, or if you’re a loner like me, just with your shadow (and a drone 😛)
@@SimonSaysCanada yeah I might check it out one of these days if the weather permits
You can try checking out Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve too, it’s pretty awesome
Plenty of migratory birds, monitor lizards, and I saw a (baby) snake once
You mean this Sungei Buloh? 😎
th-cam.com/video/bJV_VRYKL5A/w-d-xo.html
Thanks for another great recommendation - I will definitely check this trail. I also recommended your channel to some of other newcomers to SG :)
Thank you for spreading the ❤️!
Lol, we used those giant leaves for sleeping mats when we were out in the jungle doing our Army training
Smart! I’d build a shelter out of those easily!
Those giant leaves is a species of wild yam called Alocasia
Love your video..I'm wondering, what if your drone fell into the forest? will that be tough to find it?
Yes it would. Especially if it crashes up in a tree!
I visited the green corridor before they remove the rail way track. It was a different experiences. There are thousands of people along the rail way track taking photo to record down the historical moment.
Must’ve been a special sight!
The overhead shots were amazing... so PRO! Almost as good as national geographic channel. Great work Simon!
Thank you! Maybe they’ll hire me if I keep at it? :D
Simon... keep going. Using this video as a benchmark to improve further. Continue using your iPad for your video editing... this is your speciality... your trademark. Cheers 🍻.
Believe me, I am much better at editing on my editing computer! But it’s in the repair shop and I had to improvise... Should get it back soon.
Big leaves = wild Yam.
Nice!
You saw me there, didn't you? the Clementi hammock.
Ah, so you are the sentient hammock I struck up a conversation with in the woods? Or was all of it in my head? :P
Next jungle trek? Through Marsiling Forest to the Marsiling Underground Tunnels?
I’m planning on walking Sentosa in it’s entirety next!
Maybe u shld save up to get a gd mtb and start exploring some of the trails
Great job using just an iPad to create the video!
Waiting on my computer to get back to me... Had to improvise!
That's crazy, doesn't even look like singapore more like something out of jurassic park
Jurassic Park Mandai
Mandai zoo..
It feels more human when you are in the forest
The forest makes me better at being human. ☺️
There r a couple of mtb trails on the area
A couple, yes. I might explore them on my new electric bone-breaking machine soon!
Have you explored the ruins of Fort Serapong? The underground bunker is a must to explore and there’s a secret entrance to it very few people know about ;) It’s a must for you to go if you’d like to explore the ruins and the forested area of serapong hill. But if you make a TH-cam video on it, many will start to flock there then haha😂
There are tons of videos on this place (much like Istana Woodbeuk, actually), that is why I haven’t been there yet... Trying to find things that other TH-camrs don’t show, or at least I try to show them differently.
I’ll get to Serapong hill at some point - thinking of doing a video about all the remnents of WW2 and the tragic cost it had on SG... Will see!
@@SimonSaysCanada Fort Serapong is actually very large and it consists of hidden underground bunkers etc and the whole fort is built on serapong hill. A local guide said that fort serapong is only 30% explored and the other 70% is either hidden by the overgrown or its there to be explored and found. Serapong hill is a forested area and not many will want to explore other parts of the hill because it is tiring and it can get steep at some areas. They’ve recently put up signboards explaining the history of fort serapong and I think Sentosa has plans to convert it to a hiking trail and that will certainly destroy some of its rustic charm and fun of exploring. So I would suggest you go there asap before it gets converted to a hiking trail!!
You make a compelling argument... I’ll get on it!
1:30
Those were yam/taro plants
Amazing plans! Where I come from, no plant can ever grow more than 4-5 months before turning yellow and falling over. Small, fragile things!
Any suggestions of which parts of the green corridor are ok to cycle now? Heard some portions now ready yet.
Haven’t walked the entire thing, but from the old rail station onward seemed paved for quite a long way.
dude , your shoes are clean , looks like you didnt venture deep enough , theres a tunnel somewhere
Beleive me, 35 years of having to navigate Canadian winter slush (water, snow, sand and salt) makes mitigating trail mud a breeze.
Still, I gave those shoes a good rinse before heading home.
Thanks - I enjoyed the video. Interestingly, this is the second TH-cam video from the Clementi Forest made by ex-pats in Singapore that I’ve seen in the last month - take a look at WONDERLUST’s channel for the other one.
But the question is, how many of those 24kms did you walk? 🤔
Yeah, I’ve seen it since. They also made one about Jurong Burd Park right after mine - but I swear we did not coordinate!
I walked fewer than 8km I think - walking isn’t the right way to go. Biking would be way more to the point!
The best way for me is to bulldoze through the forest with a jeep. Lol. Just joking.
Hi Simon, just found your channel on Singapore! Thanks for the inspiration! I live in Canada and I've got to get out of this country. Never thought I'd say that but it's terrible here, the politics the weather, everything sucks. Looking forward to a better life like you! Take care.
Hang in there - a month and a half, and summer will roll around - Whicb part of Canada are you from?
@@SimonSaysCanada Calgary. Minus 20 today🥶
Oh, I don’t miss the minuses AT ALL!! Hang in there, stay warm!
Build a tree house, so we can drift our little soul in the wood.
In Canada, I would’ ve! But here, there’s probably a few laws against it....
Intruducing the all new, I See. The furture of eyes.
Huh?
I phone parody
Ah! ISee 😝
I gotta admit, I still HAVEN'T been to the Rail Corridor, much less the Clementi Forest. 😐
It’s beautiful out there. Get a bike and check it out!
better go soon , the goverment is gonna clear it out for condos or hdb
And the trails can't match those in bc and whistler
Time to go sim lim Sq to get yr pc
Yah...sim lim sq is another kind of jungle.
Clementi forest will soon be demolished for make way for buildings, do go there often.
Yeah... There is some traction on getting that project delayed by a decade or so - eager to see where it goes from here...
Bonjour monsieur simon! Je voudrais vous rencontrer! Des nous jour, j’étude le français en seul sur l’internêt, et j’ai pas des amis françaises.
Bonjour! Pourquoi le français? C’est une langue peu commune!
Je veux voyager à travers la france après la pandemie. Et je pense que le français sens très cool.
Très bien! Moi aussi je veux visiter la France - je n’y suis jamais aller encore!
DRONE FIGHT! DRONE FIGHT! DRONE FIGHT!
Let’s not give the SG government cause to further legislate drones!
Disclaimer: Mtbs in SG r ridiculously expensive
Indeed! I should start an underground racket, import/export of mountain bikes from Canada at a third of the price!
@@SimonSaysCanada yea
@@SimonSaysCanada I'd be ur most loyal customer
Der Grüne Mann, U R my man, chum
LET'$ PETITION The GahMent(Govt😁!), TO PERMENENTLY PRESERVE THIS LOT
LONG LIVE GREEN RAIN FOREST......
and Sôcialism !? 🥺
Anyone ??
I signed a paper saying I would not protest or lobby against the government - all I can do is make pretty videos!
@@SimonSaysCanada Sound Melancholic 🥺😓
How so ?
59 yrs here I hav NEVER had to Sign Anything !
Whats the reason ? U expressed some super liberal view before? or took part in "controversial" activities? That our ISD had to invite u for FREE Teh Gao C ☕and Economic BeeHoon🥢🍝, and Talk ??
⅓Joking aside, more of Green Earthings like us SHOULD write to ST to "suggest" somethin' bout NO MORE CUTTING DOWN Of PRIMARY & SECONDARY FOREST
Gahment instead should build HIGHER on developed land, and Reclaimed land
* pls go to film those Majestic "Forest" near Yishun Ave 9, Yishun North, neighbouring northern coast, Sembawang area, ......
In Awe i m still, whenever watching from buikt-up area afar, they are probably marked for future housing
Sad if they are Gone
Should write to Dr Ho Wah Chew of Nature Society !!?
He has BIGGER Mouth 😁
Keep up the Charming video job, Green Chum !
Er, I am Singaporean. ... and this is NOT a rain “ FOREST “ !!
No? Enlighten me, what is it then?
@@SimonSaysCanada According to National Geographic, a rainforest is an area of evergreen trees and high and continuous rainfalls - guess this would qualify as a rainforest. I think the poster is maybe confusing the definition with that of a primary versus a secondary rainforest - "primary" being virgin forest, never before disturbed by human activities like logging, agriculture, etc.
Yes - there is very little “primary” forest left around here - Clementi forest isn’t part of it. Mostly around MacRitchie and Bukit Timah - the central bassin, is where the unspoilled stuff is.
@@SimonSaysCanada Clementi forest is still quite "wild" - saw another drone footage of it here ... th-cam.com/video/EZy4iUTMQRc/w-d-xo.html
mini rain forest then ,lol , fyi its untouch and wild , surprisingly grown in well without help of man's landscaping
sad that singaporeans have to watch these videos to know more about their own country , i'm one of them . Busy making ends meet
To be honest, I’m guilty of the same thing when I was in my own country... All of Singapore is new and exotic to me - I’m sure it would be the same for most Singaporeans living in Canada. 😊
Are you aware of the no fly drone zone in Singapore. Usually not within 5km from military camp; and MINDEF camp is just next to the Green Corridor. Please check the government website first else you might get fine, arrested, drone confiscated and more.
Don’t you worry, I am very aware. That’s why I seldom use the drone in my videos - very few legal places to do it. Fortunately, Clementi Forest and its immediate surroundings are safe zones.
And yes - my drone is properly registered! 😉