2011-10-12 1 103
| Wed 12 Oct 2011 in Singapore: 1.2873016, 103.8239939 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox |
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Location
Somewhere in Henderson Park, near a bus stop along Tiong Bahru Road.
Participants
- Cyazlars
- Frosetrain (retro on 2024-12-18)
Plans
Cyazlars
An opportunity to try out the newly-opened stretch of the Circle Line! School ends at 12.30pm, I'll be heading right out - just so happens Marymount MRT Station is practically right on my school's doorstep - and it's about a half-hour train ride to Tiong Bahru with a transfer at Buona Vista. A short walk to Henderson Park, and then hashpoint!
Expedition
Cyazlars
I'm updating this on the train as I'm going home, saves time, this!
I left the school premises at 12.30pm, uneventful train ride all the way to Tiong Bahru. The Circle Line train had more people on it than usual, I'll have to get used to it being the new norm. The new stations were very shiny and new, but they seemed to be too spacious - possibly gearing up to hold the increase in Singapore's population in the event of an air raid! (The underground stations double up as bomb shelters, apparently.)
It was raining rather heavily when I left school, but luckily it had slowed to a drizzle by the time I got to the hashpoint. At worst, I suppose I just looked like a Sprinkled Rat rather than a Drowned one. The GPS worked better this time, being in an open air park. I found the geohash easily, conveniently located at a bench. I didn't sit on it, though, it was wet. Walked back and forth along the pathway to get a better reading before I snapped the required pictures. The park's actually quite nice, would've been possible to do a Picnic Geohash!
Frosetrain (retro)
I needed to get somewhere, and the Google Maps route said I had to transfer between two public buses that stop on opposite sides of the road. During the journey I suddenly remembered that there was a geohash at this location. Got off bus 63, used an overhead bridge to get to the other side, visited the geohash which was a few metres from my boarding stop, then caught bus 64, the very next 64 to arrive after my previous bus arrived. So I didn't spend any extra time, didn't go much out of my way, and got the retrohash. It was also drizzling, similar to the original expedition.
Gallery
Cyazlars
I took the pictures in VGA (640x480) format before I realised, sorry about the low-res!
Hashpoint
Success!
Lightly sprinkled
Nice open area for a picnic
Interesting-looking playground...
Frosetrain (retro)
At the alighting bus stop, with the boarding bus stop and hashpoint in the distance.
Interesting-looking playground...
Tried to replicate Cyazlars’ first picture, but failed due to the greenery.
Bench at hashpoint was replaced, but the curved shape from the original bench is still visible.
