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The Rainforest of Singapore

When one travels to a foreign country for business at a company or a private bank, Singapore has much to offer when the business hours are over and it time to relax.  One of the most popular and serene spots on the island is the Bukit Timah Reserve.  At one time the rainforest took up much of the island, but over the years the development and expansion of the city, has left just this primary area of the forest.  Many of the animal and the plants indigenous to the rainforest are of the largest numbers here on the Reserve.

And should one be visiting the country during the monsoon season, there is nothing quite like standing in the middle of the forest as a thunderstorm breaks.  The rains are loud, as they come down in large drops that are in turn hitting some very large leaves of the plants.  This is a rain that is meant to sustain the forest during the seasons of no rain, so there is an abundance, the ground is literally soaked day after day during the season.  It is an extraordinary natural wonderment and phenomenon to bear witness to.  There is also no point to run for cover, as the rains come fast and hard and one is soaked through in a matter of seconds.  It is best to just stand and soak it up as the surrounding one does.

The forests of Malaysia date back one hundred and forty million years, bringing them in at the oldest rainforest on the planet.  The largest trees which are the main canopy of the rainforest are the Tualang trees.  The earth on the lower levels of the canopy, rely on the leaves and branches that drop from the higher levels as they absorb the waste into the ground for the nutrients to sustain itself.  A healthy rainforest therefore, will often have a relatively clear floor.  The Bukit Timah Reserve offers tours and educational study programs for locals and day trips and classes for tourists wishing to learn more about the history, the ecology and the preservation of the forest and the inhabitants of that forest.

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