Dungeons and Dragons Part I

The long and winding road to the mysterious dungeon which will possibly lead us to the land of sodomy. Get ready your passport and set foot your journey into the Marsiling Dungeon, one of the best kept secret of urban legends in Singapore. Located deep in a secluded forest right opposite our of friendly neighbours, it is rumoured to be a tunnel that might possibly linked to Johor Bahru, if not at least a complicated tunnel network like the Paris Catacombs. In the Paris Catacombs, tons of dead bodies were disposed into the underground network when the plague hit them hard. The underground tunnel filled with skeletons is so deep that it can't be estimated, and some said it leads to the gate of hell. Same thing cannot be said for our local dungeon, let's not speculate too much and enjoy the scenery before commencing on the operation.

A jetty that Shell is using

Based on my past experience, we walked to the specific check point along the road and break track into the forest. Dressed in casual outfit, we admitted that we were over confident hopping to explore without a hitch, in fact we suffered countless mosquito bites and swerving branches hit during navigation. Therefore valuable lesson learnt here is to wear appropriate clothing for the right occasion, it's a miracle that we didn't get dengue or bites from the enormous spider.

Here we go again !


Who left his boots here ?

Check point number 2, a series of green pipes run across this area. The dungeon is still nowhere to be seen, trekking uphill is the way to go. Our slippers have provided barely traction to conquer the slopes, sometimes i needed a push by my buddy to make it to the top, it would be unthinkable if it had rained before the expedition.

Fruit to quench your thirst along the way


If not careful you would bang face first onto this spider

Soon we came across what it looked like an entrance to the legendary dungeon, not quite actually. It is not something that i had stumbled upon last time, nevertheless it's should be something worth checking it out. It could have easily be overlooked as the thick forestation has concealed the place to blend with the surrounding. The height of the entrance is merely a metre high, so like a crouching tiger we made our way in slowly, anticipating the hidden dragon who are the guardian of the dungeon.

Stepping into the unknown...
Those patches on the ceiling belongs to ...

A larger room connects, at least we were able to stand with our heads high


see we have to stoop lowly to penetrate here


Behold and meet the dragon descendants !

Now meet the formidable dragons lizards, keepers of the dungeon. In my opinion they are much more scarier than you-dunno-what (appears in the month of august), imagine the horde of them swarm to you and creeps on your body! Luckily none of them drop on us when we were taking photographs at close distance phew.

Nothing interesting around inside except a basin like concrete structure and 2 more even smaller tunnel that spread to left and right to the outside world. This is not the actual dungeon but a lizard den for productivity purposes, maybe in ten thousand years they might evolve into almighty dragons.

The air outside definitely was fresher. After we got out the fake dungeon, we spent more time getting the right direction and effort trekking in the rough terrain. Not be deceived by the pictures here, it was very difficult to walk in the dense forestation, often we had to made decisions which path to take in order to overcome the natural barriers. The longer we stayed there, the slimmer the chance we gonna find the actual dungeon. Since things ain't picking up, we had to call it a day and come again another time with proper dressing.

A blue tentage appeared out of nowhere, but it is not a sex den

Around the area we discovered a man hole !
Could it be the million dollar fugitive hideout ?


Camera inserted into the dark revealed empty shell

By then we were already totally exhausted in the search for the dungeon, made worse with uncountable mosquitoes bites and scratches by the spiky thorns. Quickly figured out the way out direction and bashed the hell out of the forest, civilization is still the best.

Actually we came out of nowhere near some temporary temple

We will be back again with vengeance with better equipment and stronger crew. The setback will not deter us but it will serve as a valuable experience to survive in the forest, the dungeons are calling us and i know it's near...

Alright out of topic for awhile, i'm been selected to represent my department for group photoshoot to portray the new image of turf club with the introduction of new uniform. At least do something special before i leave, hope it doesn't turn out too badly because i'm not handsome or photogenic haha. Till then watch out for Dungeons and Dragons Part II, i know part I is very anti-climax like Red Cliff heh.