We saw a signboard telling us to turn left into Ranchan Park, and we turned into that road.  Actually the junction to Ranchan is still 1 km ahead.  They have put a misleading signboard.  We did not see the Ranchan park, but we saw quite a number of small paddy field here and there along the road.

Immediately, I found a safe place to stop my car (it is a narrow 1-1 lane road), and I walked down to take some photos.

The most attractive part was the bright and light green coloured young paddy.  The ground seems like has been highlighted by the natural highlighter.  They looked soft and gentle, and they danced in the breeze.

I believe that the villagers make use every single piece of the land that they could find beside the road, and they were very hardworking.

Silently, I took their photo from far away.  They look like a family.

Sometimes, we took a wrong turn or used the road that we have never thought of using in our lives, but we will always  find something new and interesting along the way.

First, I have to tell you that these are the pictures that I have taken in early August 2009.  I am not sure if they have repaired the broken facilities now.  I hope they have taken actions before it is too late.

I can’t imagine what terrible things could happen if one or a group of blinds were here without a guide (as I can always see at Rock Road or Ong Tiang Swee Road in Kuching, they can really walk across the road without any guidance.)  And I also imagine that a few children running on the bridge.  They all have the risk to fall into the lake.  What is the depth of the lake?  There is no sign which gives that information, therefore I don’t know.

From the staircase, we can see the water.  Some kids or even adults may not dare to walk through it.  Don’t laugh, there are also people that not dare to walk on the overbridge to get across a road.

The worse thing is someone has his key dropped into the lake or slipped her foot into the staircase because the staircase is not covered.

Look, there is at least one small hole.

I believe the hole will be getting bigger if it is not repaired.

Another question in my mind, how long has this been happening?  Since when the platform has been collapsing?  What is the reason they didn’t repair it as soon as they can.  Money?  Where have those rich people gone to?  My suggestion to the authority who maintain this lake garden is:- Use good quality material.

Since there are more than one place which are damaged, I guess it did not happen a few days before we visited there.  It must have happened months or even years ago.

I hope that the next time SiewPeng and I visit the lake again, we can walk on a properly built and safe bridge.

The shape of this structure looks like a Bidayuh’s Baruk.  It is a place for gathering for the nearby residents.  We saw there was a number of people doing something there, they were talking loudly, and we did not get close to them.

From this angle, the Baruk seems quite big.

I notice that many big huts in Kuching or even Sarawak are in the shape of a Baruk.  Another example is the big hut in Stutong Park, Kuching.  There is a building somewhere near waterfront Kuching next to the River Bank Suite which is built as a modern tall baruk as well (It is called the Khatulistiwa cafe if I am not mistaken) :p .

Look at the bridge above, if SiewPeng and I were riding a paddle boat, how can we get through the bridge?

How nice if someone can provide the pedalo / paddle boats service there.  They can actually attract tourists by doing just taking a little bit of action such as maintaining, and upgrading the lake garden.  Currently, this place looks plain except the huts in the middle of the lake and the bridge that are connecting them.

Another attraction of this park is the beautiful sunset.  The sunset position is at the mountain that is visible from the lake.  We were there at about 1:30p.m., we did not stay until 6p.m..  Next time, we will go there in the evening to take the photo of sunset there.  (I know about this when I googled about this lake, and I saw a beautiful sunset photo.)

This is our portrait taken with the bridge, the roofed resting huts and the lake as our background.

How many roofed resting huts can you see in our picture above? And we were certainly not alone anymore.  Can you spot the other visitors of the lake as well?  They look so tiny in the picture.

Once again, we left our footprints, we have left “two and a half pair” of footprint.

If you understand Chinese, can you remember a song? - “WaiPoDePengHuWan” which means “Grandmother’s PengHu Bay“by LiuWenZheng?  There is a part of the lyric said the there are two and a half pair of footprint.

Yes, our umbrella is the “half pair”.

Look at the tiny red dot.

There was a boy in red shirt and red pants, fishing by the side of the lake.  He can tell his teacher, “My hobby is fishing.”  What a relaxed Sunday afternoon.

A man with green singlet was riding a bicycle on the footpath in the lake park.  He might have wanted to go to the shops or market to buy something, at the same time passing by the lake park.

Yes, we were not alone, besides the boy and the man, there were fish in the lake.  The breeze and fish worked together to show us the ripples on the surface of the greenish lake water.  Besides, the tiny dropped leaves added white / yellow dots to the lake.

If you are alone, do you dare to go to this lake garden all by yourself?