Dayang Bunting Marble Geoforest Park – 06° 10’ 18” N 99° 46’ 20” E
…or The Lake of the Pregnant Maiden.
A truly tragic legend involving love at first
sight, mermaid tears and a dead infant leads to the belief that water from this
lake has magical fertility powers.
Lordy! Susan and I were very
careful.
Geologically, it is very cool. The lake is fresh water but separated from
the sea by a small band of rocks. It
would be very beautiful with the towering limestone cliffs and hanging jungles
if it were not for the tourist pontoons, swimming areas and paddle boats in the
shape of swans and cartoon ducks!
Fortunately for our fertility, we were not enticed to swim in the
greenish looking water, donned in the mandatory lifejacket within the pontooned
swimming area.
As the next wave of tourist boats arrived
to disgorge their passengers, we putted off in the dinghy to explore the small
beaches and the rock wall separating the lake from the sea. We clamboured up and over the rocks to the
lake and risked life and limb on the crumbling platform and staircase that had
been closed for maintenance. An explore
around a small island then back to Popeye for a swim and a chardonnay.
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