Water and rocks in Bau

After visiting the caves, we stopped somewhere nearby for lunch (which I think I will post about together with our dinner), and then stopped by Tasik Biru.

Tasik Biru was more green than blue :P

There was an entrance fee (or more like fees for different activities), so we did not go in. It was awfully hot too!

Then we headed to the Paku Rock Maze Garden which was nearby. We noticed on the map that the Bau Rock Garden was along the way, so we made a stop there first.

the water is green! :O

I realized belatedly that the rock garden actually had a name plate! (because we came from the other side)

The Paku Rock Maze Garden was more of a letdown. It turned out that it wasn't really a garden...or to be fair, it was too natural for our liking. :P

the maze garden was behind a temple

a real maze

I can't figure out the five fingers

T-rex is somewhere but I didn't see it... also, it was really in the jungle and we were worried there might be dangerous animals around

on the way "out"

back near the temple, there was a tortoise pond

figured out that this was the tortoise god mentioned on the map (see the photo near the entrance)

and this is the wishing rock and photo "booth"

Rather a disappointment, I would say... this was our main destination after the caves, but the intermediate destinations (Tasik Biru and the chanced-upon Bau Rock Garden) were better. Except that it was extremely hot that day, so it was not a pleasant time visiting these open-air places.