Adapun selepas meninggalkan Bukit Panau pada Rabu lalu, saya telah mendapatkan bas sampai ke simpang untuk masuk ke Tok Uban... Tak sangka pula rupanya Danau Tok Uban, destinasi penuh misteri yang mahu dilawati seterusnya terletak agak jauh daripada situ, hampir 10 km atau lebih jauhnya sedangkan saya tidak nampak apa-apa kenderaan awam masuk ke situ. Maka terpaksalah saya berjalan jauh mengheret segala barangan yang dibawa.... Lama kemudian baru dapat menumpang sebuah lori yang katanya hendak ke Danau Tok Uban...
Dalam perjalanan, si pemandu lori memberitahu perlu singgah di sebuah kampung untuk mengambil beberapa pekerja. Katanya selepas itu baru ke Danau Tok Uban.
On the way, the lorry driver said he must stop at a village to pick-up some workers. He said, then they will go to Danau Tok Uban.
Saya menurut sahaja. Rupanya bukan sahaja saya perlu menunggu lama sebelum pekerja-pekerja yang dimaksudkan muncul. Saya telah dibawa ke sebuah kampung lain di mana mereka hendak memotong sebuah pokok getah tua untuk dijadikan kayu perabot. Kalau nak tunggu kayu dipotong kecil sehingga boleh dibawa naik ke lori, entah bila pula siapnya... Maka terpaksalah saya berjalan kaki jauh lagi...
I just obliged. As it turns out, not only I have to wait long before the workers in question showed up. I was then taken to another village where they want to cut down an old rubber tree to be used as furniture wood. Don't know how long all these will take if I want to wait until the tree is cut into pieces small enough to be carried up the lorry... And so I had to walk far again...
Jalan punya jalan, lalu lah di pekan Tok Uban... Pelik orang-orang melihat saya berjalan seorang diri mengusung rucksack besar serta menarik 'kereta' membawa kit promosi siri buku "Berpetualang ke Aceh" dalam panas terik matahari...
Some time later, arrived at the small town of Tok Uban... The people there were amazed to see me walking alone carrying a big rucksack while dragging along the carriage which is part of "Berpetualang ke Aceh" book series promotion kit under the hot blazing sun...
Posing seketika di depan sekolah... Selepas beberapa lama barulah ada orang menumpangkan saya ke Danau Tok Uban... Daripada sekolah ini, saya telah berjalan hampir 2 km sebelum mendapatkan kenderaan... Rupa-rupanya ada lagi 3km sebelum sampai ke sana!
Posing a minute in front of a school... After some time, someone took me up and drove me to Danau Tok Uban... From the school, I've walked almost 2 km before getting transport... As it turns out, there's another 3 km to go before I got there!
Lihat pokok-pokok di sekitar Danau Tok Uban ini... Rasa macam di luar negeri pula! Kata orang sebab banyak pokok Tembusu. Saya mengangguk sahaja... Bukan saya tahu pun yang mana satu pokok Tembusu yang mana bukan... Yang saya tahu, memang pokok-pokok di sini kelihatan lain macam!
Look at the trees around Danau Tok Uban... Feels like somewhere overseas! They say because there's a lot of Tembusu tree. I just nodded... Not that I know which one is Tembusu which one is not... What I do know, the trees here do look different!
Adapun saya pertama kali sampai di sini tahun 2004 apabila mengikut seorang kawan membuat shooting drama... Kononnya, cerita yang dilakonkan itu sedang berlaku di England. Maka Danau Tok Uban dipilih sebagai salah satu lokasi 'luar negeri'...
The first time I arrived here was in 2004, following a friend who was shooting a local drama there... The story-line involves scenes which are supposed to happen in England. And so Danau Tok Uban is chosen as one of the 'overseas' location...
Tu dia, tasik luas yang dikenali sebagai Danau Tok Uban... Tapi mungkin orang tak sedar keluasan sebenarnya disebabkan kebanyakan permukaan tasik diselaputi pokok kiambang...
There, the wide expanse of lake known as Danau Tok Uban... But maybe most people don't realise how big it is because of the kiambang (a kind of growth on water, sorry can't find the English word off-hand) covering most of the surface...
Kelihatan di belakang Bukit Panau dalam jajahan Tanah Merah. Danau ini pula terletak di dalam wilayah Pasir Mas.
Apparent behind is Bukit (the hill of) Panau in the province of Tanah Merah. The Danau (lake) is situated in the region of Pasir Mas.
Masjid putih yang dibina Sultan Brunei di seberang danau meninggalkan banyak tanda-tanya... Mengapa pula dibina di situ? Apakah ada rahsia tertentu?
The white mosque built by the Sultan of Brunei across the lake leaves a lot of questions... Why built it there? Is there a secret behind it?
Danau dilihat daripada sudut lain...
The lake seen from a different angle...
Sebahagian daripada satu-satunya restoran di kawasan ini...
Part of the only restaurant in the area...
Poster "Berpetualang ke Aceh" 'bersidai' di sebelah jeti...
"Berpetualang ke Aceh" poster 'hanging-out' beside the jetty...
Restoran dilihat daripada jauh...
The restaurant seen from far...
Gambar yang diambil daripada bahagian restoran yang terapung di atas air, sebaik sahaja bangun daripada tidur petang...
A picture taken from a part of the restaurant floating on water, immediately after waking up from an afternoon nap...
Ambik gambar pokok sat... Kit promosi pun nak posing sama, hehe!
Snap a pix of this tree... The promotion kit also wants to pose along, haha!
Gambar atas dan bawah ini diambil daripada Masjid Brunei tapi ini cerita lain.... :]
The picture above and below were taken from the Brunei mosque but that is another story... :]
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