We walked in awe under the beautiful canopy of the largest trees, the Rain tree or Samanea saman. Looking up skywards and observing their crown shyness, we noted the only one Yellow Rain tree there while the rest were the usual green variety. Hopefully the branches of these Pokok Pukul lima will all gravitate towards the waters of the lakes and be as picturesque as those in the Taiping Lake Gardens.
There were families picnicking by the lakes, under the shade of these Rain trees. And if you forgot your mat, then are many gazebos to choose from. But if you prefer activity to passivity, then there are canoes or paddle boats for hire. The children's playgrounds seem alive with lots of little people running around having a whale of a weekend with their parents/carers.
There was plenty to observe of both the fauna and flora. In another part of the lake gardens, flocks of storks roost on the tall Casuarina trees. There are very many nests and the birds swoop in to land on them after a beautiful flight overhead. The birds are also on a couple of islands in the lake. There are white and also grey cranes and others we are not able to identify.
This being October and the inter-monsoon rains heavy and often in the afternoons, walks (or jogs) are best done in the early morning. But as you may well know, I am not really into this healthy lifestyle activity. I do it for the love of photographing nature (with my trusty point & shoot digital camera).
As for the colourful flora that we encountered, I will write another post. After all I have taken quite a number of pictures. There are the yellow Dellenia suffructicosa, purple Bauhinia blakeana, Red powder puff, pink Kamunting, etc.
At the end of our nearly two-hour walk around the Shah Alam Lake Gardens, we may have burnt away two karipaps' worth of calories, but then for brunch we gained a plateful of nasi lemak and a glassful of teh tarik worth even much more calories, heh heh! Ces't la vie!
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