Interlude: A visit to Kuala Linggi...

Last weekend, I went to see my parents in Muar after some 8 months not going back to the town of my birth. One the way, I decided to take a longer route past a certain place. I ended up visiting a few other places and decided to feature this one in this blogspot. Here it is...

Actually I spent the previous night on Friday at a friend's place just before Nilai, Negeri Sembilan. In the morning, I went to Seremban to visit a certain exhibition (I will make a posting on it in the blogspot CATATAN SI MERAH SILU later)...

Afterwards while taking the old route down south towards Rembau, I felt like having a look (again...) at the megalithic stones of Pengkalan Kempas. For a look at it, do read the article The megalithic stones of Pengkalan Kempas posted here in February.

From there I felt like heading west to Tanjung Tuan and Port Dickson... Right until I arrived at the junction above...

I took the left turning heading southwards and soon saw this signboard. Actually I felt like going to Kuala Linggi since as I far as I could remember, I have only been around that part of Malaysia only once my whole life... It was sometime in the year 2003 and even then at night, while on the way to return to Kuala Lumpur from Melaka...

A look behind should put the directions in perpective... Port Dickson to the left which is heading west and Linggi, also Pengkalan Kempas to the right...

Soon enough I arrived at Kuala Linggi... Kuala means estuary and Linggi is the name of the river, also the name of a district and the corresponding small town... Somehow I felt there's something more that must be seen here. But at this juncture, I thought it was only the mouth of the river which opens up to the Straits of Melaka...

Oh, by the way... It was only in this trip that I learned Kuala Linggi is actually situated in the state of Melaka. The parts across known as Tanjung Agas is situated in the state of Negeri Sembilan... All this while I thought Kuala Linggi is in Negeri Sembilan as both the small town of Linggi and the district is situated in that state. Oh well...

Whatever, the river itself is quite idyllic. For information, the Linggi river is a major river to get to inner parts of Negeri Sembilan. An 19th Century Sumatran prince by the name of Raja Melewar, recorded in history as the first Yam Tuan (ruler) of the state is among the prominent personalities who got into Negeri Sembilan using the river! Do have a look at the articles Makam Raja Melewar di siang hari (The tomb of Raja Melewar during the day) and Replika istana (The palace replica of Raja Melewar) in the blogspot SENI LAMA MELAYU (MALAY OLDEN ART) ...

A look towards the estuary...

Oh... Actually, on the way to the estuary, I saw a road sign pointing the way to something called Kota (fort of Linggi). So I decided to have a look later...

As it turned out, there are remains of an old fort...

So I decided to have a look...

Ah... Almost there. The place is situated on a hill called Supai...

This signboard should sufficiently explain its history...

The compound of what remains of the fort...

A look down towards the sea (or rather, the Straits of Melaka) shows some uncompleted buildings... And no, it is not part of the historical fort...

As far as I could see, the fort (or what remains of it) consist mainly of crudely built stone walls like this... Crudely built but sufficient and strong enough to hold attackers at bay I surmiss...

There, more of such walls...

While the uncompleted building which I believe were meant to be chalets for tourists but somehow abandoned provided an interesting contrast against the sea!

Soon enough it's time to go. Enough of Kuala Linggi I guess. For some pictures of 2 other places visited the same day, please have a look at the articles Asal usul nama (Origin of the name) Masjid Tanah and Makam (Tomb of) Hang Tuah di (in) Tanjung Kling, Melaka... in the blogspot SENI LAMA MELAYU (MALAY OLDEN ART) posted within a few hours ago. Cheers! :]