A climb up the hill called Bukit Jeram

A week ago I wrote the last article here called A visit to the Pantai Remis of Selangor where I mentioned coming across the place after making a drive around some places in Selangor over the weekend. Well, actually I came across Pantai Remis while looking for a hill called Bukit Jeram. However I missed after mistaking another hill for it and then taking a turn towards home just before the actual hill.

A few days later I came across a rather detailed map of Selangor and managed to ascertain the actual location of Bukit Jeram. This afternoon I brought my wife to have a look...

Seeing that there's a path leading towards the hill we decided to check it out.




And voila... there's a staircase. Without any delay we proceeded to take the steps...

The stairs seemed to be in a mess...

I understand it was actually built by the Japanese in 1943 or so, when they occupied Malaya or Peninsular Malaysia.

Here's a view from halfway up or so...

While the steps seemed ruined and some parts actually blocked by fallen trees and thick foliage we soldiered on...

Soon we came across what looked like the summit.

Here's a view from it...



However we saw a path leading onwards...

At first it looks like it is going down...

Then it starts going up higher than the previous 'summit' until we could see an obviously highest ground around.

Here we could see what could be remains from a once existing building...

We then climbed up a set of weathered staircase.

At last, the flat ground which is the actual summit. For the record, Bukit Jeram used to house the palace of a local ruler who was the son of a Sultan of Melaka from a Chinese princess more than 400 years ago. It has been used by some Selangor royalties as their base 300 years later and the Japanese army followed suit in World War II.

A view from the summit.

Here's a stone inscribed with the words "Jabatan pemetaan", the national mapping agency...