Going to the tomb of Sultan Iskandar Zulkarnain through a palm estate

Peace be upon you all. Time to tell stories on the 6th day of my solo big bike trip made end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadhan.

Thursday 16th August 2012. After spending the night at the mosque of Kampung Bahagia, a distance out of the town of Teluk Intan I went to visit the tomb of Keramat Kuala Bidor not so far away. Next I headed towards Kampung Gajah. Somewhere after Sungai Manik I took a small inland gravel road that leads to this gate. 

I wanted to visit a certain place and this is the best inland route to get there. The said place lies at the end of a private palm estate. As the gate was locked I had to park the bike and walk.

I had to walk for about 2 km before I was out of the palm estate reaching into some sort of orchard.

After that I could see the targetted place, the building in the middle of this pix. Now I have to walk through these bushes.

I had to climb up this makeshift fence too. This is a look behind. Mind you, I fell into a hole right after the climb. Thank God my arms reacted in reflex reaching to the sides, stopping me from going down further.

There it is...

The tomb of the 15th Sultan of Perak, Sultan Iskandar Zulkarnian who ruled in the middle of the 18th century AD.

For the record I've arrived here once with my wife and our son via a different route. Look at the old article The difficult land route to the tomb of Sultan Iskandar Zulkarnain.

Oh. The area around is called Pulau (island of) Indera Sakti. However it is not an island. Then again perhaps it was centuries ago as it is located besides the meeting point of the Perak and Kinta rivers.