Continuing from Perak river at dusk from the spot where J.W.W. Birch is believed to have been killed.
After resting one night at Pasir Salak I continued visiting the tombs of Perak rulers. One proved quite difficult to reach. The road was in bad condition.
Why, I have to drive through an expanse of red earth.
The tomb I was trying to reach belongs to the 16th Sultan of Perak, Sultan Mahmud Shah. I have been here a number of times and believe me it used to be quite easy.
One thing's for sure. I don't remember seeing the Perak river on the way to this tomb before. It seems land has been cleared for some development.
Then I caught sight of this signboard mentioning this place as the jetty to the tomb of Sultan Mahmud.
An upstream view of Perak river...
View across.
Stilts of what should be the jetty. Where is the platform?
All I know is that the new Sultan of Perak was coronated just about a month earlier. And the jetty was used by him and entourage to pay a visit to the tomb via boat...
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