The actual Beting Beras Basah 'calling'

Continuing from Beting Beras Basah in daylight since years.

When I arrived it was drizzling.

Originally I just wanted to view the actual Beting Beras Basah from the jetty.

Then I felt it 'calling'.

I felt safe to walk to the end of the beach from the jetty where it meets the end of the long sandbar that forms the actual Beting Beras Basah. Otherwise it is dangerous as normally one would have to walk through long stretches of mud which could be deep at some places.

I have had that experience before of which I sunk up to my hips many times. Look at the following old articles of 2010...

1. Walking to Beting Beras Basah

2. Stepping foot on it... Beting Beras Basah that is

3. 'Escape' from Beting Beras Basah

That walk in 2010 was the first time I get to reach the actual Beting Beras Basah albeit dangerously. This time my feet didn't even sink an inch in mud anywhere on the way.

Last time, even on the sandbar which is considered safe enough my feet sunk about an inch for every step taken.

This time, the slightly scary part was just when I have to walk through a watery part to reach the main area of Beting Beras Basah.

It was scary as who knows how much I could sink in mud along the way.

As it turned out again I didn't even sink an inch. I was just walking on sand under water...

The flag pole marks the place that first Sultan of Perak had to step foot on when he first arrived from outside the state 500 years ago.

As such every Sultan of Perak must step foot on the same place in other to complete their coronation ceremony.

Looking around from that spot...

The spot was some 300 metres away from the nearest land...