After much amendments and discussions, we finally decided to pay a visit to Negeri Sembilan on the 20th of June 2009 (Saturday). I managed to arrive at Sungai Pelek around 11.00pm+ on Friday and we began our day early the next morning at 6.15am. We bought some bread at a 7-Eleven outlet along our way and proceeded leisurely to our first destination- the Fort Lukut. We have expected it to be an attractive historical site since the fort was claimed to be built by "Raja Jumaat" on top of a hill, Bukit Gajah Mati in Lukut during the year 1826-27. We notice there was a signboard pointing towards two different directions heading to the historical spots, thus we followed the farther path passing by some alley ways and parked our vehicle by the side since there was a sign restricting vehicles driving through. We have to walk all the way up the hill through a stony route leading us to the fort. However when we finally arrived at the top, we only get to realize that it was actually the same site (the garden which we passed by) we saw earlier and we should have enter through the front door without walking such a long distance =.= Sadly, these historical remains were not properly kept and maintained. There wasn’t even any illustration board displayed for the site.
-*A road leading you to "long piak"...
We took our breakfast in one of the coffee shop in Port Dickson’s town and stopped by the beach for a photography moment. We move on to Tanjung Tuan’s Cape Rachado and intended to visit the lighthouse which was built by the British in 1860 on a hillock overlooking the Straits of Malacca. The entrance was seen to be a recreation forest with hiking track which requires us to hike up. However, both of us were not in our sport suit thus having difficulties to move on. After walking for some distance, we decided to hold back our steps to see if we could have drove up instead of walking. However we were told by the park’s warden that personal vehicles are prohibited and it was almost a kilometer’s distance before we were able to reach the lighthouse. We gave up reaching for the light house and came to the “Blue Lagoon” only a few meters away. However, the weather has turned to be cloudy and the strong wind almost blown us away thus forcing us to move on.
This trip was also deemed to be a tomb visiting trip where we visited quite a number of ancient Malay tombs namely the Keramat Sungai Udang and Makam Raja Melewar. Since we were close to the border of Negeri Sembilan, we decided to visit to the Dutch Fort at the coast of Malacca. We passed through countless of small villages before arriving at the coast. There was a restaurant built above the water thus appearing an incredible scene. Though it was drizzling at that moment yet it doesn’t quench our excitement of going around.
We stopped by the Pedas Hotspring along our way nonetheless still being disappointed by this recreation area where it was merely a water park for the locals with the entrance fee of RM10.00. We finally arrived at Seremban around 3.30pm and took our late lunch in one of the shopping complex. Our last station was the Taman Seni Budaya with some traditional buildings and displays. We stopped by the lake garden for a moment and ended our day’s trip in Negeri Sembilan. I was surprised that a day’s trip round Negeri Sembilan could end so fast leaving us extra time to continue shopping in Sunway Pyramid. I was indeed having a great day traveling around, went shopping and to have supper with this special friend of mine. ^^
