Fort Utrecht

Captured by the Dutch in 1784, Tanjong Keramat Fort built by Sultan Ibrahim was renamed Fort Utrecht. Surrounded by granite blocks built all those years ago into the ground, they still remain standing.

Steps built into the ground still remain to this day.

This slab used to stand a cannon which now lies in the background saved from rolling down the hill by the bushes.

This gun of old may have been carted away by the metal scavengers were it not so heavy. Three of us couldn't budge it. We did not try further lest we two guys get hernia. Now that would be painful.

Head of the cannon. I could not find any insignia or markings on it.

All that remains of the cannon stand with it's metal parts stripped off by the scavengers. This is suppose to be a tourist attraction but this is the stark reality of Malaysia's guardians of our historical artifacts. The only thing they do it erect 'expensively priced' signboards and then leave the artifacts to rot or be stolen. Worse still is that some smart motherfucker will come up with a idea to 'recreate' the whole area and make more money for his own.

This is the sad state of our so called guardians of our history.