This time is my first time going far away alone from home exclude Sabah, where did i head to??? Hmm…its Johor, the south part of Peninsular Malaysia. This time i went to Johor was on behalf of the invitation from my coursemate- Kok How, who just went back from Penang to his hometown at Kluang,Johor who keep inviting me over and over… so i just made up my mind going down find him^^ So the main place i went was Kluang which is a small district in Johor and also i went up some places like Ayer Hitam, Yong Peng, JB, Senai, Skudai. Everything began very well until i felt my buttocks kinda pain due to the damn-long-hour bus journey from B’worth to Johor… So, my schedule was mainly arranged like this:-
~1st Day~
645am Reached a place called Ayer Hitam, half an hour away from Kluang swt…
715am Reached Kluang bus terminal by taking taxi which was paid by the bus driver.
830am Meet up Kok How and had our breakfast at Coffee Rail for breakfast, which is famous for its “Roti Peng (Roti Bakar)” and i like the nasi lemak LOLz…
900am Went to Kok How’s house get a good rest~
1100am Go down to JB and passed Kulai, Senai, for almost an hour…swt~ finally City Square would be our stopping point. Had a good walk there and saw…huge, enormous, conceptual building- Malaysia immigration xxx i think lolz…
1200pm Meet Joe at City Square who would be our “tour guide” in JB since he is the JB expertise hehe…
1230pm Omg, Joe brought us to Ground Paragon hotel for a nice stay at JB, what a nice guy T.T and me and Kok How were shocked of his action…thanks Joe ^^
100pm We took our lunch – xio bak pui~ not bad, i like the roasted duck ^^
200pm After that, we hunt down another nice food again – mi hun kuey ~ a soup-type noodle which is like penang kuey teow th’ng la…but i like the minced pork~ pork!!! haha!!!
300pm Go to Joe’s house…
500pm Go down to Skudai and visited UTM~ superbly an engineering University….far away better than UMS LOLz~~~but lack nice view and lanscape as UMS hehe…
530pm Down to Danga Bay, a popular sea view in JB?? hmm….somekind like Gurney Drive…
600pm Back to hotel and get a nice rest…
700pm Had Curry fish head as dinner, not bad, but i hope for more spicy one…^^
900pm Oh yea…my +fav, went to Zon, a duty free shopping complex especially for choc, cigarettes& LIQUOUR!!! haha…
1000pm Ate Wan Tan Mee as supper, i wonder why the mee is spicy, no soy sauce, not even a dark coloured one, it was a bit tasteless for me…but i kinda like the tauke coz while he was makin the dish, he eventually tossed up the mee to ceiling then drop down again everytime to make a single bowl…
1200pm Had a Corona, a good plasma TV show, and goodnight haha…
~2nd Day~
800am Time to wake up and packed our stuffs…
900am Checked out and started our journey to Pasir Gudang there…
1100am Heading to Ayer Hitam and had dua pao as our brunch, which taste not bad, kinda nice actually…
1200pm Time to visit Ayer Hitam pasar petang and also bought some handcrafts and also souvenirs …
100pm Time to go down Yong Peng and had 西刀鱼丸 and 大胡子咖啡。。。
400pm Had a good time visiting Kluang Mall which is the biggest mall in Kluang now…
500pm Great challenging time hiking Bukit Lambak, ( if you got the chance go down Kluang, this is a must go destination if you like outings, and this bukit really more challenging than Bukit Bendera 2-3 times…i bet you gonna had the great time hiking it ^^
700pm Time to back to Layang-layang which is Kok How’s hometown.
1000pm Had a dinner + supper dining in 万里香 and had a 鳖, which was my first time tryin it…Not bad though hehe~XP
1110pm 3 of us loitering around the village and went for star view, and talk talk talk…zzz….
200am Pig time…
~3rd Day~
Aiks regarding 3rd day, I couldnt remember much though LOLz… but something really interesting was the bicycle ride around the “dragon fruit” orchard. It was fun seeing those plants in the orchard and we just rode around it, a great feeling, though we had to paddle hard since the road was kinda steep. Anyway then I took bus again, start my journey again going back to Penang.
Indeed, it was fun then joining friends out there, I saw many things, the cultures, people, behaviour, style, way of communicating in the northern region. Although the place was more or less the same comparing to KL and Sabah, but something flashes my mind, firstly, i knew that there are no so called “far” from a place to another in Penang comparing to Johor. Secondly, I still conclude that Penang food still the best although northern region still have good foods. Thirdly, Penang hawkers centre is one of the safe place to had a meal, you wont worry much about anything but just eat and chit chat there as long as you like.
I got an advice, if you wish to travel, do travel the states in M’sia before going overseas if you cant afford much, Im sure you can gain some outstanding experience, maybe hardly to get a leisure experience but you can feel the way you are and get to know what is what in you, and also… think differently the way you are…
thats all, have a pleasant day^^