Blogs from Johor, Malaysia, Asia - page 8

I just came back from Desaru, malaysia. Stayed in this hotel called Purai Desaru. It was a nice and quiet place. just 10+km away from Singapore where i lived. The place requires some renovation as it is pretty run down. Other than that, the service is quite good. The price there is not that expensive. Per night stay is about RM 330 for Deluxe room for a week end stay over. We drove in from Singapore to desaru using their expressway number 3, before turning to exit 92 and exit 90. Always leave early on a Saturday , if you were to drive along the causeway if not u will end up in severe jam in JB. We left singapore at 1245hr and only arrive at 1545hr. The journey should take less than 1.5hr Indeed, on ... read more

At this point we have been in Malaysia for over 10 days and South-East Asia for more than 2 weeks. I am proud to say that I have yet to need to use a squat toilet. This is a great success. The Singapore/Malaysia border must be one of the easiest borders to cross in the world. You can go by pretty much any mode of transport you can think, including city buses, long distance buses, trains, ferrys and i believe it is the only border in the world which can be crossed via taxi. The best option for us was to take the city bus across the border to the long distance bus terminal in Johor Bahru, the southern tip of peninsular Malaysia. Just the 2.40$ bus fare takes us to the Singapore immigration building, where ... read more

Hey-o Just a quick post to kick of the reincarnation of my travel blogging. No time for anything in depth so just a brief out line of where i am in case there is anyone left out there who is worrying about me. Me and Yumi left Aus on the 7th. Arrived in Singapore and stayed for four days. Today we crossed the border and are in Peninsular Malaysia. We're currently in a smallish town called Mersing on the East Coast. So far Singapore and Malaysia have been great. Pretty full on at times but people are generally friendly and the food is incredible, especially in Singapore. That's all I got now. I'll do a proper update as soon as, but time and internets are more scarce than i expected. Later... ... read more

Terwijl ik dit typte bevind ik me in Singapore, little india om precies te zijn in een hostel voor backpackers. Sinds we vertrokken zijn uit Temerloh hebben we een tussenstop gemaakt in Melaka, Melaka ligt in het zuiden van Maleisië en is een kustplaats wat o.a bekend staat om de Nederlandse handelaren die daar voet aan wal hebben gezet. Deze gasten hebben een aantal historische gebouwen en monumenten nagelaten (Dutch square, stadhuys en een christelijke kerk) zijn een paar herinneringen aan 'onze' aanwezigheid rond 1807 Wij kwamen in het weekend wat Melaka nog meer toeristen opbrengt, buslading vol chinezen maken foto's van alles wat niet met 100 km per uur voorbij raast of kleiner is dan 1 mm. Dit bracht ons op het idee om een bordje te maken met 'we are from Holland' en deze ... read more

Yogyakartasta matka jatkui bromolle. Bromo, tuo luontoaidin uljas tekele, mahtava tulivuori, indonesian etna. Saapuminen vuoristokylan guest houseen oli jaatava kaikkakin okemus, kun lampomittari naytti vain +5. Plus 40 jalkeen se tuntui pahemmalta kuin seikkailumme siperiassa. Onneksi lontoon jaljilta rinkoista loytyi pipot ja muutenkin jokaikinen vaatekappale oli kiskottava paalle. Aamu kolmen heratyksen jalkeen lahdettiin katsomaan auringonnousua vuorelle, pahaksi onneksi jeeppi hyytyi matkalle ja missattiin itse auringonnousu. Koettiin suhteellisen kuumottava tilanne kun istuttiin hyytyneessa autossa 45 asteen kulmassa kasijarrun ja pikku kivenmurikan varassa. Autoa ei ikina saatu korjattua, mutta tunnin saatamisen jalkeen toinen kuski tuli hatiin ja paastiin ihailemaan maisemia. Oli muuten hienoimmat ikina. Paastiin myos katselemaan tulivuoren kraateria, oli jees, vaikka transport-h... read more