Bus & Trains Johor Bahru to Kuala Lumpur

Today we travelled through banana, coconut, rubber and palm tree plantations. The latter have now superseded all the other crops. The tree came from Nigeria, requires little care and produces palm oil in 2-3 years (rubber trees take 7). Sadly, much of Malaysia's ancient, tropical rainforest is being cleared for this new crop.
Our arrival to Kluang station was impeded by cones and road closures (maybe we are back at Britomart?), armed police & SAS teams, and a royal cavalcade. All for the King to open the sparkling new station in readiness for the soon arriving electric trains.
A stop off at Gemas, a small town we walked around. Back on the rails a fellow traveler realized her passport and wallet were left in a Gemas shop. She and her husband disembarked at the next station to retrace their steps. They aim to join the group sometime, somewhere....... maybe our group is now 12? All others now safely in the mighty city of KLRead more