The Journey to Malaysia

Final breakfast in the garage then we loaded up the bus to depart for the western bridge crossing of Tuas into Malaysia. Passing the south western industrial zones of Johor

Here we had to pass through both Singaporean and Malaysian Immigration and Customs which involved very long waits on the Singapore side

Once in Malaysia we changed dayglo buses and guides - saying goodbye to Susan and hello to Narin!

The border town of Johor Bahru is the home of Kota Iskander a new development zone which was our first visit in Malaysia. All the adminisitrative functions plus education including many British Universities,recreation and tourism (legoland and Hello Kitty Land) of the state of Johor are moving. We visited the Mosque completed in 2015 and drove around the site of the new city administrative area. Although the economic downturn and fuel price fluctuations has slowed development. We then drove a short distance to a new Marina development called Puteri Harbour - clearly aimed at ex-pat investors and rich Malaysians and the New industries.

We were then taken to a Mall in Johor Bahru for lunch of our choice in the food court.

Following this we drove 3 hours to Melaka - the smallest state in Malaysia. To stay in the old town area built by the Dutch.Read more