Sometimes, it’s good to just get away to other places and not think about work & other issues. It been my routine to travel to other country, few times a year just to get away from hustle & bustle of daily life - get recharged, refreshed, rejuvenated and hopefully to come back with new perspectives.

However, sometimes, you just couldn’t get away to very far. Fortunately, Malaysia Johor is just a bridge away, perfect for quick day trip. Usually I would have plan my route & place to visit, but this time, i decides to forgo with any trip planning. Just hit the road and let my silliness decides where to go next.

So with my trusty 2 wheels, we hit the road. My silliness says go Jusco Tebrau for s start. But as I was approaching, my silliness saw Kota Tinggi and decides to go there instead. Once at Kota Tinggi town, my silly tummy says its hungry. So we had silly sinful arteries choking claypot pig trotters for lunch. It was quite well done & delicious. (Cost: RM7.00)


Sorry, no address, but it’s a small town so should be easy to locate. I wanted to ordered Bah Kut Teh initially, but have sold out for the day.

Then we hit the road again, Kota Tinggi reminds my silliness about the waterfall @ Air Terjun.

But as we are are approaching, my silliness saw this plateau and decides to change destination to Gunung Panti

We nearly got lost in the rubber plantation. Fortunately after asking for some help from locals with my part broken melayu, part english & sign language, we found the entry point to Gunung Panti.

We met some tall ginger-like plants with strange florals (maybe wild costus?)

Strange blue foliage (Saleginella) from fern-like plant

Interesting miniaturized Pitcher plant (Nepenthes) that seems to grow out from the ground


Frightening half crab half spider lookalike creature … fortunately just its empty shell.


And this cute & shy stick insect who also come to greet us!


But we realize it’s getting darker as we trek up, so my silliness decides to go back down for fear of meeting the big foot alone.


However, I will surely be back again, this time without my silliness


On our way back, my silliness spotted Kulai (Route 94). So once again, we on our way through these palm tree highway to Kulai


Once we are at Kulai, we tried to find something unique to fill our tummy. Unfortunately, Hainanese chicken rice seems to be common there, there is even a SINGAPORE duck rice! shesssh … all the way here to eat Singapore duck rice? *faintz*. So we settled for simple food - Chee Cheong Fan (RM1.10)


We also found these simple Luo Han Guo drink to be absolutely divine (especially after extended sun-tanning along the road)


At a mere 50sen per bowl, suddenly I felt I have been transported back to the past. Quickly, I down 2 bowls to drown all my silliness before I head back to Home (Singapore) via North-South highway.

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