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 Traveller's Tales: Getting around in Johor Bahru, Malaysia
Know the most popular landmarks in Johor Bahru, Malaysia. You may read about best transportation, recommended travel itinerary, suggested routes and directions. Also, you might want to read our
Kuala Lumpur city guide,
Langkawi city guide,
Melaka city guide,
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| D Chan |
15 June 2000 |
Stayed at Eden Garden Hotel Johor Bahru - Johor Bahru, Malaysia.
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I went around in my car. Many shopping centres in JB.
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| M Ani |
12 June 2000 |
Stayed at Mutiara Johor Bahru - Johor Bahru, Malaysia.
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the distance from the other shopping malls are not that really far. we got around by taxi.
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| J Chua |
06 June 2000 |
Stayed at Mutiara Johor Bahru - Johor Bahru, Malaysia.
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For this column, i rated average as i ask around from taxis drivers when can i find interesting place, or cheap chinese food centre, they just don't know to answer me and they just quote a price for their ride..
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| M Beclier |
18 May 2000 |
Stayed at Compact Hotel - Johor Bahru, Malaysia.
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Our most touristic outing in Bangkok was a pilgrimage to Jim Thompson's house, which we enjoyed. The National Museum was also worth an afternoon. A pilgrimage to the royal palace and the temple of the emerald Buddha and to Wat Po is de rigeur, but we also enjoyed visits to some smaller and less visited wats. If you go to Wat Po, try to be there on a Sunday, when traditional arts and dance classes are held for members of the community.
Some of our most enjoyable time was spent just watching Bangkok go by. The city water taxis were great and we wish we had travelled more on the river. Simply watching the city's population navigating its famous traffic was mesmerizing, and even in the heat of March, walking the city's streets and seeing how people live and work there was well worth the effort. It was the small sights of the city that most intrigued us- a storefront where motorized delivery carts were being built from the ground up, the hand-painted designs on a vendor's truck, the saffron-robed monk talking into his cell phone in the chaos of porters in the train station, the brave soul delivering a stack of full egg boxes on the back of his motorcycle. Bangkok, like the other cities we visited in Thailand, was a dynamic and fascinating place, populated by some of the most friendly and likable people I've met anywhere.
It is also a wonderful place to eat. We tried some excellent restaurants mentioned in a recent newspaper article (New York Times 2/27/2000)especially a place on the river called Baan Klang Nam, and found some great places on our own. In Sukumvit we ate very well on Soi 11 at Kannicha, as well at at a large and well run street stall under an awning on your left hand side just after a large garden with caged parrots. (The street stall is open only until 14:00)
As for transportation, be sure to check out the sky train. It's efficient, clean, and air-conditioned. May it prosper and expand!
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