| L Teck heng |
07 May 2001 |
Stayed at Mutiara Johor Bahru - Johor Bahru, Malaysia.
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Tourists should visit the shopping mall named as City Square
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| L Feeney |
20 April 2001 |
Stayed at Mutiara Johor Bahru - Johor Bahru, Malaysia.
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JB seems to be mainly for shopping - a big emphasis on this and there are good shopping plazas.
Good for a day trip to Singapore where you catch a bus for RM1.70 outside JB station and it takes you to Queen Street in Singapore.
The night market is a must to visit - its just food - but good value. found a cheap eating area the usual where locals go to eat not tourists - chicken rice for RM3 and a big tiger beer for RM10.50. Returned 3 times and they got to know our order.
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| A Chong hung |
15 April 2001 |
Stayed at Compact Hotel - Johor Bahru, Malaysia.
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shopping and still shopping
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| C Christophe |
25 March 2001 |
Stayed at Compact Hotel - Johor Bahru, Malaysia.
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Nice city JB. Sometimes (in the weekend) a little bit crowded. You can spend here a 2/3 days without getting bored. If you love shopping add a few days. It is great to make a daytrip to Singapore. If you have several options: do not go to Singapore in Friday or Saturday(one big traffic jam).
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| A Khoo |
18 March 2001 |
Stayed at Mutiara Johor Bahru - Johor Bahru, Malaysia.
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Went to Holiday PZ for snacks and a little shopping. To Tebrau Mkt for dinner, 5 mins by cab abt RM$4-$5. Food inexpensive as seafood dinner cld cost abt RM$37 for 2 persons, 4 dishes. Visited the newest shopping ctr, City Square too(5 mins away), realli cool and cheap bargains as the whole town is having a sale!
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| L Ong |
18 February 2001 |
Stayed at Eden Garden Hotel Johor Bahru - Johor Bahru, Malaysia.
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food and shopping isn't a problem. Good for a short getaway.
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| Y Noven |
11 February 2001 |
Stayed at Mutiara Johor Bahru - Johor Bahru, Malaysia.
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There are a lot of cheap pirated VCDs,playstation games and computer software nearby at Holiday Plaza. If you take a cab to Taman market about 1km away, you can savour a lot of cheap and delicious seafood. This place is very popular with Singaporean especially on weekend.
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| R Tunney |
07 February 2001 |
Stayed at Mutiara Johor Bahru - Johor Bahru, Malaysia.
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JB is a developing town, some may find a big contrast from Singapore. There are a number of shopping complexes which have fantasic prices compared to Singapore. Train Station is very handy for travelling to KL.
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| A Loo |
30 December 2000 |
Stayed at Mutiara Johor Bahru - Johor Bahru, Malaysia.
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JB is a nice place for shopping with so many choices of shopping centres around.
However, need to careful as some taxi drivers may double the price of the travel fare.
Also, the usage of toilet in the shopping centre need to be paid before entry at RM$0.20 even though there won't be any toilet paper and soap provided.
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| P Kannayah |
24 December 2000 |
Stayed at Compact Hotel - Johor Bahru, Malaysia.
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Johor Bahru is a great place for shopping and eating. There are however not that many places to go sightseeing. We tried out something adventurous by taking public transport to the well known Kota Tinggi water falls which was about a two hour bus journey from the hotel. It was not the most pleasant of experience, as we had to change buses at a terminal and not all whom we bumped into could speak English and we were stranded there for sometime. The waiting area for the buses had no indications and the bus stops had no bus numbers.
Coming from a country where the public transport was world class, we found it pretty tough getting around. Eventually we managed our way there but it had begun to rain. The journey back was just as bad as the same buses do not go back in the reverse direction. It was really confusing but it was a hell of an experience.
The food outlets and the shopping area around the hotel were great, I especially liked the Pasar Malam(night market) near the Mariamman temple. It definitely is not the most hygienic of places but it had a wide spread of food savouries. There were many seafood centres around and we went to the one near Pelangi. The food was great and extremely cheap. Lonely planet has a pretty accurate description of the place. A word of caution is that it is pretty diificult to get a cab on Saturday nights, unless you're willing to pay double or maybe even triple the usual amount.
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Traveller's Tales: Shopping suggestions in Johor Bahru, Malaysia
