24 Hours in JB

A spontaneous trip to Johor Bahru is definitely one of the most convenient way for a short getaway from Singapore. What I meant by short is really short (24hours). Most people might ask how much can you do in 24 hours, and here is my own experience on a Public Holiday Eve.

30 April 2015

• 2000hr 
• Gathered at Queen Street to catch the bus to Woodlands Checkpoint. 
• As expected, people end up late and the queue at the bus station was horrible.

• 2300hr
• Reached Malaysia Checkpoint after all the nightmares of queuing everywhere.
• Went to wait for cab and somehow no cab want to fetch us to our hotel.

• 2340hr
• Managed to get a cab after much negotiation.

01 May 2015

• 0000hr


• Reached our hotel (Hallmark Regency Hotel Johor Bahru) finally

Hallmark Regency Hotel

The Family Suite

• The hotel room wasn't very up to the standard that I was expecting but it was still acceptable.

• 0030hr
• Depart from hotel for our long awaited supper!

Marking attendance before moving out

• 0100hr
• Finally found the place after some lost turns and wandering

火辣辣 LokLok

• According to one of them, this 火辣辣 LokLok is one of the famous one.
• Located at the stretch of road in front of New York Hotel.

Lots of food for the hungry

All the recharged look after filling the tummy

• 0230hr
• Left the supper place and bought some essentials from nearby 24hr shop.

• 0240hr
• Reached back to hotel to put down our items that we bought and left for 2nd round of party

• 0250hr
• Arrived at Grand Paragon Sky Lounge.
• Just beside our hotel.
• Closing time was at 0300hr so the staff didn't bother entertaining us.
• Lucky enough, the regulats there were so friendly and treated us drink.

Drinking Buddies

• 0330hr
• Decided to go back to hotel since most of them were tired already.

• 0500hr
• Everyone went to bed after washing up and some little talks.

• 0900hr
• Rise and shine.

• 1000hr
• Managed to get all of our ass down to the dining area to grab some breakfast after rolling around in the bed.
• Breakfast was decent enough, I was expecting worse given the price we paid.

• 1100hr
• Headed back to our rooms to wash up and pack up

• 1200hr
• Checked out of hotel room and headed to Holiday Plaza
• Some of them wish to buy mobile phone casing
• Holiday Plaza has the better deal for mobile phone casing

• 1330hr
• Bak Kut Teh lunch at Soon Soon Heng Bak Kut Teh.
• Refer to my other blog post about Soon Soon Heng
  

  

  Bak Kut Teh Lunch

• Long queue but we persisted.

• 1430hr
• Walked around KSL to see if there is anything to buy.

• 1600hr
• Reached Bukit Indah Aeon.
• Split to do what we like (Manicure, Massage, Shopping)

• 1900hr
• Met back at the meeting point and headed for seafood dinner at Hook Sang.
• No photos here because I accidentally delete all the photos here.

• 2100hr
• Left Bukit Indah and cab all the way to Tuas Checkpoint

• 2200hr
• There wasn't any crowd at both side of the customs

• 2300hr
• Home Sweet Home

Okay, the timing might have been a little more than 24hr but it is good enough. It was quite a packed itinerary though. We were all tired by the end the time we reached home but it was definitely a fun trip. Many first time experience for them.

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