Our Air Asia Flight AK5633 Depart Tawau at
4:05 pm arriving Johor Bahru at 6:50 pm. Departure gate No: 3
We then took a taxi from the Senai airport to downtown Johor
Bahru where we ask the taxi driver to drop us at Compact Hotel. We were not
putting up at this hotel the night we only came to check up this hotel to
confirm our booking on 19th Night which we book online month ago. We left our
luggage at this hotel for an hour so that we could go for a dinner just next to
this hotel.
Taxi from the airport to downtown is easy. (Do not just walk out
and catch a taxi) Go to the Taxi Counter on the left hand side when you
exit the terminal and purchase a voucher.
Bring the voucher to the taxi line where an officer
will allotte you a taxi.
 |
Taxis plying the airport route follow
the coupon system which fares are fixed.
From taxi counter at Senai airport we
purchased the taxi coupon to Compact Hotel. The fare is Rm40.00
|
After dinner we enquire the hotel staff where to get a bus to
Kuala Lumpur. We early though there were bus available for boarding just beside
this hotel and travel direct to KL, but this was wrong information. The
hotel staff directed us to Marine Building which is a 10 minutes walk where we
will 'find bus to KL'. After finding the Marine building we realize this is not
place to board a bus but the place of several BUS agents who get passenger for
bus company and sells 'Bus Tickets' at a higher price of few ringgit (Malaysian
Dollars) as their
commission. We paid Rm30.oo per person. (Actual fare is Rm24.00) But in return this bus agent provide free transport
from their counter to the bus
terminal which is several km away. Our family of 4 were this bus agent's only
passengers that night. The bus left JB at 12:00 midnight. There are several bus
companies plying between JB and KL. The bus we used was S.E. Ekspres. S.E.
Ekspres bus company is good for local Malaysian. But for foreign tourist
who are unfamiliar with Malaysian, the bus may not have the much needed polite
and helpful staff to provide you a smooth journey.
This was our first time to Johor Bahro and we are not familiar
on how to get around in the city.
Merlin Tower is opposite the Train Station. At the ground floor
of Merlin Tower are several counters that provides booking services for bus to
all over Peninsula Malaysia and Thailand. From here these agencies arrange
transport to bring you to Larkin Bus Station to board the bus.
Incase you do not know where the train station is , Merlin Tower
is also opposite the CITY SQUARE shopping mall.
CITY SQUARE was where we spend the time when waiting for the
midnight bus. I bought a pair of adidas in 2002 in KL and this pair is
so good and comfortable and lasting that I have been wearing even since.
In Tawau there just isn't any real quality of aditas to choose from.
Finally I found a Adidas shop here in City Square. This GROUP THIRTY SIX
shop in City Square has those design I am in favor but were all over Rm200 a
price to hesitating for me. After long consideration I finely decided a black
pair of Rm279.90. It was 9:55 pm and I was the last customer.
