Johor - 2nd day at Mersing

We started off the second day with watching the sunrise at the pool side. My son and Nadira then went off for a dipped in the swimming pool. Around 11.00 am we check out from the hotel and went straight to the town centre for a shopping spree. We would then went for lunch at KFC. One unique dish that Malaysia's KFC provided is the Chicken rice with crispy chicken! The rice was very nice! We went to Masjid Jamek Mersing which was another monumental site that you must go if you ever goes to Mersing. One last Shopping was done at Tunas Manja - a Pasaraya situated at the outskirt of Mersing town before we proceed back to Singapore!!! The road trip was wonderful. We all had plenty of fun but of cos it does hurt our pockets as well.. Hehehehe. Great trip!

Johor - 1st day at Mersing

18 Jul 2009, I was off to Mersing for a road trip with my family. My wife, son, my parents and two sisters took the Wuling mini MPV there. The journey took us 2 hours to reach Mersing from Johor Bahru. After breakfast at Aliff restaurant, we set off for our journey. We reach there by 10.30 am and check into our hotel - Raja Villa Hotel and Resort. Immediately after we check in, Nadira and Hariz had a dipped in the Hotel's swimming pool. Close to 12.30 pm, we set off to the Legendary Air Papan Beach. The beach was scenic! The water is very cleaned and the beach apart from some litter was very nice. We had lunch there at Medan Selera Nusantara which kinda disappointing. We are then off to the Mersing town to do some shopping. We stopped over to the Galeri Keropok and brought many food stuff there. Then we proceed to Pasaraya Kini. We spend approximately 2 hours here to shop! Plenty of great bargains we could buy here! We went back to the hotel to relax around 6.30 pm and left again for dinner at Sally's Place under the recommendation of the hotel Staff. OMG the food was out of this world! It was GREAT! Great first day at Mersing!!!

28th Jun 2009 - Last day at Langkawi Island

The final day of our trip to Langkawi was a short one. Our flight is scheduled at 10.55 am and such we need to be at the airport by 9.30 am for check in purposes. The airport was rather small compared to Singapore three terminals but definitely do have a touch of style and likability of the place. We arrive back to Singapore at around 1215 pm and thoroughly enjoyed our trip up to Langkawi Island! One day I will be back!

27th Jun 2009 - Third day at Langkawi Island

The third day started very early. My wife and I wanted to see sunrise by the beach. But when we get there, we realise that the sun rises on the opposite side of the beach. But the view was quite remarkable! The moment we stepped out of the resort, we went over to Laman Padi Langkawi. Here we manage to know how rice was being cultivated. Interesting since I have been eating rice almost the whole part of my life but I do not even know how it was grown! After a that we went ahead to our main plan! Shopping! We arrive at Langkawi Fair Shopping Centre. The mall was taunted as the biggest shopping mall in Langkawi but when we get there.. It is only a third of the size of West Mall. I guess Singapore do have one of the largest Shopping area in the world! We went to the town Kuah and had a shopping spree. Later that night.. we went over to Syamieza Seafood Thai Cuisine for dinner! This is gonna be our last nite here.. So fast and our holiday gonna be coming to and end soon!

26th Jun - 2nd day at Langkawi Island

We started the day abit late today due to exertion we had yesterday. The first thing we did when we are out of the hotel was to go to the Oriental Village. Here is where we took the cable car and went to the top of Bukit Mat Cincang. The view up there was wonderful. Got the chance to be on the skybridge too. The wind was quite strong when we walked through the bridge and can feel the bridge is swaying uncomfortably! Next we went to Air Hangat pond where we can soaked our legs into the hot spring water. Unfortunate the place is undergoing huge renovation and such we can see the pond in a dire state! We then proceed to Plaza Langkawi for a late lunch at Arabica Feast. The food is ok but the most expensive we had here! Finally, we went to Dataran Lang to take photos with the eagle status. This status is what the merlion are to Singapore! It is huge and magnificent!