Malaysia (My 3 days 2 nights Visit to Gemas, Segamat, Pontian, Batu Pahat & Johor Baru) May 13 > 15 2025 - Day 3 (Final)

Taman Rekreasi Tasik Y
Batu Pahat, Johor, Malaysia

 

Si Ha Long Wang Temple
Batu Pahat, Johor 

Thursday May 15 2025 (Final Day - Johor Bahru, Pontian Kechil & Batu Pahat) - my group's final day in Johor Bahru & after a breakfast, we took the coastal way & had 3 stopovers for food & a little sightseeing in Pontian Kechil (my hometown) & Batu Pahat, Johor before driving home sweet home (arriving in Subang Jaya at 18.30) !  

Travel Itnerary (Day 3): Danga Bay, Johor Baru > Pontian Kechil > Batu Pahat > Taman Equine > Subang Jaya (my home place), approx 375km. 

Johor Baru > Pontian > Batu Pahat
> Taman Equine > Subang Jaya (375km)

1) Early morning walk (07.00) in Food Street adjacent to the Beletime Danga Bay Mall, Johor Bahru prior to breakfast. 

2) Breakfast (07.15 > 07.45) in Restoran Syed Ali, Commercial Street, Country Garden, Danga Bay, Johor Bahru, Johor, savoured Indian food ie tosai, chapati, hot coffee & tea, total food bill Rm14.50 (US$3.30, for a table of 3) prior to hotel check-out. 

3) Early hotel check-out (08.30) after a cosy & enjoyable 2 nights stay in Danga Bay. 

4) Danga Bay, Johor Bahru > Pontian Kechil, my hometown (car journey approx 50km), a leisure drive along the main trunk roads, a feeling of homecoming, reminiscing the Good Old Days of my childhood & schooling years (1950 > 1968), echoing this song lyrics "country roads take me home to the place I belong" !

5) Pontian Kechil, Johor  (my home town) - a costal town located in the south-west of the state of Johor in Peninsula Malaysia, nearby touristy places are Kukup (fishing village), Pekan Nanas & Ayer Baloi (pineapples cultivation). 

6) Kedai Biskut Chai Huat Heng, Jalan Kampung, Pontian Kechil, Johor - each of us bought an assorted packs of walnut biscuit (Rm8.00) / green bean pastry (@Rm4.50) from this 80 years old (since 1943) family owned bakery / confectionery shop, make & sell a variety of Teochew traditional bakeries ! 

7) Ah Chuan Pontian Wanton Noodle, Kampung Attap, Pontian Kechil, Johor - established since 1948, one of my favorite noodle stalls (childhood days) in Pontian, each of us savoured a bowl of Pontian-style tomato sauce wanton noodle (Rm6 = US$1.35) - a taste down the memory lane (almost 60 years) for three of us who spent our childhood & teenage years (1950's & 1960's) in this coastal town in Johor ! 

8) Si Hai Long Wang Temple, Jalan Pantai, Batu Pahat, Johor - one of Batu Pahat's most beautiful landmark, located approx 2km from the city center, unique architecture, picturesque Batu Pahat riverside, calm ambience, my group's first time visit !   

9) Batu Pahat River & Riverside, Si Hai Long Wang Temple, Batu Pahat, Johor. 

10) Taman Rekreasi Tasik Y, Batu Pahat, Johor - suburban park / garden featuring a man-made lake & jogging path, a playground & dinosaur sculptures, a short visit ! 

10) Lunch break (13.30 > 14,00) in Banang Hawker Centre in Taman Banang, Batu Pahat residential area, Johor  

Rojak Rm6 (US$1.35)

Fish Ball Glass Noodle Rm7 (US$1.60)

11) Town centre, suburban & countryside scenery (Muar > Tangkak, Johor) as viewed from a moving car !