Sunday, October 23, 2011

Kota Tinggi, Malaysia

Chilled breeze, thick green palm plantations on both sides, Slight drizzle, beautiful blue sky, curious monkeys that get onto the road then and now to find out who's driving that Mercedes-Benz!


Over the weekend, we drove to Kota Tinggi from Singapore, as we had planned earlier this month. Kota Tinggi is located in the Johor state of Malaysia.The above is a short description of the scenery during the road trip. I'v been on a couple of road trips to Malaysia with each having its own beauty, but this one is classic. Coming from a country like Singapore where we have such a busy schedule for running errands, this trip was indeed a bliss. In actual fact, I'v never really got a chance to play in a water fall, though I'v just visited a couple of ones like Hogenakkal in India.

We treated our hungry belly to a delicious Malay food for lunch upon reaching Johor City. Oh between, note the change here when comparing to Singapore. In Malaysian food court stalls, the dishes are neatly arranged facing the customers where one can help himself to serve what he wants and then they charge according to what he has chosen. And obviously for the food that requires to be made on the spot after the order, the same doesn't apply.


After a satisfying lunch,we headed to the water falls which is around 42 km away from the city.The entrance fee was RM-10 per person and RM-5 for the car.We parked our car at a convenient location and then headed to the water fall area. As we walked up the cold, thick bed of water sheet which was molded by slippery rocks, we reached the area where the silver colored water beautifully fell onto the rocks. We made ourselves comfortable by sitting on a rock where the chilled water fell on our back/head. I am sure that the $150 worth body massage that you get at a Massage parlor is nothing compared to the pleasure of this natural way of body massage!


My sister and mom had a tired face after a busy schedule and a sleepless night the previous day. You must have seen them right after taking a dip in the water fall! It was a little slice of heaven that gave us instant happiness. It was a very short, pleasant trip!

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