East Coast Trip Itinerary 2019

February 19, 2019 by LerLer Chan

6 February 2019, Wednesday (初二）

10:00 am start preparing luggage

01:00 pm depart to Mersing

04:00 pm stop by Xiang Guo Bakery Cake House in Mersing for a tea break

05:10 pm reach grandma house

06:00 pm have an evening stroke around the area

07:30 pm dinner with family members and relatives

10:00 pm rest time

7 February 2019, Thursday （初三）

06:00 am wake up

07:30 am breakfast with grandma

08:00 am help grandma to pluck lime and other fruits

09:00 am I have a shock of my life. Mr. Ang buys 30 packets of nasi lemak, 12 packets of mee siam and a big tray of Malay pastry for breakfast.

10:00 am depart to Kuantan

12:30 noon reach Teluk Cempaka for lunch

03:00 pm check in Vistana Hotel, Kuantan

05:00 pm swimming

06:30 pm tour around Kuantan for dinner

07:00 pm stop by foud court 88 for dinner

09:00 pm rest

8 February 2019, Friday （初四）

06:30 am wake up

07:00 am depart to Sungai Lembing

08:00 am breakfast at Sungai Lembing.

09:00 am depart to Sungai Pandan Waterfall

09:15 am have fun at Sungai Pandan Waterfall

10:40 am depart to Kuantan

11:30 am reach the hotel and clean up

12:30 noon check out hotel

12:40 pm lunch at Bay Leaf Steak House

01:30 pm depart to Mersing

03:45 pm meet up with the parent in Endau’s market

05:00 pm reach Kluang and check in Merdeka hotel

06:30 pm have a stroke around hotel

07:00 pm dinner at BW cafe, Kluang

09:00 pm rest

9 February 2019, Saturday （初五）

07:00 am breakfast at the hotel

08:00 am rest due to diarrhea

10:30 am depart to Johor Bahru

12:00 noon reach Johor Bahru

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Nature Lover Travel Guides in Mersing, Johor

March 30, 2016March 24, 2016 by LerLer Chan

Mersing is Mr. Ang’s grandparent hometown. Now we will often go back Mersing to visit relatives. As a travel blogger like me, I will start to explore the hidden gem in Mersing. Since last year, Mr Ang and I have been driving around this place. We did not look up the internet for any information. In my opinion, it is more fun to explore the place like a local. This post is focusing on the natural scenery around Mersing.

1) Gunung Arong

Gunung Arong is one of the top 10 must hike hill in Malaysia. The beautiful south china sea can be viewed from the view point. As the hill is facing south china sea, hiker can often feel the breeze. To add on, it is very easy to hike.
Link: Hike Gunung Arong

2) Paddy Field in Air Papan

Gunung_Arong_Johor_193 — Paddy Field at Air Papan

Sekinchan is famous for it cast and boundless paddy field view. Mersing has its own paddy field too. The paddy field have a hill as the backdrop. We recently found out this beautiful paddy field. You can find this vast paddy field while on the way to Dataran Air Papan.

Google Map:https://goo.gl/maps/p567q49ov4u
GPS:2.50465,103.8231226

3) Dataran Air Papan

Air Papan beach is a long coast line facing South China Sea. Local like to picnic at this area. As the coastline is more than 1km, there are many resorts by the beach too.

Google Map:https://goo.gl/maps/61k5cRPirXq
GPS:2.5160102,103.8291432

4)Roller Skate at Dataran Endau

Dataran Endau is 34km from Mersing town. The journey took around 30 to 40 minutes. During night time, Dataran Endau is a great place to hang out. Local parent often bring their kids to play roller skate. The roller skate have led light on it. Parent can observe their kids in the big field. THe roller skate can be rent at RM5 per 30 minutes.

Hike Gunung Arong, Mersing, Johor

February 19, 2016 by LerLer Chan

9 February 2016

Gunung Arong is recently listed as the TOP 10 must hike hill in Peninsular Malaysia on Says.com. As our hobby is hiking, we do a lot of research before we hike. Why do we choose Gunung Arong to hike?

Gunung Arong is just 40 minutes away from Mersing town. it is only 1.5 hours to 2 hours from Johor Bahru.
On good weather, we can see the beautiful sea view from the mountain view point.
The hiking trail is relatively easy to hike
It is very windy during our hike.
Good seafood meal around Mersing town after the hike (the most important reason)

PS: please remember to get hiking permit. We have been warned by local villagers. T.T

Gunung_Arong_Johor_040 — The sea view from the mountain is very beautiful. However, it is too misty on the day we hike.

After driving 1.5hr from Johor Bahru to Tanjung Resang, we still not able to find the village road leading to the Gunung Arong. Around 10:00am, we stopped by Tanjung Resang Resort for the road map.

Road Map to Gunung Arong Base Camp

1) Set Tanjung Resang on WAZE app or Google Map on your smart phone. You will reach to a “t” junction.

2) Turn into this village road when you see this sign board. Until this day, I still don't know the road name. The villagers just said "Jalan itu" — 2) Turn into this village road when you see this sign board. Until this day, I still don’t know the road name. May be is Jalan Marris.

Gunung_Arong_Johor_106 — 3) Drive along the path until you reach a “Y” junction. You will see a little shop house as the image above. Drive on the right road. Follow the red arrow (Drawn by LerLer).

4) You will see oil palm plantation around you as you drive down the road. After the oil palm plantation, you will see secondary forest as shown above.

5) You will see the base camp. Park your car near the resting hut.

The Hiking Journey with Detail

1) The Gunung Arong hiking entrance. Please try to get the hiking permit before your hiking day. PS: We have been warned by the local villagers.

Gunung_Arong_Johor_030 — 2) The first 300m of the hiking path is quite steep. Please use the rope along the hiking path

Gunung_Arong_Johor_036 — 3) There are many big rocks along the hiking trait. Thus, the mountain will be closed during raining season.

Gunung_Arong_Johor_055 — 4) My hiking speed is realtively slow. I take 45 minutes to reach Gunung Arong view point.

Gunung_Arong_Johor_057 — 5) We enjoy our tea break at this resting house.

Gunung_Arong_Johor_079 — 6) Due to the bad weather, we do not hike to Teluk Gorek sea side. We hike back the old path. I just love this big tree structure.

Gunung_Arong_Johor_088 — 6) After 30 minutes hiking, we reach back the base camp. We rest beside the small water fall.

How to Apply Hiking Permit in Johor

1) Visit Johor Forestry Website.

Image Credit: www.johor.forestry.gov.my

2) Contact East Johor District Forest Office at +607-7981 030 / +607-799 3363. Please try to get someone to speak Malay language to contact the forest officer. The office’s operating hour is Tuesday to Thursday, 8am to 4pm for smooth procedure

PS: Monday is the forest maintenance day. Friday is Muslim prayer day. I tried to contact them on weekend (Saturday and Sunday) but never success.
3) Submit or fax at +607-7995 352 the hikers’ detail to the East Johor District Forest Office (Pejabat Hutan Johor Timur)

Name
IC Number( for Malaysian) / Passport number (for non-Malaysian)
Address
Contact number
Name of the next of kin
Contact number of the next of kin

4) Hiking permit fee is RM10.00 (include GST) per person (as per February 2016 charges). The officer will give you the payment detail.

5) If you want to save the forest permit application, please contact Mr. Zaharudin. His part-time job is mountain guide around Endau Forest.

Mountain Guide: Encik Zaharudin
Tel: +6019-789-8298 / +6019-723-9504