JPO

When we left Rompin Friday 16 November, on our way to Johor Bahru, we stopped at Mersing town.  We drove to the jetty in town and wanted to enquire about visiting Tioman Island.  According to the travel agent there, only if the weather is permissable and the Maritime gave the green light, then only the ferry services to Tioman Island could resume. Since November and December is the monsoon season, she adviced us, if we wish to visit Tioman, to come anytime from February to October next year.  During that time, ferry services are more frequent and according to schedule.  Well, hubby please take note. ;)

So, we just lepak by the waterfront at Mersing and ate goring pisang with cendol. I also wallop the goring keledek with black cillipadi sauce.  So delicious.  Then off we drove to Johor Bharu (JB).  It was raining most of the time during the journey.  By the time we reached Pasir Gudang, it was almost 6pm.  So, we stopped at a Petronas station to do our solat.  Trafic was bad when we entered JB.  Jam everywhere. 

Since we did not make any hotel bookings, we tried our luck by just walk-in to the hotels in town.  Lucky for us, the Amansari City Hotel had rooms for us.  So we took two rooms (without connecting door).  My children said the next time we come to JB, can stay at Amansari, because they have room plus tour package to either Legoland Malaysia or Universal Studios Singapore. 

We then went to have our dinner at Sambal House, City Square JB.  Sambal House serves delicious Malay cuisine such as Nasi Lemak, Assam Pedas, Rendang ayam, lempeng, roti jala etc.  Wish they serve Laksa Johor, one of my favourite dish.  After dinner, hubby and I returned to the hotel, whilst the children went shopping at City Square and also the Uptown JB.

The next morning (Saturday 17 November), we checked out after breakfast and drove to JPO (Johor Premium Outlet).  Follow the highway to Kulai and exit just after the first toll.  Read and follow the signboard, very easy like kacang.

At JPO, we broke into two groups, me with hubby and the children by themselves.  Heyyyy, I need to be with my walking ATM (wink wink).  The boutiques here were impressive indeed.  Most are International Brands. When I saw Evita Peroni, wowwww.....I entered and bought stretchies (3 pcs) and a pony tail band.  As for the branded handbags (Fossil, Bonia.....) perhaps next time lah......Hubby said I got too many handbags already.....

As for my children, only Khairulzaman bought a pair of Adidas football shoes.  He said it was cheap here.  It started to rain when we left JPO.  It got heavier when we entered the highway. I was in snooze mode all the way to Melaka.