Mid Valley MegaMall

Location: Petaling Jaya.
Date: 18th December 2010
GPS Co-ordinates : N03 07.053  E101 40.659

After our Ikea shopping yesterday, we proceeded to our next favourite shopping area that's Mid Valley Megamall. Lucky we arrived early at Mid Valley around 1100 hrs as later on the parking lots were full!!! As it's still christmas season therefore have plenty of christmas decorations and lightings surrounds the Mega Mall area.

Photo taken at the entrance of Mid Valley MegaMall

My Family had our fun of walking and walking for hours and our legs can hardly moves anymore so we call it a day and started our journey back to Johor Bahru (estimated 350 km) at around 1600 hrs.

Conclusion : Good place for shopping and still remains our favourite shopping centre.

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Ikea Damansara

Location : Damansara, PJ
Date: 17th December 2010
GPS Co-ordinates : N03 09.385  E101 36.776

This month's trip is to go window shopping in Petaling Jaya. Our first stop was IKEA Damansara, Petaling Jaya. IKEA is well-known for their furnitures and household accessories so we decided to travel around 360km for it from Johor Bahru. Our last visit to IKEA Damansara was around 8-9 years ago therefore we are making this trip to feast our eyes and new concepts of furnitures and accessories.

Their furnitures ranges from households to office/business usages with wide ranges..really feast our eyes.

Their study rooms decorations was nice...look at the big lighted ceiling ball!...nice!.

My wife loves their kitchen decorations and accessories.

Look..they also have toys sections!!!!

Now we travelled from their show rooms to their warehouse area (as background shown).

We have exited from IKEA Mall and continued our window shopping at the outside mall IKANO (outside IKEA shopping area)

My princess waited for sometime for this photo taking as got other kid refused to leave the toy house and we came back for the photo taking after our dinner.

My family total spent around 6 hours at IKEA shopping Mall plus outside mall.

Conclusions: Very good feasting for our eyes and new concepts at IKEA.

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Tiram Fishing & Resort

Location: Sungai Johor (Off Sungai Layang).
12-13th November 2010
GPS co-ordinates : N01 35.884  E103 58.600

This trip we are enroute to our fishing kelong called Tiram Fishing & Resort which floats in the middle of Sungai Johor, off Sungai Layang.

That's the kelong's boat parking bay.......

Once entered the kelong, we report ourselves to the admin counter:

After we had finished checking in, we proceed to our room:

Each room consists of 2 single beds and one wall fan.

Now let's check out the kelong's facilities and their surroundings:

The kelong actually breed fishes in the cages and once big enough in size, they will be sold to the market.

Photos showing the fishes in cages and others.

The Kelong has a long and big jetty which can accommodate around 50-75 person fishing per time:

Views from outside our room...which we can actually fish from the walkway itself:

Photo taken from the same pathway to our room which is also another fishing spot:

OK..now it's fishing time.....

Even my little princess also takes up her position to fish... hahaha...she's just 4 years plus old but definitely into the sport as well.

My wife making her fishing rounds:

If you're tired, no worries, there's resting hammock where my little princess took her nap after tiring fishing day:

Part of our bait consists of "live prawns" which the kelong provides and sold at 50cent per prawn.

Now come nightfall and we still continues our fishing challenges:

Author has caught a stingray or ikan pari and had released back to the river.

Photos taken outside our room during night

Now it's late around 1+ am and everyone's tired....but still has the fishing mood therefore resting on the hammock...while awaiting for fishes to bite our baits.

Pictures taken round view of kelong at boat view level:

Group photo taken the next day before we left the kelong.

Conclusion:

Charges: RM20/pax per day (inclusive of boat ride transfers).

Room Charges: RM40/room (2 beds + fan)

Mosquito infestation : Moderate high

Wind conditions: very windy during day time but not much breeze during night.

Value for Money : 4/5

Mosquito: 3/5

Fun: 3.5/5

Friendliness : 3.5/5

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