15-16th October 2010
GPS Co-ordinates : N01 35.359 E104 00.785
Wah, finally another mid of the month which mean i am going for my next adventure trip again. This time we are going to the Johor Lama for a night stay at Bob Homestay. Travelling from JB to destination takes around an hour and 10 minutes or so depending on the traffic and vehicle speed. We are travelling around 80-90km averagely.
Once you reach the Johor Lama, the Johor River Mouth (Sungai Johor) one can see that it's a fishing village. Estimated the whole village have got around 52 houses only. It may not look populated area but it's definitely has it's charm.
Pictures taken at the surroundings of the Johor Lama Jetty and its signboard.
After travelling straight from the fishing village or jetty, we reached our destination: Bob's Homestay.
Now we reached and checked in the riverside chalet (chalet on the riverside), time to check around the places.......
This is the riverside chalet that we had checked in. Noticed that it has a jetty joining up to it therefore it's very convenient for us to fish as well. Our main motive this trip : Fishing!!!!
Now let's check our rooms...
Pictures taken inside our first floor rooms, 2 bedrooms with dressing table + TV and of course personal toilet with hot showers. Boy...their water pressures was very very good!!!!! as good as 5 star hotel's water pressure!!!! Total 4 queen size beds (2 downstairs and 2 upstairs) to accommodate 8 pax).
Balcony of our riverside chalet.
Picture of the main entrance pathway to our riverside chalet (on right side of the photo is our riverside chalet) which leads to our personal jetty!!!! Wow!!!!
Ok...now to go out to check the surrounding areas...
For budget travellers, this a simple bed where one can sleep and enjoy the riverside breeze.
There's a few type of the chalet available depending on your taste as well.
There's even wadding pool for kids...
Photos of their leisure equipments.
Testing out their leisure equipments.
After checking out the surroundings....time for fishing!!!!
Our friend Jia Jing setting up his crab cage hoping to have some crabs for dinner or supper.
Jacky Wong going down the jetty setting up the crab cages.
Team effort in setting up the crab cages along the fish cages.
First catch of the day by author.... fishing line and hook....arghhhh....it's puffer fish..so we we release it back..
My wife's turn to fish as well and caught her first fish eventhough small but it's a start!.
Even my princess also took up her position and starts fishing as well.
Our friends making their fishing attempt as well.
During fishing, our friend's cowboy hat was blown away by heavy winds so we quickly rent the kayak to retrieve it!.
Finally we retrieved Jacky Wong's cowboy hat after it had drifted around 300M away from our Jetty.
Some good catches of the day, eventhough small but good quantity enough for our additional BBQ food.
My wife getting the dinner ready.
Our friend Jacky Wong starts the BBQ fire!.
Author making his main BBQ dish...grilled Lamb Chops!!!! Wow...taste really nice!.
Other BBQ food follows after the main Lamb Chops served.
ARRGGGHHHH!!!!! Power Failure.....starts around 7:30pm and luckily we are all prepared with our super bright LED camping lamps and torchlight!!!! Really gave us COLD mood into our night!!!! The electricity failure throughout the whole village and only came back around 5+am the next day!!!
Pictures of some activities during the blackout!.
Photos taken next early morning checking our crab cages... hahaha..no crabs but some fishes!!!! so all are released back with no harm.
Breakfast time....Egg + Bread + Ketchup for breakfast.
Squirrel making their morning runs...can you see where it is??? Tips...in center of the picture.
Group picture of the day!....
Conclusion:
Charges: RM270/riverside chalet for 8 pax.
BBQ Pit: RM35 (Waived by chalet as apologies for the blackout)
Kayak :RM15/per hour (twin sitter)(Waived by chalet as apologies for the blackout)
Mosquito infestation : Very High during night time (we simultaneously burnt 20x mosquito coils surround our eating area alone).
Wind conditions: Very very windy during day time but no breeze during night.
Wind conditions: Very very windy during day time but no breeze during night.
Value for Money : 3.5/5
Mosquito: 4/5
Fun: 3.5/5
Friendliness : 4/5
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