Our travel guide said not it was not a good idea to travel across the border into Malaysia on a weekend as the border crossing would be extremely busy and there may be trouble getting hotels.
So, on Saturday, we left our hotel at 10.15am to cross the border!
We took the train and then bus to the border. Emmigration was very fast. Back onto another bus to cross the causeway into Malaysia. It was busy and we had to stand all the way. Although again it was a very hot day, the air conditioning on the bus did keep it reasonably cool.
Immigration into Malaysia was very fast, we then got on another local bus into Johor Bahru (Kotaraya) bus station where Avis car hire was based.
Things were going really well.
Then, went off to get Malaysian cash. Trouble, after walking around for a long time, it was only after the 4th cashpoint that would give money.
But, worst of all, no hire cars available due to big event in Kuala Lumpa.
Things not going well,
We were thinking of devising a plan B that would keep us in JB until Monday.
But, girl in Avis had still been trying to get us a car and had found one with another company but it was at the airport so we took a taxi to pick it up.
Things going well now, although running a bit late.
We exchanged text messages with Claire as she had access to the internet to look for a hotel for us in Melaka.
Things not going well.
Although Claire could find some hotels, she was unable to book any but did give us the names and addresses of where we should look. This was a great help.
By now it was getting dark and we had to deal with the one way systems and only had a small map to find the hotel area.
We eventually found a hotel Claire had recommended and took the last room.
Things going well.
The hotel is in the Chinatown area. This area is alive with tourists and locals. Being Saturday night some of the roads nearby were closed to traffic and were now full of market stalls and people. The area was buzzing.
Inside our hotel, it is very tranquil with little courtyards open to the sky, tropical plants, fishpond and a piano in reception.
This area is experiencing an upturn in popularity giving something different to the normal type of chain hotels.
We have decided to stay in this area for about 5 days before driving up to Kuala Lumpa for a couple of days and then its onto Indonesia.
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