Category: Johor

  • Pontian Kecil Hotel Deals Finder

    Pontian Hotel Deals Finder
    Pontian Hotel Deals Finder

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    Few visitors to Pontian realise is a district in Johor where its two coastal towns are named Pontian Besar and Pontian Kecil. Ironically, Pontian Kecil is the larger town and administrative capital of the district. It is famous for seafood, just like Kukup, further down south. Drive even further down the coastal road heading south and you will reach Tanjung Piai at the tip. It is Asia’s southernmost point on mainland Asia continent.

    Being a former fishing village, Pontian Kecil is famous for seafood. I hunted down one of its famous wonton noodles stalls. Sin Kee served the noodles with tomato ketchup. The use of tomato sauce is possibly influenced by the town’s proximity to Singapore. Pontian region was also, once upon a time, the largest exporter of pineapples in the world.

    I loved chilling out under the casuarina trees at the stalls at the breezy esplanade and watching the sunset by the sea. It was beautiful, making Pontian of the most under rated travel and adventure destinations.

    There are many hotels in Pontian Kecil. Find a good deal here:



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  • Aman Sari Hotel Desaru

    Sun painting shadows on windy Desaru beach
    Sun painting shadows on windy Desaru beach
     My JB friend Sharon Teo pursuing macro photography on Desaru beach.
    My JB friend Sharon Teo pursuing macro photography on Desaru beach.

    My Kokomo.

    Someone booked the Amansari Hotel in Bandar Penawar Desaru recently. I don’t know who it was. Normally, friends who booked will tell me in private but is non-obligatory.

    Desaru is pronounxwd as Day Sar Roo.

    Coincidentally, I wrote about my liking of the beach recently too. Desaru went through a ‘renaissance’ after the opening of the highway from JB. Unlike Bali, the 22 km of beach here has no rowdy drunk Aussie tourists, as told to me by Rian Maelzer, who visited Kuta after Ubud.

    There are no beach bars or peddlers with an ice box here, fortunately. Still unspoiled like how it was when it captivated a handful of Singaporeans in the 80s. The tranquility may be shattered soon.. I hope not. A massive refinery and petrochemical complex is being developed in Pengerang town at the southern Johor tip facing Singapore. Singaporean cycling friends reported seeing heavy heavy vehicle traffic on the old truck road.

    There are a dozen other Desaru hotels listed at MyCen Hotels.

    Kokomo is a fictional place as sung in the hit song Kokmo by the Beach Boys. It supposedly is in the Caribbean or off the Florida Keys

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