Journey to KL - Day 5

Finally we reached the last day of visiting Malaysia, we began with breakfast, not in the hotel, but at Alor street visited our favourite foodstall which sold prata with curry. Teh tarik (literally pulled tea or 拉茶 in Mandarin) was our selection to drink. It is prepared using a unique technique. The tea is poured from a hand held high into a container held in a hand below. The tea is poured back and forth in this manner to create a thick froth. Aside from cooling down the tea to drinking temperatures, it is believed that this method mixes the tea with the condensed milk more thoroughly. The main ingredients are tea and condensed milk. Ginger water may also be added to form teh halia, or ginger tea. It has become the de facto national drink of Malaysia. It’s cheap, only cost 3RM for food and drink. It’s very yummy especially for the prata, we bought some to eat along the journey back to Batam


Going back to hotel, we had satiated with the breakfast then we started bringing down the stuffs from the hotel room. The lift was full with us and all of the luggages. What’s a surprised that our hunting for souvenirs and snacks quite a lot. Each of us had to bring the backpack and 2 more bags. Lucky that there was a man in our group, but poor him, because he was the only man, he had to carry the box full of chocolate, it’s quite big and heavy (more than 10 kgs). He looked like a labour who went home from abroad  By cab we went toward the Pasarakyat Bus Terminat at. No 10, Ground Floor Jalan Melati off Jalan Imbi / Jalan Tun Razak 55100 Kuala Lumpur, phone: +603 2141 1771. We entered a nice cold waiting lounge decorated with Ikea furniture and glassware providing snacks and drinks while waiting for the bus departure. Before departing, we put all stuffs into the bus baggage, we still had time to take pictures around the bus.

The Transtar double deck bus was very big, but it only contained 16 passengers. We didn’t know that we would get the first class bus, it cost S$42 more expensive than our bus from Singapore to KL (S$33). Of course this one was more luxury and convenient, in each seat there was a 10 inch LCD TV set with your own set headphones, so we can tune into our favourite shows, listening music or even playing game. The leather seat was ergonomic with ultra spacious leg room, you can straighten your legs, it also had massage features device to knead away any tension during the trip that made you more relax and comfortable. All of passengers seat were on the top deck, while at the bottom deck, there was a spacious room providing a big screen with a long table and sofa to be utilized for either meeting or leisure such as karaoke. During the trip, a handsome young stewardess served us with snack, drink and meal (spaghetti). I was still full with breakfast, so I had my meal for lunch. We were lucky that we’d got the front seat, so we could enjoy the scenery along the trip.

Passing the immigration post in KL was ok, but at the next immigration post in Singapore it’s rather troublesome, because we had to bring down all of the stuffs including luggage through the immigration by ourselves. It’s very heavy and troublesome, we need to queue quite long although there were many lines open for checking. The bus dropped us in front of Golden Mile shopping mall in Singapore, actually it’s near Lavender MRT station, but we decided to take a taxi to Harbourfront Center, because of our stuffs. Arriving at Harbourfront Center we checked in at the boat ticket booth on the second floor of the mall. Lucky that we could drop our luggages, so we got a chance to explore the Vivo mall while waiting for the boat. From Harbourfront terminal to go to Batam Center took around an hour, our colleagues in Batam were kind enough to pick us up from the terminal to the hotel.

Finally our adventurer journey was ended, with so many unforgettable memories. Our legs were painful, but we were glad that we had visited many places in 2 countries with a limited budget, and we still could bring back some snacks and souvenirs. So many stories and pictures could be shared with our friends and relatives.