The Slug Reviews: Breezing On A Malayan Float

This is the most familiar state to a great majority of Singaporeans for the obvious reason that it is the first state one arrives at when one crosses the border.

Indeed, its capital, Johor Bahru, meaning New Johor, is a weekly stopover for thousands of Singaporeans (including us) looking for cheap petrol, groceries, food, massages, car repairs etc...

Anyone for duck rice at Meldrum Walk? RM17 (S$6.30 )for a platter for two to three.... One would have to pay such a price for a very sparse plate of duck at some places in Singapore

Indeed, we would go in a lot more frequently if not for the often seemingly interminable jams at the Causeway...

And the Second Link at Tuas....

Johor Bahru, or JB as those around here call it, is also home to two of our properties under construction. We got them in the 'Great Iskandar Rush'. Now that all the papers are talking about a property glut in JB, maybe that was not such a good idea. But all the same, we can't wait for them to be built. I hope I live long enough to step into them... Anyhow... This is Princess Cove as seen from an apartment flat in Woodlands. If things go according to plan, we should have a unit directly facing Singapore....

And this is what our apartment at Puteri Cove is supposed to look like in 2017.

Situated at Puteri Harbour, it is supposed to represent the new luxury living which is touted to SIngaporeans, luxury living that most would not be able to afford in our island... Indeed, Puteri Harbour is modelled after Keppel Bay and even at present, the signs look promising.... Check out the public marina.

While it does feed significantly off Singapoe, it would be wrong, however, to say that JB is representative of Johor. If one travels deeper into the state, one would find a fascinating and diverse array of interesting places and attractions...

Tanjong Piai, for one, is the Southern-most point of the Eurasian mainland...