the southwestern johor ride- 25th feb 06, 5th march 06

the last two weeks were spent out at south-western johor riding around and trying to, as much as possible, find some interesting scenic place to take photos.

jeram batu is a favorite of mine having my first ever ride with the kruzers and an actual ride off the road. i bet u cannot imagine a GSXR 1000 wheeling off with us one moment at the trunk roads, ended with his tires caked in mud and the rear hugger choked with the brownish goo. i rem i had a pic of him coming out of the bushes with brown tires (just dunno where it is now). respect.

beach side deros soaking in the sun

anyway, i wanted to run along the pontian to kukup section, looking for possible entries to the straits of malacca running parallel to the road. actually, there were many, but a big white sign proclaiming rekreasi sg rambah prompted the turn. a 100m stretch of baby fist sized rocks didn't seem to suggest that there was a properly paved road inside which lead to the look out point. it was low tide during the both times i was there. we scrambled down the rocks to the "beach" and isaac was pleasantly surprised to find oysters there. without a thot, he was digging and eating them fresh from the rocks.

picking oysters

it was only an hour ago that we were enjoying a pot of bak kut teh at pekan nanas and the ride to the first stop was basically filled with cars. something i do not enjoy with the old malaysian highways. at least the off beaten tracks more than made up for it.

sg rambah
next to the beach
the cow trail (which we went the following week)

the cow trail

went back this way the first time round

this time round, we ventured deeper into the unknown, safe in the fact that if we kept the sea on our right, we wouldn't be lost. soon, we realised it was a cow's trail as it was littered with dung and the potholes in the 10 inch wide trail (at some parts) were totally hiden in the undergrowth. in fact, we were within breathing distance with a lone brave cow while the rest kept a distance away. isaac on his shadow 750 sped right ahead in his typical take it all spirit. he is a man who takes even his over 300kg valkyrie off road, so riding with such company really showed me that sometimes, the type of bike u ride doesn't matter.

riding in

david trailing

the cows
myself

tanjung piai was next and it sits as one of johor's national parks. it also comes with a tag of being mainland asia's southern most tip. 3 years ago, about 16 pple crowded up an observation tower at the southern most tip with vegetation surrounding us. today, the sea has crept up to the foot of the tower and much of the vegetation was cleared to build a concrete platform for pple to fish. a corny erection of a globe also stands on the concrete platform.

tanjung piai

by this time, it was approaching lunch and so we headed back towards pendas for lunch. jeram batu was given a miss given the time constraints, but nevertheless, we'll be back.....next week, lobster lunch + beer at sungei rengit!!! sedap!

something we didnt do the second time round..kekek