Lien Hoe Complex on Fire! Taman Sentosa, Johor Bahru

Lien Hoe Complex (N1°29.507' E103°46.132') located at Taman Sentosa, Johor Bahru.
When I reached there (2245hrs), the fire already started from the middle of the top floor of the complex. And it's spread very fast to both side......(The South wing which is facing Jalan Sutera 3)
As you can visualize the situation from the photos below.......

It's started here.....

Then spread to the right.....

And left....

Fire Brigade arrived.....the Sky Lift in action!

After about 15 minutes, we heard a huge explosion from the top and the fire spread rapidly to the right!

The photo above was the second explosion!

The Fireman surround only watching the flame and can't do anything on it. I believe there's no casualty in this incident.

The shops below also became the victims of the fire because of all the debris drop from the top floor. Peoples around the area are busy taking pictures of the building!



The Police (with machine gun?!) only arrived about 30 minutes later......some said he gotta take care of the Money Changer Stall beside the building carefully! Haha!

After about one hour 30 minutes burning, it's start to slow down (The time was 0030hrs). I believe it's burn everything on the top floor and left nothing behind!

Can you tell me what is the phone number?

At last, we saw this 'Penang Famous Rojak' uncle and reminds us......we are hungry!! Haha!

For more information, please read the local newspaper tomorrow.

* The above pictures are taking from Nokia 2MP Camera Phone.

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Firefly at Kota Tinggi, Johor.

This is one of the Tourist Attraction at Kota Tinggi Town.
It's located at the Johor River bank after the bridge. Once you pass the bridge of K.Tinggi, turn right and find your way to the riverbank (N1°43.588' E103°53.992'). You will notice the Jetty looks like the picture below.....

If my memory serve me right, the boat ride is 45 minutes (after 8pm) and MYR15.00 per person (I forgot the fare for children, sorry). It's about 5-10 minutes from the Jetty to the Firefly area. The boatman also is your tour guide. He will explain everything about the Firefly and also the rules & regulation.

I can't provide the pictures about the Firefly because of my poor photography skill....Apologies....

While on the way back, the boatman will stop at one of the tree which is home of the OWL. Before the boat reach the Jetty while on the way back, he will make an u-turn under the Kota Tinggi Bridge and surprise you with FULL of Swallow bird nest! Yes, it's all under the bridge.
Then you will end the journey of the boat ride.

The Rules :-
1) Do not catch the Firefly (You can temporary catch it, but have to let it go before the boat reach the jetty)
2) Do not use your camera 'Flash' (because you will "kill" the firefly)

During the Johor Flood on 2006, the boat owner had volunteery make use of his boats for Rescue purpose. Kudo's to the Boss!!

Related posts :-
* Hike on Mountain (Gunung) Panti, Kota Tinggi, Johor.
* Hiker Guide on Gunung (Mount.) Panti, Johor
* Riverside Restaurant, Kota Tinggi, Johor

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Riverside Restaurant, Kota Tinggi, Johor

After the Mount Panti hiking, all of us were hunger for foods!!
Not waste our time, we headed to this Riverside Seafood Restaurant (N1°43.563' E103°54.720') at Kota Tinggi for our lunch.
The Restaurant located along the Kota Tinggi bypass expressway.

On the signage, the restaurant also provided boat trip for the Firefly watching.
Foods are ordered by our leader, and we only wait.....most of us finish '2' cans of '100 Plus' before the foods serve.

The dishes of our lunch were :-
1) Fish Head Soup
2) Wild boar cooked with ginger
3) Hot plate Tou-fu
4) Vege cooked with Balacan
5) Omelette

All I can say......the Fish Head Soup was Superb!!!
You got to try it if you happen to be here. Good recommendation from our leader. Others are above average.

My apologies for not taking any photos, because I was too hungary!

The total the damage : MYR25.00 per adult. Children - Free!
I rated : 4/5 (Especially the soup)

Related posts :-
* Hike on Mountain (Gunung) Panti, Kota Tinggi, Johor.
* Hiker Guide on Gunung (Mount.) Panti, Johor
* Firefly at Kota Tinggi, Johor.
* 2nd visit to Riverside Seafood Restaurant at Kota Tinggi, Johor.

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Photo Of The Day #2

Wordless Friday......

Photo taken during my hike to Mount Panti.

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Hike on Mountain (Gunung) Panti, Kota Tinggi, Johor.

A hike after more than 25 years....I took the chance to join the hiking group to Gunung (Mount) Panti, Johor. There were total of 36 hikers (age between 6 - 50 years old) included the children. Some of them are the frequent hikers for this mountain. We started our journey on 9:30am......

The read arrow show the peak of the mountain

We park our cars at the specific area (N1°48.564' E103°51.072'). We took 30 minutes for preparing....and started our journey to the peak of Mount Panti.

Our leader (Teck) doing short briefing before the journey...

Everyone's get ready.....

The trail condition of the day...

This was also a family outing, you can see there were few families came with their family members.....

The trail started...

Ascending.......

Obstacle....(It's were everywhere)

Our first stop at altitude 85 meter...

This forest wasn't that thick, we saw sunlight most of the time...

As you can see the trail was keep on ascending, the leaders of our group were taking good care of those slow mover....and they make sure everyone reached the rest point before we continue our journey....

The second stop at the altitude 150 meter...

After about 1 hour 30 minutes, all the 36 hikers reach the exciting part of the mountain, the last path to the peak. It's actually a big rock to climb! (about 10 meter high)
The steps were narrow and slippery, it's only 'rope' for you to hold. The group of 7-8 experience hikers are standing by at the different danger cliffs to guide others hikers to pass through this rock climbing session. I really like the Team Spirits and the moment we got over this session!!

The kids are ready to climb, surprisingly the youngest hiker was only 6 years old!! YES, she's only 6 years old!

After the big rock, you will come to a narrow space to continue the climbing without a proper trail....basically, it's still climb on the rock but in smaller scale.....
We took about one hour to help all the young and old hikers to pass through this session. And continue about 20 meters, we reached the Peak of Mountain Panti!! (Total time for 36 hikers - 2 hours 30 minutes)

The children and others were celebrate their successful moment!!

The height of the mountain is 250 meters. But my GPS shows 280 meters and my Casio Protrek watch shows 490 meters! I'm not sure which is correct!?

Female photographer...

Our leader explaining the trail...

"If you like to hike the opposite mountain, I can arrange..." the leader said...

The boy who bite by the leeches....actually the trail was full of leeches!

The way he Talk to the 'Nature'. The same way he talked to the fish.

The kids were having their Party on the Peak!

She was the 6 years old - Youngest Hiker Of The Group!

Anyone want water? I have plenty!! Let me squeeze... :)

I Love the 'Moss'!!



Closer look!
Even they are not as much as Mossy Forest at 'Cameron Highland'

Below are the scenic view from the peak.......

The Kota Tinggi Bypass Expressway.

Below this rock, it's actually empty.....you can refer from the first picture

After an hour rest on the peak, some finished their 'Tuna Bread', some finished their 'Red Bean Bread', we preparing to get down......

We had to follow the same tough way back....

The experience Hikers gonna do their duty...

The distance from our carpark to the peak was about 4-4.5KM. The whole trip was about 9KM. I had learned something that I never read from the book.
* Friends were helping each other during the journey.....
* Take small step as you can, avoid all the big step during your journey...
* Don't breath from your mouth, but from your noose...

* Lastly, LOVE and protect the nature!

After all of us descending and reached the carpark, I realised that how much I LOVE the flat ground!! It's took us 2 hours......
Myself was totally exhausted! Most of us rest for about 45 minutes and proceed for our lunch, I took one hour......(That was about 3pm in the evening)

This was the time I learned to climb!! Hopefully it's not too late......

* According to the History.....during the Second World War, the peak of the mountain was the British Military Base as a Observation Tower.

Related post :-
* Camping at Mount. Ophir (Gunung Ledang), Johor

* Mount Ophir (Gunung Ledang) Re-Open

* Firefly at Kota Tinggi, Johor.
* Riverside Restaurant, Kota Tinggi, Johor
* Hike on Mount. Ophir (Gunung Ledang), Johor
* The Hike of Chang and friends at Gunung Panti, Johor

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