Johor Bahru Trip

Travel Date: Saturday, 22 June 2013 - Tuesday, 25 June 2013
Places of interest: ~ Legoland Malaysia : http://www.legoland.com.my/
                            ~ Little Big Club : http://www.playtime.com.my/little-big-club
                            ~ Johor Premium Outlet : http://www.premiumoutlets.com.my/
Airport: Senai International Airport : http://senaiairport.com/index.asp
Airline: AirAsia : http://www.airasia.com/id/id/home.page
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Airline
So let's start from getting the airfare. I got a bargain airfare from AirAsia (http://www.airasia.com/id/id/home.page), a budget airline and the only one that offers direct flight from Jakarta to Johor Bahru. For 2 adults and 1 child, along with the baggage (depart with 30kgs and return with 55kgs) and meal, I paid approximately Rp. 2.300.000 (USD 230). Isn't it crazy???!!! When you fly with budget airline, there are several things you need to put attention. Try to book the passengers at once along with the baggage allowance, as you can merge the baggage allowances for each person. So, if one got overweight, those who still have some spare weight are able to cover it. Otherwise, the overweight cost is pretty expensive. And don't forget all the troublesome of paying it, going back and forth to the counter. You want to have an enjoyable, fun, and relaxing trip, right? :) But, don't worry about weighing the stroller...it's FREE! Yeay! Just FYI, I ordered extra meals from the flight just in case we were too tired to get out of hotel or whatever reason.

Airport

Then finally we arrive at Senai International Airport (http://senaiairport.com/index.asp). It was a small airport with only four boarding gates, same arrival and departure area. The immigration gates are located fairly close so you wouldn't have a hard time looking for it. Once you finished with the immigration, you head down stairs to pickup your luggage, then find your transportation. There are several methods from renting car, taxi, to bus. We chose taxi. Still inside the building, there is a taxi counter. Just tell them where you are heading and pay the predefined fare to them and nothing else to the taxi driver except the payment slip. My hotel was 30 minutes away and it cost me RM44, at first. Ha! It got you thinking what happened right?! So once I headed to my taxi they couldn't fit my luggage to the sedan type taxi. The taxi coordinator told me to go to the counter again, ask for bigger taxi, and pay additional 50% of my taxi fare. I gotta admit I was kinda irritated. I had my husband to look after aL and the luggage. 

Taxi

So we got the taxi, had a nice driver, chatted to us along the way. As I noticed, there was no meter on the taxi. I asked the driver about it and he told us that this particular taxi only operates to and from airport. For other routes there are two types of taxi differentiated by red color for regular fare and blue for executive taxi. The blue taxi cost almost double to the red one. The taxi driver gave us his card in case we had a hard time getting taxi for our way back to the airport and gave us the same fare for return. Which we did gave him a call for our return trip to the airport. 

Hotel

Finally we arrived at our hotel (http://www.m-suites.com) at almost 5pm (we arrived at 4ish). The name is M Suites Hotel, it has the feeling of an old hotel where some parts have been refurbished. The receptionists were friendly and very accommodating. I asked for a room facing to the Danga Bay, so we would have a little bit of view. The room was fairly big for a studio room. It has kitchenette, but no cutlery whatsoever. But they provided electric water kettle, cups, and tea coffee set. The bathroom is good size, has bathtub, and all the amenities. We spent the rest of the afternoon in the room, settling, and getting prepared for the next day. For the room package, I chose the 2D/1N Legoland package and additional 2 nights on its own. The Legoland Package included the return transport, tickets, and room. It was a pretty good deal.