My Express Bus Blog

I will be taking a break and go trekking at the Pelepah/Lombong Waterfalls near Kota Tinggi Waterfalls Resort next weekend. To reach the trail to the waterfalls, we will have to take a bus to Johor Bahru Larkin Bus Terminal , then from JB Larkin take a bus to Kota Tinggi Bus Station and charter a taxi to Kota Tinggi Waterfalls Resort. Well that is the plan. I will have more information when I go and find out. Meanwhile, there is preparation and shopping to be done. I'll need a good sturdy backpack. I will probably go to Golden Mile Food Centre at Beach Road and Peninsula Plaza to shop for a comfortable lightweight backpack that is big enough to hold the 6-men tent, food and cooking pots for our dinner up at the summit. Yes, we are going camp at the summit and spend a night there - an early Christmas celebration. I was told there is a stream near the campsite and it is a nice place to enjoy the stars for city dwellers from Singapore - provided the sky clear.

With the school holidays approaching, more people are travelling. As I can see from the server statistics log that there is an increase in the number of unique visitors to my express bus travel website. In fact, there was a sharp spike in the number of visitors in the week before the Deepavali and Hari Raya holidays. With the huhah over budget airlines cooling down and the increase of fuel surcharge, more people are turning to taking the bus to Malaysia. Favourite destinations include Malacca, Kuala Lumpur and Penang

Received an email from a visitor to the website, MyExpressBus.com , commenting of the difficulty in booking bus tickets from Singapore to Malacca via the phone or Internet. I can understand how frustrated she felt when the express bus companies in Singapore did not want to accept credit card booking via phone. These bus companies are still relying on the good old method of cash payment. So if you want to pre-book your tickets, you will have to make an additional trip personally to their ticketing office. Otherwise, go to the bus terminal and risk not getting a seat. As for online booking via the Internet, the company that has such service only ply the Singapore-KL and Singapore-Petaling Jaya route at the moment. Go check www.aeroline.com.sg for latest service route. Singapore may boast to have world class land transportation - but within the island. It is time for the Singapore Tourism Board to look in modernising our outbound bus services.

I went to Kovan Hub 206 earlier today to book bus tickets to Malacca. I decided to try out this new service and take a bus to Malacca . I will be going on the 24 June and spend my weekend there with my wife - shopping. We planned to visit the night market. The place is pretty crowded on Friday and Saturday nights. We also plan to try out the food at a coffee shop near the night market. Beside the night market, we will be spending some time at Mahkota Parade as we will be staying at Century Makhota Hotel which is walking distance from the shopping complex.

It has been many months since I wrote in this blog. I was spending time updating my other blogs and neglected this one. Also, I was already getting quite a good flow of visitors to the website on express bus to Kuala Lumpur and did not see the need to update this blog. Anyway, I am excited. I going to visit Malacca. Yes, this is the third time I am going to the historical town on the west coast of Malaysia in less than 6 months. This time I am going there by bus. I intend to take an express bus from the new Kovan Hub 206 Express Bus Terminal . Bus services to various destinations in Malaysia will begin on 15 June 2005. And for Malacca, there is a daily service scheduled at 8 a.m. The bus fare, S$16, is slightly higher than those available at Lavendar Street however the seats are wider on the 26-seater coach.