Mersing Hotels

... or so, we will be backpacking (well as much backpacking as Charlie will allow - if she has her way it will be 5-star hotels and insect-free rooms) our way through Asia. The plan is to visit: India, Thailand, Australia, Singapore, Hong Kong and China as ...

... had ferry tickets for that afternoon to Pulau Tioman and had booked accommodation on the island. We had a few hours to kill in Mersing, which is a pleasant port town that bills itself as the "Gateway to Paradise." At this point, between "Time" magazine ...

... . In the end, we decided to buy tickets to Johor Bahru, a city at the southern tip of the peninsula, some three hours beyond Mersing. In choosing this route, we were adding at least an extra six hours onto our journey, but we thought it was worth it if ...

... is. Plus Johor Bahru looked very uninviting and neither of us fancied spending the night there! After 4 bumpy hours we arrived into Mersing, the taxi driver was extremely helpful and took us first to the port to buy our ferry tickets for the following ...

... delicious food and freshly made juices from a indonesian malay family stall . The next day we decided to get a private coach to Mersing instead of calling our friendly driver as it was only a 2.5 hour drive and the ticket price on the private coach was ...

... connections.  The decision, therefore, was to spend an extra day in Penang, and to investigate alternative ways of getting to Mersing in order to have an extra day on Tioman.  As a result, much of the day was spent investigating these ...

... a fare.  We boarded the bus for another half hour trip to the makeshift bus terminal, and boarded the coach bound for Mersing. We entitled this entry 'Killer KL' because our overall experience here was a bad one, observing many flaws in the way the ...

Left Singapore at about 6.00am on a coach headed for Mersing in Malaysia where I could catch a ferry to Tioman Island. The trip included two weird stops where you had to get off the coach, first to officially leave Singapore, and then a second to ...

... . I look forward to seeing you all soon. Travelers Tips: If you don't want to walk back, check with the hotels to see if there is a ferry coming from Mersing. If there is one, you can negotiate with the boatman for a ride to ABC/Salang/Tekek... It's ...

... them bought houses and cars in the mainland. Besides that, you can find a lot of villagers from Pulau Ketam at Endao and Mersing, Johor. Sometimes we called these new settlements as "Mini Pulau Ketam".  To date, population of Pulau Ketam is around 6 ...

Our next destination was Borneo. We boarded a bus in Mersing for the 3 hour bus journey to the city of Johor Bahru, on the border with Singapore. From there, we flew 2 hours to the town of Miri in Sarawak, on the Malaysian side of Borneo, close to the ...

... and the most painful 'sound and light show' which had plenty of sound and a lot less light, ever! From here we headed to Mersing which is the jumping off point to Tiomen island. Our gap pals Amy and Kath are placed at the MRSM school there so we stayed ...