OK... After Smelling the sea in Mersing... , for 2 nights that is, it's time to head for Kluang. For information, I studied at the Sekolah Menengah Sains Johor (Johor Science Secondary School), a full-boarding school there about 20 years ago... From 1983 to 1986. So the town and district definitely have a big impression on me and how I turned up to be. So much so that even while on the bus from Mersing to Kluang, I tried to snap pictures of Gunung (Mount) Lambak, the tallest peak near to the town centre.
Now, at 500 metres high or so, it might not be a mighty peak at all. Still it was the first peak I've ever climbed up till the top and that happened in 1983 when I'm slightly more than 12 years-old, as a scout leader still trying to find my way as person struggling with the ways of the world...
Soon enough I arrived at the Kluang main bus station... This station might have been in operation for more than 10 years but as far as I'm concerned it is a new one because it was not around when I was still studying in Kluang...
The same thing with this building. It was not in existence during my teenage years...
I decided to walk to the railway station which is situated slightly uphill...
I turned around and savoured this picture of Kluang. I still remember the tall white building in the background from my teenage years. The one on the left though is a new one...
And a good view of Gunung Lambak to put things in perspective...
Me and friends used to rest around here while on outings during the weekends...
Going into what used to be the busiest part of town, I came across this building which used to be a cinema theater. Now it houses an electrical appliances supermarket...
The classic looking building at the middle of this picture also used to be a theatre...
I decided to walk back to the station and had refreshments there...
Then I went back to this part of town and got a cheap hotel room. To be continued...