7 Aug 2023
The ETS train left Ipoh Station punctually at 0935 and arrived Gemas Station at 1450. The train for JB was just across the platform and also left punctually at 1520. It arrived at the very busy JB Central station at 1945.
From here, it was busy jostling through the throng of visitors returning to Singapore through overcrowded immigration lanes at Johore and Singapore. SBS bus shuttle operated to Kranji MRT Station. I was home around midnight.
It was a refreshing 10 days of travelling in Perak. I really enjoyed the delicious food at the each of the towns I visited. A very strong Chinese dominance is evident in all the major towns in Perak. The buildings are mostly double storeys with European features definitely remind us of a colonial past. The signboards are prominently in Chinese indicate the overwhelming Chnese control of commerce. Along the coast, I see mainly Malay villages mostly related to fisheries and rice farming. Even then, in each of these villages, there are pocket of Chinese houses and one can certainly see a Chinese temples nearby. Aong the coast, fishing boats dotted the coastline and inland, there are rice field with coconut and palm trees lining the perimeters..
Betong in southern Thailand was interesting too. It was more of a Chinese town with many Muslims malay, more like a Malaysian town. It is less developed compare to Malaysia.
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