Day trip to Johor Bahru 2025 -Aeon Tebrau Shopping Mall and Mid Valley Southkey Mall

Been a long time since I visited Johor Bahru since covid pandemic. The long queue at immigration makes me afraid to go to Johor Bahru. 

Recently I visited Johor Bahru with my two friends (the friends that I went Bangkok with ). Very surprisingly, there was no queue at all  despite being a Friday.  All we had to do was to scan our passports or QR Code at the immigration at both sides of the custom (Singapore and Malaysia). Completely no queue at all. Clear the immigration very fast.

Took Bus 170 at Kranji MRT Station. Watch my   past post on how to travel to Johor Bahru from Kranji MRT Station. Bus 170 frequency is very fast, we even decided to wait for the next empty bus so that we can get seats in the bus instead of standing.

Once we clear the immigration at JB Sentral, we walked to CIQ Jalan Jim Quee (Taxi Stand) and booked a Grab Car. It is easier to get a grab car here. Within less than 5 mins the grab car arrived and it costs us RM11.40 to travel from JB Sentral to Aeon Tebrau Mall.

Everyone is waiting for their Grab Car, further down is the taxi stand for those who do not know how to call grab, can get taxi from the taxi stand.  I leave all the booking of the Grab to my friend who is more familiar with the booking haha. The travel time from JB Sentral to Aeon Tebrau took about 20 mins.

Once we arrived at Aeon Tebrau, we went for our lunch at Kuu By Tea Garden. They specialise in Malaysian Cuisine. The prices are very reasonable and if converted to S$ is really cheaper than dine in Singapore.

We ordered dry mee siam

Nasi Lemak

Toast bread

Fried carrot cake and coffee too.

After lunch, we headed straight to the mall to shop to our delight.

Around 3pm, we decided to head to Mid Valley Southkey Mall to continue shopping there. My friend called for a Grab car from Aeon Tebrau to Mid Valley Southkey costs us about RM17. The journey took less than 15 mins.

Did not take many photos in this mall, we were drained of our energy at the previous mall hahaha, we three ladies are senior citizen, I guess we dont have much stamina as the young. Decided to rest our tired feet at A&W, where we had the rootbeer float , waffle and onion rings.

Did not try   Madam Kwan's food, perhaps the next trip, we will try to dine here. They were popular for their Malaysia Cusine too.

After 5 pm, we decided to return to JB Sentral to avoid any traffic jam. Took a Grab from Mid Valley Southkey to JB Sentral for RM26 (peak period fare).

For dinner, we decided to head to Haidilao Hot Pot Restaurant. Price is so much cheaper here than in Singapore.

The service at the restaurant was so good and they gave us free fruits and desserts and there's free flow of dessert and congee at the condiment section.

Feeling so happy and full from the dinner, we hope to come back again.

Before heading to JB Sentral immigration, my friends went to queue to get rotiboy. They were baked on the spot and steaming hot.

The bus was empty from JB Sentral to Singapore custom.

Very happy day trip to Johor Bahru, planned to go for more such trips with my friends. 

Hanoi/Sapa Trip 2025 - Day 6 - Bye bye Hanoi, Vietnam. Singapore Airlines from Hanoi to Singapore

Last minute shopping for souvenirs in Hanoi International Airport.

Had some ice cream and fries before boarding the plane.

We took the night flight and is a mere 3 hours flight back to Singapore.

Bye Bye Vietnam, will return and visit other parts of Vietnam again.

Dinner was served in the plane.

As the flight is less than 3 and half hours flight, our meals were served in paper boxes instead of the traditional casseroles

We were given choice of chicken with pasta or laksa mee hoon.

Of course I choose Laksa , it tasted so delicious.

So this brought the end of my Vietnam Travel Story.

Hanoi/Sapa Trip 2025 - Day 6 - Vietnamese Beef Pho and shopping at Lotte Mall In Hanoi

Lunch was Vietnamese Beef Pho

The beef pho was to be eaten with yew tiao (fried dough)

For those who do not eat beef, they have chicken pho too.

After lunch, we spend the rest of the afternoon at Lotte Mall before heading to the airport for our flight back home to Singapore.

Last minute shopping for snacks

My favourite must be the pudding from Cherish. They come in different flavour of coconut, sour sop and mango. I bought so many packets cause the last time I visited Danang, I bought some packets of the pudding and they were a favourite with my family.