Pedas Wet Word, Seremban , Gunung Datuk

Batu Pahat Wet world from our last trip was just a sister facility of 2 others: Sham Alam Wet World and Pedas Wet World. Seeing that the holidays were ending, I decided to make an outing to Pedas to let the children have one last fling of fun before school starts. I myself would have to get serious with my own work and job hunting.

The 200km road there


Mountain in the background


The one at Pedas was quite interesting, as it was actually a natural hot spring. I myself had never been to a proper one, and this would be an eye opener. (the last one at Gerisek didn't count).

Along the way, we passed by a signage pointing to Gunung Datuk. It looked interesting enough for me to visit it on the way back.

We have arrived!


Wet World mascot: A seahorse


Nice color coordinated drapes


When we arrived at Pedas Wet world, we found ourselves to be the only ones there. It was a quiet place, and not much of a crowd. Probably due to it being a friday. Appearance wise, it was smaller than the one at Batu Pahat. But still quite alright. The water was a brownish tint, I supposed that it being water from the spring itself.

Water umbrella


Hmm..there was actually a dresscode


Going down the tubes. It was closed after this


Spring water. Visibility was bad


Lazy river


Deep end


The children wasted no time to get changed and went on to try out all the facilities. The most interesting one being the sliding tube. But after they had gone twice, the lifeguard said that it was closed.

What has a lizard got to do with a hot spring?


The water is natural


And really HOT!


Proof of the temperature. A sizzling 50C


Underwater foot reflexology, anyone?


Pretty flowers


Managed to freeze the water shot


The children "caught" this


The water park


Mineral content of the hot spring


I too got changed with the intention to try out the hot spring. The rest of the water was not hot, except this small pool where the temperature was regulated. (Hm, I thought it was natural? How could they keep the temperature constant?)On the wall, there were some info on the breakdown of the mineral content of the water. It was supposedly good for health to bake in the water. The water was indeed very hot. Initially when we put our foot in, the immediate reaction was to pull back. At 50C, it was not the lukewarm type of water. I had to progressively submerge myself before I could tolerate the heat. Inside the pool, I was even perspiring. The "hot" of the hot spring was not joking matter.

Parting reminder


Shopping


View from the carpark


Inside the mall


Our lunch place


Seremban Parade


The children had fun for about 2 hours and thereafter we left the place to look for lunch. My trusty GPS guided me to Seremban Parade, just 20km north. The mall was quite decent, although somewhat smallish. We had lunch at a place called Station Kopitiam. The bill turned out to be expensive at RM69!

I was thinking what to do next when on my GPS, I spotted a lake. Thinking to do some freshwater fishing, I plotted the way there. But unfortunately, upon reaching the turning, the road turned out to be rough dirt road. To reach the edge of the lake, a 4WD would be needed. Too bad then, I had to turn around.

Road to Gunung Datuk


We were here


A waterfall here


Mango pudding best eaten on a mountain


Very old and big tree


We now proclaim this as our mountain


Chickens all running away from me


This stretch of NSH got a KFC over it


Remembering the Gunung that I had passed, I thought to pay it a visit. But this Gunung had no way to drive to the top, but only to the recreation resort below. We reached there, walked around and took some pictures. There was a small waterfall where a bunch of locals were playing and even washing their hair.

Jusco facade


View from the 2nd floor


My Xmas present!


Can I have a happy meal?


Recipe was good, therefore secret


After that, it was already about 5.30pm. Thinking to break the tradition of running to Terbreau Jusco, I instead headed for Jusco at Melaka. The place as compared to Jusco in JB, was more rundown, and very squeezed for space. Parking was quite a problem, with inconsiderate people leaving all their trolleys at the carpark. Shopping around, I got Era a Xmas present. We had a good dinner at Secret Recipe which came up to RM80. Only slightly more ex than the lunch at the kopitiam shop. I did my shopping for my coming BBQ here. At 8.30pm, we headed back for home, dashing all the 200km way in one single leap.

Muar, Batu Pahat Wet World

I didn't want to stay home and waste the day. But today being a regular day, driving out my OPC car was not allowed (unless showing the $20 coupon). So early morning, I forced myself to leave my comfy bed, and roused everyone up to leave the house before 7. A grumbled about having to go MY again. But by sheer will-power, we were over the checkpoint just slightly after 7am.

Stulang Laut


The talking piece


Not knowing where to go, I randomly ended up in Stulang Laut. Thinking that having breakfast here would be a change, we parked and picked a clean looking stall to fill our stomachs. The talking point of this stall was their aquarium tank of a long neck turtle. It had this mix of blur and cute face, that delighted A quite a bit.

During breakfast, I was looking at my GPS and planning where to head for. I decided then to try out Muar, as we had never been there before. But it was actually a sorry excuse to check out another fish spot indicated on my GPS. However this time round, the spot was quite far away. More than a 100km. But with Muar being round the corner, this looked like a worth doing exercise.

We headed up north and joined the NSH. Toll came up to RM17 when we exited at Pagoh. From there, another half hour drive, we arrived. But I didn't managed to locate the spot accurately but came to another side of the river.

First location


Using small live prawns


A catfish


The place looked quite "clean" with a sheltered area for fishing. But the water was just too much of a teh tarik look alike. Definitely not a good time for fishing. Someone was there trying out with live tiny prawns. When we arrived, he only gotten a catfish.

Actual spot


Some boys fishing


Brown water


After some navigating, I finally arrived at the exact spot. But it wasn't any better, as it was facing the same river. More people were fishing here including 3 young chinese boys.

From the looks of things, I didn't even bother to try. So from there, I plotted a route to the Pusat Bandar (town) to find a place for lunch.

We did manage to get to the centre of the town, which was a bustling area of activity. I was quite taken aback that the traffic in the town was very heavy. Getting stalled in a long jam was not uncommon, even at that hour.

Wetex parade


Heavy traffic


We shopped around this mall Wetex Parade, which had "the store" as its anchor tenant. But not finding any appealing food fare, we decided on KFC to play it safe. KFC had been quite popular in MY, and could be found at all town centres. Particulary near the bus stations.

Lunch was ok, and during the meal, I took the opportunity to explore the area with my maps. Doing a search, Batu Pahat Wet world seemed interesting. Furthermore, along the way, we would pass by a hot spring. I had never seen an authentic hot spring before, and wanted to experience what it would be like.

Air Panas, Sg Gerisek


Main entrance


Hot spring just a small "swimming pool" area


Boys swimming on the outer pool


The disappointing main "hot spring"


Nicest looking thing here


Arriving at the hot spring, it was quite a big disappointment. Firstly, it was not natural, as a swimming pool had been built around it. Secondly, it was quite run down, and the water, downright yucky. A wanted to have a swim in it but after seeing the condition, we decided against it. We only stayed like 10 mins and left the place shortly.

Swimming time!


Directions


She got a tube


Playground


Slide


Big splash






Lazy river




Wave pool




Continuing the journey to BP Wet world, we arrived around 4pm. From outside, it looked quite ok, except for being a little run down. But entering the water park, we found the place to be pretty decent (for MY standard), and not expensive at RM10 per pax. Facilities were quite ok, and my girl did have fun. But one thing about swimming in MY, nobody wears a swimming costume. People would just get into the water in their full attire, bra, underwear and all. Since we didn't bring A's costume, we just got an extra clothing for her too, MY style.

Fishing pond


Wet world had a fishing pond just next to it. But it was a paid pond and we saw some anglers doing their thing. I went to have a look around from within the water park, but it didn't look interesting enough for me to want to fish there.

Batu Pahat Shopping centre, The Summit


We had dinner here at VK


After the swim, we headed for Batu Pahat town for dinner. We later found out that there was a nicer Batu Pahat Mall, but alas, we went to a smaller one instead. But it was quite ok, and we had dinner there.

Dinner was decent, and after that, it was back all the way to our rest stop at Jusco for a movie to wait out the checkpoint jam. Drive back took about 2 hours in the night. But traffic wasn't too heavy and it was quite smooth sailing. From Jusco driving back at around 11.30pm, traffic was smooth at MY side, and a slight jam at Sin side.