After Tioman Island I caught a bus to Johor Bahru and checked into a hotel not far from the Singapore Causeway. I had borrowed a young Australian guys guidebook and looked up where there were hotels in JB. I photographed a couple of pages and was able to refer to them to find a local bus from the intercity terminal. I managed to get directions to the area that has budget hotels from some Muslim schoolgirls who were more than happy to help me out and then giggle about their encounter with an English speaking tourist.
The hotel was quite expensive but the only one I could find with a single room and I had to ask the manager to spray the cockroaches in the bathroom and then ask him to come and sweep up the 20+ dead ones that the ants were starting to eat!
There were lots of street cafes on the footpath so I ate roti and dahl with teh tarik (milk tea) at a Muslim run place under an overpass even though there were mega malls with Mc Donalds and other food courts nearby. The locals were friendlier on the street.
The next day I headed for Singapore. I had to walk to the JB Sentral Complex where I was able to get stamped out of Malaysia and buy a 1 ringgitt ticket for the causeway link bus to Singapore immigration. There were lines of Malaysian heading for various parts of Singapore to work so it was pretty busy and there were lots of people that could help me to find the right buses I needed to get back to Ling's place in Tampines.
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