Spending the Day in the Car
Ant J joined the four of us for a trip to Janda Baik today. Our good friend invited us for their open house and we even packed everyone's swimming gear plus pool toys for a splash in the pool before we set out on a leisurely drive home.
Well, that was the plan, anyway.
Unknown to us, there were roadblocks all over the city, slowing traffic down to a near halt. We left the house at 1:30pm and only finally reached the house in Janda Baik at 3:30pm. First, there was a roadblock on the KL-Seremban Highway. Then, it was jam from Desa Petaling all the way until the old Sg Besi airport, although we donated RM2 to Samy Vellu's Retirement Fund and used the SMART Tunnel and emerged on Jalan Tun Razak in front of RHB. It was fine but only until the elevated part of Jalan Tun Razak just before IJN.
Then we crawled to the Jalan Pahang roundabout after which it was ok, i.e. lots of cars but still moving, and then through Gombak to come out on the MRRII. As soon as we got onto the MRRII it was chock-o-block again. Luckily, the Genting turn off was the next exit.
After that it was ok, but we could see the jam on the opposite side of the Karak Highway, once right before the toll due to another police roadblock and then another about one kilometre down due to a pretty horrific accident.
All in all it took us 2 hours to get to Janda Baik, although the sight that greeted us was quite worth it:
Coming back was worse! It basically took us 3 hours to get home. So in total, we were out for 6 hours, 5 of which were spent on the road and only 1 at the open house.
What a day to be out and about...
Well, that was the plan, anyway.
Unknown to us, there were roadblocks all over the city, slowing traffic down to a near halt. We left the house at 1:30pm and only finally reached the house in Janda Baik at 3:30pm. First, there was a roadblock on the KL-Seremban Highway. Then, it was jam from Desa Petaling all the way until the old Sg Besi airport, although we donated RM2 to Samy Vellu's Retirement Fund and used the SMART Tunnel and emerged on Jalan Tun Razak in front of RHB. It was fine but only until the elevated part of Jalan Tun Razak just before IJN.
Then we crawled to the Jalan Pahang roundabout after which it was ok, i.e. lots of cars but still moving, and then through Gombak to come out on the MRRII. As soon as we got onto the MRRII it was chock-o-block again. Luckily, the Genting turn off was the next exit.
After that it was ok, but we could see the jam on the opposite side of the Karak Highway, once right before the toll due to another police roadblock and then another about one kilometre down due to a pretty horrific accident.
All in all it took us 2 hours to get to Janda Baik, although the sight that greeted us was quite worth it:
Coming back was worse! It basically took us 3 hours to get home. So in total, we were out for 6 hours, 5 of which were spent on the road and only 1 at the open house.
What a day to be out and about...
posted by Full Time Mom @ 10:33 PM
4 Comments
4 Comments:
We were invited to a friend's cottage in Janda Baik on our last trip back to M'sia - they have a stream flowing in front of their property that we went wading in. It was so lovely and relaxing. Your post brought back good memories. Thanks.
Mag.
Hi Mag!
Long time no see:)
Hopefully your trip to Janda Baik didn't take as long as ours. Still, it's very nice up there isn't it? Relaxing and far away from the hustle and bustle of the city.
When are you back next?
So Ant J got home @ 830pm that night after picking up car from Sam Cheong (who duly lectured me re brake lights "jangan lama lama, banyak bahaya, kena tukar cepat cepat, nanti orang tak nampak)...Jandaville was very nice..it wouldve been nice if we managed to hijack the chopper we saw... - Ant J
Samy Vellu Retirement Fund hahahaha....
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