The journey from Woodlands onwards were actually a bit boring. We do stopped at various interesting locations. The Johore Bahru station is also the new station (no longer at the old one). I was a bit concerned at first as the Malaysian Immigration did not stamped by Passport. So I dropped off and asked one of the officers at the JB station. Kena suan by him say that we already pass immigration and customs at TP liao. So why need to do it all over again?
Hehe.. A bit mountain turtle feeling. So what if I lost my immigration card in Malaysia? Better hold on to that white card as my dear life depends on it.
We slept a bit on the car and actually moved to another carriage. Ours were a bit warm. The A/C seems to be leaking. We found most of the seats to be empty so we just helped ourselves to the coolest carriage and took a nap. 
Later we explored the dining carriage. A bit dissapointed as it only serves tidbits and drinks (at extortion price of course). So we just bought mineral water and sipped slowly on it. We actually spent almost an hour at the dining area chatting and observing other people. The seats in my humble opinion, is actually more comfortable then the one we had.
We discussed about what we plan to do when we reached KL and we actually have a little bet on whether the train will be on time.
The train continues towards Gemas and thats where we went back to our carriage to sleep. But this time, surprisingly the flat screen TV was on (each train carraige has a flat screen TV leh. And it was blasting Malay move (more like propaganda) and KTM's history plus its train's schedules. The train schedules are actually just slides but its background music is quite interesting. Bloody Malay traditional music being converted to TECHNO! Wonder whether its a hit in Malaysia Disco joints anot? hehe
We did reached KL Sentral on time at 3pm and we proceeded to go to the ticket couter to buy our return ticket. This time we purchased the sleeper carriage which only costs us RM43 each (bloody hell, so much more cheaper then what we paid at Singapore)
The train departure time is 11pm so we had about 8 hours spare time to jalan jalan (take a walk). We went down to Jalan Petaling to grab out late lunch and took some time to walk around that neighbourhood and visit the old KL train station. The photo you see is actually taken inside the old station with the 8mm Peleng on my NEX. Pretty fun lens to shoot with. You can even see my feet in one of the shots of the train tracks in the gallery.
After that we took a cab to Sungei Wang area to shop around. We were a bit shacked out actually because we did not get enough sleep last night and also the train ride was pretty exhausting. We took a break at starbucks and started to people watch. KL a lot of pretty girls leh :) hehehe..
Anyway, we took off again and head for a SPA around that area. The SPA facilities not too shabby. Got facials, massage and even a buffet spread!! So we just showered and get ourselved all cleaned up. Refreshed and whack the buffet. Never bothered about the facial and massage though. After getting oursleves all freshened up. We took a short walk to Jalan Petaling again to buy some local products before we hit back to KL Sentral. I also bought 2 Ramlee burgers as a snack on the train.
I actually finished the 2 burgers even before I board the train... hahaha. Not because I'm hungry but actually bored of waiting. We were at the station a bit too early and we bought some magazines to keep ourselves occupied. Photography magazines in Malaysia is pretty cheap wor.. But mostly are just advertisement.
The train was ontime and we boarded the sleeper bunkers. Pretty cool actually. Each bed has its own curtain shades and its actually very clean. Initially I was a bit worried it will be dirty but its actually really very clean. Mr Dog was actually very happy with his bed and once on board. We got into sleep mode immediately. I could not sleep actually due to the fact I have 2 more burgers in my stomach :P The punishment for Gluttony. But I just lied there and enjoy my little private space and watched the passing lights and shadows out of the window.
Its a matter of time that I just dozed off and slept. The repetitive rocking motion of the train actually helps too. I woke up in the middle of the night when the train stopped. It seems like more carriages were added to the train. We are supposed to be in Singapore TP at 7am. But around 630, we still have not reached Johore Bahru yet. We only reached Woodlands checkpoint at around 9am and Mr Dog dropped off from Woodlands because he needs to get back to the office. I continued onwards and the train stopped again at Bukit Timah for more than 15 mins to wait for a passing train to pass by us (its a single track in Singapore)
I only reached TP at around 10pm and exhausted. The train ride is actually quite comfortable but the long waiting time is a killer. Overall, its a very interesting experience and I wouldn't mind taking the train again. Maybe for the next time, I would try a jouney all the way to Bangkok. :)
Hope you like my little journal. My gallery is updated with photos of the journey. Do feel free to browse through them.
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