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Mersing Resthouse - found but abandoned 5 years ago |
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Beside seeking out the Resthouse for this town, we were on a look out for good food. This restaurant, co-incidentally the best in town, was conveniently located at the town center. Of course we did not miss the opportunity to check it! |
| The rest house was made up of 2 sizable buildings, strategically local at one corner of the esplanade for the town. It is perched on the hill side and over looking a bay. |  |
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Another view of the rest house, a frontal shot highlighting the vast open air waste land that was once the lawn for that large house in a luxurious setting.. |
| Not every thing was abandoned! This relatively new, good looking signboard gave us hope that the rest house was some where near by for us to bed down for the night. |  |
Enough of feeling disappointed by the sight, we turned our attention to the surrounding of the town.
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This pair of lonely Avicennia trees bear testimony that this stretch of the esplanade was part of a mangrove forest once in history. |
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unfamiliar lava rock along the shores should start a good
conversational topic.
But colorful fragments of them all littering the whole beach were good souvenirs. |
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Far away across a narrow channel, large sculptured, sedimentary rocks stood in defiance of the weathering process. |
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back to town, the doom of the mosque that stood on top of
a low hill.
It was blocked by one of its minarets. |
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Now let us look at the main activity in town
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Mersing is
a town where tourist stop to board a boat for the islands
in the South China Sea.
With its proximity to Singapore, most visitors drive overland from the south to cross the state of Johore . For quick understanding of the place, this table shows the off shore destinations and their distances away in time. |
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this is the geographical location in reference with the
mainland and the Mersing departure point.
The islands in their easterly position. Also note that the approximate distances are indicated in miles. |
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This was a
picture of the conventional fishing boat that was taking
anglers out to sea for overnight trip.
The going price at our enquiry was RM1,200 for 10 persons. |
| The sea going ferry that shuttled passengers to and fro Mersing with the island of Pulau Tioman, the main holiday resort. |  |
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All these activities of boats arriving and leaving took place at this tiny seafront. The wharf was on the southern bank of the river mouth. |
| This pier
was also equipped.
A well furbished hawkers' center offering a large assortment of snacks to travelers catching a bite before or after the long sea journey. |
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For a tiny town, Mersing was bustling with activities at its "Harbor" or Jetty as the sign showed! |
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