To get to Johor we took the bus up from Singapore. In retrospect it would have probably been faster to ride the train to the end of the line and then jumped on the bus there. That’ what most of the locals seemed to have done.

The bus takes you across the strait, through the border stations on both sides. Once you clear Malaysian immigration you find yourself in a world much different than Singapore. It’s dirty, congested and run-down. But in spite of all of that, it’s a fun place to visit. There are a lot of little shops in town, and a much stronger Muslim influence than you find in Singapore. I found it to be a nice place to visit overall, and an interesting contrast to the clean, orderly society one finds across the strait in Singapore.