It was a short drive to Kluang yesterday along the highway to pick up my Ranger. Well, it was definitely old age catching up because I missed the highway exit by some 67kms ending up to detour back to Air Itam exit. Geez, that can't be me!
Arrived there around 2pm just in time to grab the local favourite "nasi lemak" and coffee at the Railway Station Coffeeshop. This was the exact same coffeeshop my parents went to since I was a kid and that casts me back some 20 odd years. Time flies I know but the place is pretty much the same since then. And cool, I had my camera too! *grin* Better capture them before too much stainless steel and aluminium creeps into the architecture.
Whacked four packets of nasi lemak and washed that down with iced tea. Here are some photos and a short note from Wiki.
The name Kluang derives from the Malay word 'keluang' which means a type of flying fox or rather a type of fruit bat. They have almost completely disappeared due to the combination of hunting and destruction of their natural habitat deforestation. Some people believed that Kluang was named after two mountains that resemble the head and wing respectively of a bat from a distance.
Railway Kluang was founded in 1915, to serve as the administrative centre for Central Johor. A railway line linking north to south Malaya was built passing through Kluang to provide the communication link to transport labor and tropical produce from Kluang and this helped in its growth since 1915. Roads were built to link Kluang to Johor Bahru towards the south, to Batu Pahat towards the north-west and to Mersing towards the east. Kluang is divided into two district councils namely Simpang Renggam District Council based at the towm of Simpang Renggam and Kluang Municipal Council based at the town of Kluang which is also the district capital. This district grew rapidly in 1920 and 1930 as a major rubber producing district.
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