PONTIAN is Johor’s Southernmost state and this district has plenty to offer especially among adventure cyclists.
One of the attractions here is Tanjung Piai, affectionately known as land’s end.
From the Klang Valley, the distance to reach this location (N 01 17 098, E 103 30 503) is roughly about 400km one-way.
Mission accompli shed : At the monument in Tanjung Piai
Recently, I attempted to cycle from Muar to Tanjung Piai (covering a distance of 196.3km) with Michelle, my wife and staged the ride through towns like Parit Jawa, Batu Pahat, Senggarang, Rengit, Benut and Pontian.
To get things going, we left Muar in the wee hours of the morning to begin our ride and rode past Parit Jawa, a place known for its assam pedas.
The road leading to Batu Pahat, which is about 53km away from Muar, is wide enough to accommodate the folding bicycles which was laden with our luggage.
From Muar, it took nearly six hours to reach Batu Pahat, which is one of the largest towns around Johor’s Northern districts.
After a brief rest, the ride resumed towards Bukit Kelichap, with plenty of short and long climbs which became one of the more challenging stages in the journey to land’s end.
Stopover: The cyclists in Parit Jawa.
From Senggarang, we pushed towards Pontian where we stayed a night before completing the final leg of the journey to Tanjung Piai.
There are ample accommodation facilities in Pontian Kecil and the total distance covered on the first day of our cycling tour was 130.2km.
After a good rest, we resumed our ride to Tanjung Piai and made a detour to Kukup town to do some sight-seeing there.
The main attraction at the tip of the Peninsula, is a scenic village and a state park with a monument to commemorate land’s end.
It took us two and a-half hours to reach our destination and we wasted no time by snapping some photographs to record our achievement.
After a brief ride in Tanjung Piai, we proceeded to Pontian and terminated our attempt there after clocking-in a total distance of 196.3km on our bicycle’s GPS and transported the bikes and luggage to Muar with a chartered car.
~News courtesy of The Star~
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