Last Saturday was an extremely eventful day. My family and I were already out and driving at 2pm, heading out to Gerisik Hot spring but on the way there, we decided to head to Melaka instead to just RnR.

We did reach Melaka and it was 6.30pm, using the old highway. Although when we reached Muar, there was the new highway AMJ that cuts almost half of the journey and the view is as usual, boring. I prefer the old highway where I get to see villagers and plantations, cummuting with the nature and reminiscing the old times.

I nearly got lost in Melaka. It’s so huge and there were so many drastic changes! I was a lost deer in Melaka. It was around 10 years or so since I stepped into Melaka and really walked around. And during that time, the city of Melaka was still slumbering. I had not expected such night life and major mega malls.

Wow.. All those plaves that my grandpa used to bring me on his bicycle were now tourists attractions, teeming with people and cars. Ugh.. I hate the traffic. The jams were terrible but it must be due to the school holidays.

Anyway I did manage to drive by The Eye of Malaysia, see the Hang Tuah Tower and see only the sign of Jonkers Walk. Didn’t manage to do more since we weren’t able to get a cheap hotel. All the hotels were booked and priced at a sky high rate.

We left Melaka for home at 9.30pm. Had wanted to take the highway home but once again decided on taking the told higway, meaning drive back through the villages and plantations to keep our RM30.00  worth of toll. Once again we used the AMJ highway, back to Muar then to Yong Peng and off to Parit Sulong.

Unfortunately the journey at Parit Sulong wasn’t as smooth as we had thought it would be. During the drive through the palm tree plantations, our right rear tyre burst and we were stuck good. No lights, only stars and awfully chilly night air were the scenario we were stuck in.

Luckily we had our plug in spotlight, traffic illuminator vest and torch lights to ease our predicament. But luck wasn’t on our side. The spare tyre was of the wrong rim size. Gah!

We had thought it was over, it was almost midnight and we know it was dangerous to be at the road shoulder without any street lamp illuminating on us. The road is usually used by heavy vehicles to head to and fro JB and a few times we almost had a scary run down by the monster trucks despite our lights and safety vests.

Luckily there was a nearby kampong house and the villagers were more than happy to help us out in the mess we were in. If it weren’t for the malay couple, my whole family and I would have to no choice but camp out in the plantation.

Tow-truck you say? Even the tow-trucks don’t even know and want to help us. So much for insurance coverage.. sheesh..