Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Bkt Gambir - 100 Years old village at Muar, Johor

Location map of Bukit Gambir, Muar.

The main road of Bukit Gambir, Muar.

Bukit Gambir (N2°12.723' E102°39.194') is a small old town located about 25KM from north of Muar town. This small town has about 100 years history that pass through during the Second (2nd) World War, therefore it make you feel likes walk in to the Time Machine. Most of the houses which erected here are from 80 years ago (or more) until today.


I love this house very much!



The transformation of the shops & houses




The main road started from Sungai Mati (Death River) at the junction to Muar and Tangkak stretch until Gerisik Village. It's passing through many small villages by the name of Serom 1 to 9. During the 2nd World War, all this villages are using boats as a transport sail through the small river from one to another.....


According to the locals, the road transportation was built only in the late 40's. And Bkt. Gambir is the biggest village among others within the same road. It has Post office, Police station, shopping complex (rather small), wet market, schools, convenience store & etc.....


The second biggest village is Kampung Serom 3. Many senior peoples like to hanging around in the coffee shop along the main road.




The church at Serom 3

A famous grocery shop (Kedai Runcit) at Parit Zing

The New College almost complete at Serom 5

Traditional Chicken Farm spotted

Kid 1 : "Why our playground so dirty?"
Kid 2 : "Nobody want to maintain anymore!"
Kid 3 : "Let's go somewhere else! It's so dirty here!"

Special tree spotted along the main road

Sunset of Serom 4


I recall someone said this : "A return to nostalgia is in order to whip up unity."

Related post :-

Village Life at Bkt. Gambir, Muar Johor
Foods of Bukit Gambir, Muar Johor.





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10 comments :

  1. wm said...

    Miss this place. I used to work there about 7 - 8 yrs ago. The steam white bread (with kaya & butter) are heavenly and their Restoran Bee Hiong Guan served one of the best otak otak. Those days Steam white chicken rice used to cost 2 ringgit (dunno how much is it now)

  2. Robo said...

    Hi WM,
    Thanks for visiting my blog.
    Yes, the bread and coffee is marvelous! It's still there! But the Rest. Bee Hiong Guan no more! Rest. Siak Bee took over the shop.
    Chicken rice today cost RM2.50 - RM3.

  3. lankapo said...

    hi robo,
    I ue to go to bukit Gambir to acompanying my mum to do osme shopping there :)

    My home town is in Tangkak, so u shud drop there to do Kain shopping hehe

  4. Robo said...

    Hi lankapo,
    Thanks for visit my blog. I did hv posted something about Tangkak, but not that detail.....I will post more in the future. Please search my blog and you will see the post of Tangkak.
    Thanks.

  5. huifen said...

    we used to go back during CNY or special occasions only.. yea.. the bread and kaya is nice..it's a nice place for those who like to be "semi-out" of the world too.. it's not too out-dated there, but quite out-dated also.. (if you know what i mean..haha!) most of your pictures is near my place.. (the inside ones..after those rumah papan..) =)

  6. Robo said...

    Hi Huifen,
    Thanks for visiting.

  7. Anonymous said...

    wah. I can feel the effort u put in to introduce this small village to the world. I suggest u to put in how to go there. What is intresting and what to do in bukit gambir. and also, put more history about this village. how the people gather here and start to work and live the village.

  8. Robo said...

    Reply to the Anonymous @ 5:59pm,
    Thanks for visiting my blog.
    I will post the simple way to travel to this small village....
    And other requests, your advise is very much appreciated.
    Do drop by often...

  9. Anonymous said...

    Hi bro,

    juz happen to see your blog..bukit gambir is my kampung,my mum was born there..hehe..there's a lot of changes nw..all the old shophouses hv been demolished and been replaced with new ones..juz a tip,frm bukit gambir town,you can see a spectacular view Gunung Ledang where lies a legend of Puteri Gunung Ledang...over there,chalets hv been brought up for holiday seekers,beautiful waterfall for a refreshing day..u can even hike the mountain to its peak but u r require to hire a ranger for your assistance..up there,dos and donts protocols are required..anyway,applause to your blog for bringing up sum hidden locations in malaysia tat sum people doesnt even know it exist...

  10. Robo said...

    Hi Anoymous@5.38pm,
    Thanks for the visit and the info of Gunung Ledang.