If you think about heading to Johor Bahru, you are more likely to be a victim of petty theft than violent crime (unless you run into a drug trade), but you would want to avoid being a victim of any crime.

If you decide to walk around the city of Johor Bahru, don’t do it alone because this is one of the easiest and best ways to be safe and try to keep it to day hours.

Secondly, if you are purchasing anything, please use change or small bills, if possible, don’t show your wallet or money to anyone and keep it close to your body, refrain from “wow, that was cheap or saying something like that.

If you are wealthy or even reasonably so for that area, don’t do anything to show your wealth, keep jewelry to minimum and clothing simple

Be cautious of strangers asking for change, ignore them because if they have your attention, you are more likely to be mugged at a knife point, better act disinterested and keep walking.

Finally, and completely different from your personal safety, be careful about water in Johor Bahru, boil all tap water and if possible drink only bottled water.

It is the southernmost city in Malaysia, thousands of travellers hit this city on their way from Thailand to Singapore. It is the second largest city in Malaysia after Kuala Lumpur. Because of the extremely large flow of tourists the city of Johor Bahru has developed into a real hub of heritage attractions, great variety of cultures, awesome cuisine and hundreds of fun things to do.

No one will ever get bored in this lovely place as there are hundreds of shopping malls, handicraft shops, exhibitions, bazaars and night markets to wonder around and get some souvenirs. Johor Bahru City Square is very famous for delivering great quality goods to shoppers of any expectations. It is situated in the Central Business District

Incredibly interesting side of Johor Bahru is its night life. As soon as it gets dark you can see thousands of food stalls and vendors appearing literally from nowhere, bringing some fabulous cuisine as well as an extremely great variety of local drinks such as ‘Chai’.

Taking a cab is a very common and cheap (not as cheap as taking the local bus) way to travel around the city as nearly every city cab is supposed to have a meter. The fare prices double after the midnight.

KTM (local train system) offers numerous services connecting Johor Bahru with every Malaysian state and can even take you to Singapore in no time. Tourists who prefer to travel by sea may do so by taking a ferry from Tanjung Belungkor ferry station in Johor Bahru straight to Changi Point in Singapore, the journey will satisfy absolutely anyone who is in love with the sea.

The weather in Johor Bahru is the same as the everywhere in Malaysia; the Malaysian climate is categorized as an equatorial because the country is located near the equator, being hot and humid throughout year.

The annual rainfall exceeds 2000mm a year and the average temperature is 27 degrees (81 F).

Malaysia faces two monsoon wind seasons, the Southwest monsoon from late May to September and the Northeast monsoon wind from November to March.

The northeast monsoon brings in more rainfall compared to southwest monsoon. The records suggest that the highest temperature was recorded in Chuping Perils on the 9^th April 1998 at 40.1 degrees (104.2 F) and the lowest rainfall was recorded on the 6^th January 1967 at 608mm in kota Bharu, Kelantan and the highest in Sandakan, Sabah at 5687mm in 2006.

The wettest place in Malaysia is Kuching Sarawak with the average rainfall of 4128mm with 247days of rain a year, and the driest place in Malaysia is Chuping Perils with the average rainfall of only 1746mm a year.

Visitors to Johor Bahru will never go hungry as there is a great range of cheap food to try, which draws large numbers of hungry gastronomes from Singapore every day. Fresh seafood is widely available and often turned into spicy curries and traditional Malay dishes. Johor Bahru is famous for its vibrant night market and this is also a great place to find a cheap meal and pick up a bargain or two.

Hawker stalls and coffee shops are good places to find a cheap and tasty meal. Hawker stalls tend to be very clean and open until late in the evening. Curry dishes and other meals in western style restaurants, while seafood restaurants serve fresh fish prepared in the Chinese style. For western food, head to the shopping malls, where you will usually find a large food court with a number of well known fast food restaurants.

Despite being located in a predominately Muslim country, alcohol is widely available in Johor Bahru. Beer and other alcohol can be bought in bars, restaurants and 7-11 shops. The local brew is tuak, which fermented rice wine that comes in many forms. Usually served lukewarm, tuak is often flavoured with sugar or honey.