Wikipedia:Meetup/Johor 17



The Wikipedia Johor Meetup 17 (the 65th Wikipedia meetup in Malaysia) was the 17th Wikipedia meetup held at the Malaysian state of Johor. The meetup was held as an additional side event after the end of Wikimania 2023. It was the 2nd meetup to be held as photo walk after the Wikipedia Sabah Meetup 7 on 8 November 2022. The meetup was held on:
 * Event name: Johor Bahru Photo Walk (in Wikimania 2023 page)
 * Date: Sunday, 20 August 2023
 * Time: 2:00–7:00 p.m.
 * Venue (first meeting point): Johor Bahru City Square, Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia
 * Medium of communication: English

For any discrepancy between this page and the one in Wikimania 2023 page, the latter shall prevail.

Things to bring

 * Camera and tripod
 * Mobile phone and selfie stick
 * Umbrella
 * Hat
 * Please wear light-colored cotton shirt
 * Sport/running shoes
 * Bottled mineral water

Participants

 * (tour guide)
 * (tour guide)
 * (tour guide)
 * 1 participant from Johor Bahru
 * 16 participants from Wikimania 2023

Topics of discussion


We will be touring the following places (in sequence) while taking photos of them. In the event of rain, we shall wait at a shopping mall first until the rain stops. There are many public toilets around and shops selling foods and drinks along the path. The rough estimate for the total walking path is around 6 km.


 * Johor Bahru City Square shopping mall - meeting and starting point; participants can have their lunch here first
 * Permaisuri Zarith Sofiah Opera House - group photo 1
 * Johor Bahru Old Railway Station
 * JLand Tower
 * Church of the Immaculate Conception
 * Persada Johor International Convention Centre - group photo 2
 * Johor Bahru Old Chinese Temple
 * Gurdwara Sahib Johor Bahru
 * Arulmigu Raja Mariamman Devasthanam Temple (including Indian Heritage Centre)
 * Broadway Theatre
 * Malaysian Indian Congress, Johor branch
 * Malaysian Chinese Association, Johor branch
 * Salahuddin Bakery
 * India Mosque
 * Sultan Ibrahim Building - group photo 3
 * Museum of 24 Festive Drum
 * Johor Bahru Chinese Heritage Museum
 * Johor Bahru Hainan Association
 * Senso Art Gallery
 * Komtar JBCC shopping mall - final leg and dinner place (optional)

Minutes of meeting
Due to various last minute changes in the circumstances, so there were slight changes in the tour places we visited. The total length covered for this tour at the end of it was around 10 km. We ended visited:
 * Johor Bahru City Square shopping mall - meeting and starting point
 * Permaisuri Zarith Sofiah Opera House - group photo 1
 * Johor Bahru Old Railway Station (although we passed by this place, it was closed for renovation)
 * JLand Tower (although we passed by this place, the Skyscape viewing platform was closed for a private function)
 * Church of the Immaculate Conception
 * Persada Johor International Convention Centre - group photo 2
 * Johor Bahru Old Chinese Temple
 * Gurdwara Sahib Johor Bahru
 * Sultan Ibrahim Building (we passed by this place from afar and did not take the third group photo)
 * Johor Bahru Little India
 * Arulmigu Raja Mariamman Devasthanam Temple (although we passed by this place, it was closed for renovation)
 * Broadway Theatre
 * Malaysian Indian Congress, Johor branch
 * Karat Bazaar (the traders were setting up their stalls for the night market)
 * Johor Bahru Chinatown
 * Salahuddin Bakery
 * Kookah District 2.0 - final leg and dinner place

Public transport

 * Johor Bahru Sentral

Self driving
- Key-in Johor Bahru City Square in Waze or Google Map - Address: 106, Jalan Wong Ah Fook, 80000 Johor Bahru, Johor - Coordinate: 1°27'42.1"N 103°45'50.4"E

Disability access
Based on the initial assessment, all of the path that we will go through will use the ground-level road level or lift (in the case of tall buildings), but with no apparent staircases. Some of the roads along the path may have some slopes, but generally they are all can be passed through using wheelchair.