Travel: Malaysia - General

[mishamisha]

jeparent:

Hello ,


going to drive to desaru(3d2n) this friday. Have not driven the woodlands chkpt for some years....

Just to check if touch n go is now compulsary, or i can still pay by cash ?

My first stop plan is to reach Teluk Sengat Crocodile Farm at 10am then have lunch around there.

Any recommendation what time i should leave singapore, any jam expected ?

thanks for any advice

regards

May i check long is the drive from SG to desaru ? Am planning to organise a trip this Dec holiday with my kids

[winth]

jeparent:

Just to check if touch n go is now compulsary, or i can still pay by cash ?

Hi, we bought the touch n go card a week before it became 'compulsory'. Just came back from Melaka.

When we reach the first kiosk, after the Tuas checkpoint, all the kiosks seem to have the 'Touch n Go' sign on them. There are any officers around. There no longer seems to have any cash-paying kiosks around anymore. It's safer if you get the card and top up to at least RM100.

We went there with RM100 value, stop shop eat at various towns, came back with less than RM30.

[snowz]

winth:

jeparent:

Just to check if touch n go is now compulsary, or i can still pay by cash ?

Hi, we bought the touch n go card a week before it became 'compulsory'. Just came back from Melaka.

When we reach the first kiosk, after the Tuas checkpoint, all the kiosks seem to have the 'Touch n Go' sign on them. There are any officers around. There no longer seems to have any cash-paying kiosks around anymore. It's safer if you get the card and top up to at least RM100.

We went there with RM100 value, stop shop eat at various towns, came back with less than RM30.

Winth, Where can we buy the 'Touch n Go' card since we have to use the card at the 1st kiosk? Does the 1st kiosk sell the card? Thanks

[winth]

I got my parents who got their Malaysia friend to buy for me so I don’t know leh, sorry.


I think most of the rest kiosks, petrol stations will sell. That’s where they offer top up services as well.

They definitely don’t sell the touch n go cards at the gantries.

[jeparent]

mishamisha:

May i check long is the drive from SG to desaru ? Am planning to organise a trip this Dec holiday with my kids

I think around 1.5-2 hrs. We dropped by some coffee shop for breakfast.

Stayed 2 nights at Pulai Desaru.

Rely very much on the Garmin GPS . Visited the crocodile farm, fruit farm, ostrich farm, firefly tour. The GPS Map/Sw also include restaurants at Teluk Sengat and Sungei Rengit

With ref to Touch and Go , you can buy at the Malaysia Checkpoint (via Woodlands) . There is some specific counter with signboard , but i didnt take note of it and got into a \"non-selling\" counter. I have to get out of my car and go to that counter and purchased it, come back to my car and scanned the touch and Go. It cost $10 rm for a new card and i think $2+ for entry into Malaysia. There is no toll to Desaru.

[winth]

Hi,


Our lastest trip up north was last weekend to Melaka (as usual, cos we still hasn’t gathered enuff courage to climb Genting yet).

:x And you know what??? :x

DH made a wrong turn while trying to find our way out to the highway, so instead of right, we turned left and we kanna the Malaysian Police!

They stopped our car, asked my hubby to show his passport and driving licence. DH gave him his passport but told him that he didnt bring driving licence along.

So the police said something like this:
Idiot Officer: You mean you driving in Malaysia without a licence? Do you know if I catch you, you don’t just get a summon you know? You are directly sent to court. And you will get a RM300 fine for it. It’s very serious you know?
DH: (acting like begging) sorry lar, uncle. pls give me a chance. I need to drive family back Singapore safely.
Idiot Officer: (peering in to look at DS1 & DS2 nervously smiling back; err… I was quite stone then cos I’m both angry and scared) cannot lar, this is very serious one.
DH: Sorry sir, can you pass me back my passport? (shoved in SGD50) Sir, can you look at my passport again? (smiling nervously)
Idiot Officer: Oh… (flipping his passport, as if he didn’t know there was money there), aiya, be careful next time. Must bring your ($) driving license when driving. This time, aiya, let you off… (blah bla nonsense).

PS: DH had to give him SGD50 cos we had no other small change left and we only had RM20. So no choice.

DH said that even if he did bring his driving license along, they will just cook up some excuse like speeding, need NRIC etc just to tell you that you’re at fault lar… So well, it’s just our luck that day to kanna such an incident.

Just to better equip ourselves next time we kanna ‘money-officers’ in Malaysia, can someone furnish the following details:
1) What are the documents to bring to drive in Malaysia?
2) How much is the normal rate for them? (Next time I must prepare a money envelope just for such ‘emergency’ situations)

[lwm99]

winth:

Hi,

DH made a wrong turn while trying to find our way out to the highway, so instead of right, we turned left and we kanna the Malaysian Police!

They stopped our car, asked my hubby to show his passport and driving licence. DH gave him his passport but told him that he didnt bring driving licence along.

So the police said something like this:
Idiot Officer: You mean you driving in Malaysia without a licence? Do you know if I catch you, you don't just get a summon you know? You are directly sent to court. And you will get a RM300 fine for it. It's very serious you know?
DH: (acting like begging) sorry lar, uncle. pls give me a chance. I need to drive family back Singapore safely.
Idiot Officer: (peering in to look at DS1 & DS2 nervously smiling back; err... I was quite stone then cos I'm both angry and scared) cannot lar, this is very serious one.
DH: Sorry sir, can you pass me back my passport? (shoved in SGD50) Sir, can you look at my passport again? (smiling nervously)
Idiot Officer: Oh... (flipping his passport, as if he didn't know there was money there), aiya, be careful next time. Must bring your ($) driving license when driving. This time, aiya, let you off... (blah bla nonsense).

PS: DH had to give him SGD50 cos we had no other small change left and we only had RM20. So no choice.

DH said that even if he did bring his driving license along, they will just cook up some excuse like speeding, need NRIC etc just to tell you that you're at fault lar... So well, it's just our luck that day to kanna such an incident.

Just to better equip ourselves next time we kanna 'money-officers' in Malaysia, can someone furnish the following details:
1) What are the documents to bring to drive in Malaysia?
2) How much is the normal rate for them? (Next time I must prepare a money envelope just for such 'emergency' situations)

Your DH made a mistake, did not bring driving license, you called the police \"idiot\", you are \"angry\", and your DH bribed the policeman? I don't have sympathy for you. If you are really by the law, you can always go to the police station.

[Jennifer]

lwm99:

If you are really by the law, you can always go to the police station.

Not advisable in M'sia. Esp with young children, you do not know how long the ordeal will stretch.

A friend who has a fty in M'sia told me the fty has been \"inspected many times\". These pple are just looking for some pocketmoney.

[en107rn.01056yahoo.01056com.01056sg]

[quote]lwm99 wrote:

If you are really by the law, you can always go to the police station.

Not advisable in M'sia. Esp with young children, you do not know how long the ordeal will stretch.

A friend who has a fty in M'sia told me the fty has been \"inspected many times\". These pple are just looking for some pocketmoney.[/quote]I'll avoid the police station definitely. Usually, we set aside RM 30 and another RM 20 if the earlier amount is in sufficient.

[Funguy71]

winth:

Hi,


Our lastest trip up north was last weekend to Melaka (as usual, cos we still hasn't gathered enuff courage to climb Genting yet).

:x And you know what???? :x

DH made a wrong turn while trying to find our way out to the highway, so instead of right, we turned left and we kanna the Malaysian Police!

They stopped our car, asked my hubby to show his passport and driving licence. DH gave him his passport but told him that he didnt bring driving licence along.

So the police said something like this:
Idiot Officer: You mean you driving in Malaysia without a licence? Do you know if I catch you, you don't just get a summon you know? You are directly sent to court. And you will get a RM300 fine for it. It's very serious you know?
DH: (acting like begging) sorry lar, uncle. pls give me a chance. I need to drive family back Singapore safely.
Idiot Officer: (peering in to look at DS1 & DS2 nervously smiling back; err... I was quite stone then cos I'm both angry and scared) cannot lar, this is very serious one.
DH: Sorry sir, can you pass me back my passport? (shoved in SGD50) Sir, can you look at my passport again? (smiling nervously)
Idiot Officer: Oh... (flipping his passport, as if he didn't know there was money there), aiya, be careful next time. Must bring your ($) driving license when driving. This time, aiya, let you off... (blah bla nonsense).

PS: DH had to give him SGD50 cos we had no other small change left and we only had RM20. So no choice.

DH said that even if he did bring his driving license along, they will just cook up some excuse like speeding, need NRIC etc just to tell you that you're at fault lar... So well, it's just our luck that day to kanna such an incident.

Just to better equip ourselves next time we kanna 'money-officers' in Malaysia, can someone furnish the following details:
1) What are the documents to bring to drive in Malaysia?
2) How much is the normal rate for them? (Next time I must prepare a money envelope just for such 'emergency' situations)

Guess your DH have no choice to bribe the Malaysian police! Lucky it worked...

Passport and driving license must always bring together if we drive overseas.

I used to drive my family to KL. Along the highway there were few singapore plate cars stopped by police cars. So must be careful!

I think this is their pocket money lobang!