Hi,
I didnt know that you can drive G plate vehicles into Malaysia. I
wanted to drive my Opel van (similar to the belingo) into JB cos my
car was being repainted there. So I called up our side of the cause
way and they said no problem but need to check with the malaysian
side. Called up JB and they said they do not permit singapore goods
vehicle ie G plate cars into Malaysia blah blah blah... gave
up.
So if you managed to find out how your friend did it or what permit
etc to apply, will appreciate if you can post it here so more
people can know.
As for time it takes, well its further than you think. Its at least
320/330 km away and that is from the road markers signages which I
suspects does not include city driving ie from start of toll to end
of toll. So the last time, I did about 110 took me over 4.5 hours
plus breaks. Oh, driving in KL can be a night mare. even the locals
sometimes gets lost and the traffic jams are bad! Problem is that
there are alot of spaghetti flyovers with lots of entries, so if
you exit one too early or too late... good luck! my friend's house
was 10 mins from my hotel, took 1 turn too early ended up on the
road to ipoh. lucky found a way to turn back and proceeded to view
KL via the ring road, that is to say, circled the outer borders of
KL. 10 mins drive ended up 1.5 hrs and that is on a sunday morning
with absolutely no traffic. So go traffic jam... die die.
good luck and yes its quite fun but plan ahead and get a really
really really really good map!
franzx
