It was the 1st of May. Labor Day aka public holiday. And it also happened to be Friday. The perfect timing for family vacation? Yes and no.
Yes, because it's a free holiday of 3 days straight. No, because it's gonna be a hell of a traffic jam all around Malaysia.
But we took it as a yes, as I'm obviously writing this post. We embraced the traffic in all positivity. Little that we know it's gonna be, a disaster!
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We started the day early after breakfast at home. It's gonna be a very long two-cars convoy road trip. To start early was a clever decision as we've predicted that there will be many cars on the road. We stopped for lunch at the RnR, and continued heading up north. Before we reach the border, we stopped again at Changlun to exchange Ringgit Malaysia to Thai Baht, fill-up immigration forms (using the service available, very convenient) and changed Ringgit to a few RM1 notes. These are like a necessary check-list before you enter the Thailand border, by car. Oh, don't forget to fill-up your fuel tank too, as our price is cheaper. We then got going to Bukit Kayu Hitam, all excited. And we were so ready to cross the border now. But the worse had yet to come...
