Renting a Mini bus to go Malaysia

[teomingern]

On 4/24/2024 at 5:36 PM, inlinesix said:

I took the longest bus ride in my life from Melbourne to Gold Coast.

24hours.

Wow! Nice! Did the bus have a toilet? How many stops did the bus make? I checked Google Maps and it says 1704 km, 17+ hours by car... I wonder how the bus drivers kept awake? I presume must have 2-3 drivers onboard... you must have paid through your nose for this bus ride...

[Tohto]

On 4/23/2024 at 8:08 AM, 13177 said:

Usually no lights on the highway, even malaysia highway also don't have.

Night bus i only find it is very cold in the bus, esp if you are not prepare well with sweater etc. The longer distance you take, the bus become more colder. I remember i took a night bus to Penang, the bus was like freezer esp when reached 3-4am.

You should tight yourself on the bus room top. No aircon. Only nature wind.

[inlinesix]

On 4/25/2024 at 9:37 AM, teomingern said:

Wow! Nice! Did the bus have a toilet? How many stops did the bus make? I checked Google Maps and it says 1704 km, 17+ hours by car... I wonder how the bus drivers kept awake? I presume must have 2-3 drivers onboard... you must have paid through your nose for this bus ride...

Driver changes shift every 8 hours.  So, we have a total of 3 drivers along the entire route.

I rem stop every 4 hours.

The bus uses inland highway that cuts through Victoria and NSW into Queensland.

1st drop off is Brisbane and 2nd drop off is Gold Coast

[teomingern]

Anyone tried the epic driving trip across Oz before? Perth to Adelaide to Melbourne to Canberra to Sydney to Gold Coast to Brisbane? 

[Lala81]

On 4/24/2024 at 5:36 PM, inlinesix said:

I took the longest bus ride in my life from Melbourne to Gold Coast.

24hours.

11 hours from redang to SG. daytime somemore. 

[inlinesix]

On 4/25/2024 at 11:04 AM, teomingern said:

Anyone tried the epic driving trip across Oz before? Perth to Adelaide to Melbourne to Canberra to Sydney to Gold Coast to Brisbane? 

When i was a student, i drove from Gold Coast => Sunshine Coast => Rockhampton => Cairns.

I did 70% of the drive.

[Lala81]

oh i took bus to hat yai before as a kid. zzz

 

[Kopites]

On 4/25/2024 at 11:08 AM, Lala81 said:

11 hours from redang to SG. daytime somemore. 

7pm to next morning 8am from golden mile to hatyai. 

Another over night train journey 5pm to next morning 8 or 9 am from hatyai to bkk. 

😆 younger days. 

Edited April 25 by Kopites

[Hubwee]

Have driven for 4 consecutive years from SG to Phuket ( 16 hours ) non stop and once from SG to BKK ( 23 hours )  .... No co drivers lo ... 4 or 5 cars , all single driver only ... our last time version of all boys trips

Did 3 or 4 times  of Ipoh cannoball run for food and back within the same day ... 

Now ask me drive to KL only already feels very tired ... 

Edited April 25 by Hubwee

[teomingern]

On 4/25/2024 at 1:48 PM, Hubwee said:

Have driven for 4 consecutive years from SG to Phuket ( 16 hours ) non stop and once from SG to BKK ( 23 hours )  .... No co drivers lo ... 4 or 5 cars , all single driver only ... our last time version of all boys trips

Did 3 or 4 times  of Ipoh cannoball run for food and back within the same day ... 

Now ask me drive to KL only already feels very tired ... 

You used up all your miles already lar...

[Hubwee]

On 4/25/2024 at 2:58 PM, teomingern said:

You used up all your miles already lar...

Think will take awhile for my miles to be used up lo ... 

We all enjoyed the drive as we insisted on using paper maps only and stopping by the small towns for food and drinks lo ... We tried using a different route every year ... 

The main highlight has always been the Jiu Wang Ye procession we get to see the temples there celebrating the 9th day of the 9th lunar month ...