Just last Sunday I went to the Thai border (Wang Kelian) for a visit and ‘shopping’. I bought mainly food items there e.g. deep fried anchovies (ikan bilis), durian cake and 15 packets of instant noodlessss. Hahaha well according to some recommendation they said a lot of visitors buy them in bulks, usually 30 in a box / carton (RM 13.90) – in my case I shared it with my friend. 

The journey is almost 3 hours with the last half hour or so going up a winding hill. Me and my gang started off (from Penang island) around 7ish am, stopped by one of the rest area for lunch and reach our destination around 10 am ++. Along the way you will see lots and lots of paddy field, rubber plantation etc, quite a scenic view for photography I might add. I also spotted some white stalks (is this how you spell it?) that I later figure out that it was only white plastic bags – hahaha a cheap version of scarecrow I suppose. Well … there were some REAL birds, some sitting on a tree, some flying ~ no they are not flying plastic bags.

Generally you may not need to use your passport but if you are going there I suggest that you bring along (you don’t want to get stuck in Thai or in the no-man’s-land – between Malaysia and Thailand). Try to get there as early as possible; else you will be shopping under the hot sun. You do not have to worry about currency exchange, most if not all stalls accept either Ringgit or Bhat.

Want to get there? Point your google map to 6.696064,100.179949.