& msincredible,
wanna share your experience in Malaysia???
Sure...well, I do have to confess that I didn't get very far into Malaysia (I just had a day to play as I was in Singapore on a business trip), and my trouble came on the Singapore side.
I picked up my bike in town in Singapore in the morning, rode through town, I got a bit lost because of confusing signs and ended up circling around a couple of times with a bit of a detour onto the Central Expressway at one point. Eventually I made it out onto Upper Thomson Road. I took the side route out onto Old Upper Thomson Road which was definitely the nicest road I've been on in Singapore.
Finally made it up to Woodlands to the Causeway, cause I've been wanting to try crossing a border on a bike. Well, the signs indicated lanes for cars, trucks, buses, and motorcycles (who had to go via the expressway), but nothing for bikes.
I decided instead to find the pedestrian access point, and hauled my bike through the building and the revolving gate, only to be pulled aside by the authorities.
Apparently, bicycles are motorcycles, not pedestrians, at least as far as Singapore immigration is concerned. Ooops! After quite a lot of discussion and a bit of laughter on their part, they finally agreed to let me through and escorted me out so that I could join up with the motorcycles for the entry to Malaysia (that was much easier).
Rode around Johor Bahru a bit, but decided not to stop (I didn't have a lock for the bike). Then I headed back to the border, again a bit of hassle re-entering Singapore but it wasn't too bad, at least I knew which lane to go in this time.
Rode back on Woodlands to Upper Bukit Timah back to town, 55 miles total for the day.
Woodlands (Singapore)
View of the water from Johor Bahru:
West Coast Park (Singapore):
