Hi everyone, I would like to share my experience on my trip to Dannok, Thailand. Crossing the border from Bukit Kayu Hitam to Sadao Border. You can Waze Sadao Border.
I started my journey from Taiping and it took less than 3 hours to arrive at the border. First, when I arrived at Bukit Kayu Hitam, I stopped at this station. Insurance and other type of form.
This is one of the stations you can stop.
But do not worry, because there are tons of insurance stations all over Bukit Kayu Hitam, so, feel free to stop at any station.
When you buy insurance and all sorts of forms. Please check whether it is complete or not, you should have TM2, TM3, TM6, and Insurance forms. You also need to provide the original car grant.
This is the reminder given by the insurance station.
This is the flow, that you should follow when at the border
The flow when entering will be. CUSTOM MALAYSIA (require a license from the driver)--> IMMIGRATION MALAYSIA(need a passport)-->IMMIGRATION THAILAND(all the form)-->CUSTOM THAILAND(car grant, insurance)
Finally, make sure that you get the car declaration form and remember to keep this form safe as you will need to return them when you go back to Malaysia.
Picture showing how to get the declaration form.
The picture shows that you will need to return the form at counter 8
After that, you are done! You can enter Thailand. Starting here, you can buy roaming of just drive to a nearby 7-Eleven to buy a sim card. I bought a sim card for ฿150 which is less than RM20, this sim is unlimited data for 1 month.
For me, I booked The Ring Border Hotel. Cost around RM100 for a queen room. The deposit is RM50, yes I use Malaysian Ringgit because here, most vendors are still able to accept RM. The hotel is huge but the parking is very limited. So, we park and just walk to the stalls.
After that, we went to the Lotus to buy some snacks to take back home. I use my credit card to pay and the charge is around RM2-3 when convert. The only time I use my cc is when I'm at 7Eleven and Lotus.
Tefal iron cost only RM46 at Lotus here.
After that, we walk nearby to the street food to eat. Here are some of the food that I've tried and I could say that I'm amazed by the taste.
Pad Thai
Potatoes Ball cost less than RM3
Roti Milo and Roti Pisang
Very cute Cafe
I bought Ice Latte for RM3. Cheap~~
Overall, if you do not wish to do shopping (which I doubt). RM130 change to Baht is enough for 2 days at Dannok.
Thanks for reading. I really recommend going to Dannok just for eating. Bye! Assalamualaikum~~
