Save Toll Charges on the Old Trunk Roads

On Saturday, my husband and I took a slow leisurely drive to Kuala Lumpur. We travel to Kuala Lumpur often enough to visit our sons, always taking the highway which will cost us something between RM 24.00 to RM27.00 on toll charges, depending from where we enter and exit the highway. So a trip to KL inclusive of petrol will cost us at least RM100.00.

This past weekend we decided to try the old trunk roads as friends and family have told us that the roads are much improved and most importantly, free of toll charges. We left Ipoh at 7.45 am and took the highway till Tapah and exited to the old road and paid a toll of RM5.60. We were pleasantly surprised by the ease of driving on the old roads and the bonus was the beautiful scenery and the nostalgia as we passed the towns like Sungkai, Bidor and so on. It has been years since I have been on these trunk roads and certain stretches was dual carriageway too. We drove all the way through Rawang until Jalan Kuching to my son's apartment which is just off Jalan Kuching. Can't imagine that we paid a toll of only RM5.60 as compared to RM24 - RM27 on the highways. Although the speed limit was only 90 kmh and it was raining most of the way, it took us just short of 3 hours to arrive Kuala Lumpur as compared to 2 hours on the highway but was worth the little extra time taken because the toll saved was significant enough. My hubby says on our next trip we should be able to go all the way and not pay a single sen toll.
I am game............why not if we can save money and we arrive anyway.


Rainy morning