Malaysians unite over 'craziest' travel experiences on Twitter

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A young woman and her mother backpacked across Australia for two weeks because they were cheated by an unscrupulous travel agency.

Elsewhere, a boy became stranded on an empty street in the wee hours of the morning because he had taken the wrong bus to Kuala Lipis (Pahang), instead of Kuala Lumpur.


Then there's the sulking wife who left her husband behind at home after a heated argument and travelled to northern Malaysia with her toddler child in tow, just to let off steam. She was then stuck in an eight-hour traffic jam along the highway on the drive back home to KL.

The aforementioned scenarios are just some of the zaniest road trip tales that were shared by Malaysians on Twitter recently.

And it all started with a relatively unassuming tweet from Puteri Nuraaina Balqis Mohd Asri, also known by her Twitter handle @ayyputeri.

On July 19, the 26-year-old media executive from Taiping, Perak, posted the following tweet:   

The tweet immediately went viral, with many people replying with their wildest travel experiences. The tweet has garnered over hundreds of replies, including those from international travellers at press time.

Puteri Nuraaina says the tweet was inspired by a conversation she had with a friend.

"I had a conversation with my best friend the night before (I sent out the tweet) about our travelling experiences... and I kind of miss travelling too," she says in an interview.

The next morning, Puteri Nuraaina suddenly recalled a crazy day trip experience to Kuala Terengganu for a friend's convocation ceremony.

Curious to know about others' travel experiences, she posted the tweet in the afternoon.