Thanks, GoodKarmaGuy, for the great info! Another tip that might be helpful for those doing this for the first time: when you get off the Singapore MRT at Kranji station to catch bus #170, cross the street bridge to the other side for buses headed to JB. When I did the trip, I spent a few minutes and missed a bus before I figured out which side of the street to board from

At the Larkin bus terminal, the ATM on the "right side" (closer to the family restaurant) accepted my US ATM card while the ATM on the "left side" of the terminal did not...

GoodKarmaGuy, I think I did the trip same day as you! I noticed in your original post you said you did it on Sunday and posted 7/21. I did the trip on Sunday 7/20. I crossed the border back into Singapore around 6:30pm and it seemed the lines were starting to get very long, but not nearly as bad as you described. Only problem I had is that they didn't have blank immigration and SARS forms in the "lobby", so I had to wait in line to get them from the immigration officer while it seemed everybody else in line around me already got theirs from somewhere.

It would have been interesting to see the large chaotic crowds that you saw just a couple hours later...or maybe not

[This message has been edited by anthonyanthony (edited 08-01-2003).]