We got up nice and early at 6:30 to jump on our air conditioned mini bus along with our snacks, prepared for a long days travel. George was instructed by Sharn to sit in the front to keep an eye on the speed the driver was going to tell him to slow down if necessary, which filled us all with confidence! After a change of drivers, 2 passport controls and a long strip of 'no-mans land we arrived in Malaysia. Although it does not yet have the status of 'developed' country you could definately see the difference from Thailand. It was a lot more built up with sky scrapers defining the sky line. In order to enter Penang island we crossed over the 2nd longest bridge in the world, spanning an impressive 13.2km. We arrived at
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