Train ride part 2 - Bangkok - Butterworth - Kuala Lumpur - one night in Penang, three days in Malaysia! January 30th 2013 The night train from Bangkok to Butterworth was on the Malaysian trains, which were not entirely as nice and a bit older, but still clean and the staff was friendlier. We got into Buttwerworth on time after passing through immigration at the border, which was painless, and took the ferry into Georgetown where we were to spend the night on non-rolling land. We booked a simple guesthouse room at Mun ... read more
Asia » Malaysia » Penang » George Town During the late 18th and 19th centuries, Great Britain established colonies and protectorates in the area of current Malaysia; these were occupied by Japan from 1942 to 1945. In 1948, the British-ruled territories on the Malay Peninsula formed the Fe... ... read more
We are Sadie and Øyvind, she is 28 and Spanish-American (raised in Barcelona, American by passport) and he is 35 and Norwegian all the way. We are married and live in Oslo (moved here together in 2008) and we both work in film and TV, Øyvind is a photografer and Sadie is a director working as a koordinator/AD :)
We are quitting our jobs, packing up and leaving for the trip of a lifetime together! Our plans are to be gone anywhere between 6 and 10 months, and we hope to get off the beaten track and maybe work/volunteer along the way in order to better get to know the countries we visit and t... full info