http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Penang/Butterworth/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Asia , Malaysia , Penang , Butterworth en-us Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:54:21 +0000 Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:54:21 +0000 A late start again and we were in no hurry to rush out into the streets again. We had to repack our back packs and that takes around hour just to organise what you need to get you through the night train. It made was made worse by the room being so small and we really couldnrsquot spread things out. Off to Kapitanrsquos for breaky at 1130 and we had some prathra bread and curry dipping sau http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Penang/Butterworth/blog-464508.html We can confirm that Malaysians don't begin their day as late as the average Thai and they make far more noise in this train at least A gaggle of bubbly veiled women shout and laugh from 5.30am until we reluctantly rise. There's a lovely guy looking after everything including bringing us a flask of boiling water to make drinks Border formalities at 10am are easy although they take our temperat http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Penang/George-Town/blog-447476.html Easibook.com provides long distance express bus tickets online. Our fleet plies within Malaysia and between Malaysia and Singapore. We have daily departure to hundreds of destinations in Malaysia and Singapore. We proudly announce that we are the first integrated portal that sells express bus coach tickets online in South East Asia since 2005.Our coaches contribute to the most important form of http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Penang/Butterworth/blog-436344.html 3162009 MondaySo after nearly a week in Siem Reap Cambodia I headed to Malaysia where I would first visit my friend Yee Chea and her family in Pulau Penang which is an island just off the Northeast coast of Malaysia. I booked my ticket on AirAsia.com as it was the cheapest airline to fly out of Cambodia. If you ever fly out of Cambodia beware though Every entry and exit requires visitors to http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Penang/Butterworth/blog-415441.html Malaysia Penang 14022009 night time.It039s already dark though still stifling hot when I get off at the Butterworth039s bus terminal walking with stiff legs and a weary body from sitting in an uncomfortable local bus all day a local Malaysian bus built for the avarage Malasian person whose frame is quite a few inches shorter than mine whose legs not reaching anywhere near the lenght m http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Penang/Butterworth/blog-400836.html From leaving Koh Tao by boat the next couple of days were spent travelling. We caught a three hour boat to Chumpon in Thailand. The boat ride was great and as there were only a handful of people on it we got the best seats in the house or on the boat if you like......for free The weather was warm and as we reached Chumpon the pace slowed and we left the sea and sailed through a fishing river. D http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Penang/Butterworth/blog-342532.html After a fairly late and drunken evening we dragged ourselves out of bed at 8am finished our final packing and started the hike to the pier. The boat journey was not one of our favourites but after almost 6 months we were accustomed to travelling with a hangover. We arrived in Krabi at 10.30am and boarded a minibus for a town further south nearer the Malaysian border. As usual Me and Ollie were http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Penang/Butterworth/blog-305805.html Feb 8th 9thWe took a bus up to Butterworth where we stayed for one night and then caught what was supposed to be a 6 AM train out the next morning to Padang Besar the border town where we crossed into Thailand. On our way to the train station in the morning we met a fellow American traveller by the name of Kendall who we ended up traveling with for the next few days. While waiting for the tr http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Penang/Butterworth/blog-245908.html Last week visiting a great festival in Butterworth just opposite of Penang in Malaysia. This festival was celebrating the Nine Emperor Gods. It's a Taoist festival which is annually held. The new temple in Butterworth was everyday full and it was very spectacular. I wrote an extensive story for my Pangkor website you can read more about how the Gods ascended from the Big Dipper star constellati http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Penang/Butterworth/blog-213526.html