Day 237 - A Ferry, Two Trains and a Stopover in Ipoh

It was still dark when I got up and left the hotel, despite it being after 6:00 in the morning. It has mostly to do with Malaysia being on a different timezone than Thailand and in my view they seem to be about 1h off because it only gets light after 7:00 in the morning. Nothing much happens either in the morning whereas in Thailand, Vietnam and other countries I visited where there is a lot of hustle and bustle going on from 5:00 already.

Day 236 - Chilling in George Town

At first this was meant to be the last day in Penang, or more accurate I was supposed to leave yesterday evening with the night train to KL. But since the trains were all fully booked due to school holidays, I had to stay an extra day.

Day 235 - Even more Art and History in George Town

Ok, you all probably wanted to see some more street art and a few more old houses from George Town. Well, even if you didn't want to see more, I wanted to see more of this and have been wandering around to find the remaining street art without using the map I had with me.

Day 234 - More from George Town

 

After seeing most of the street art yesterday, I went to check out some of the historical clan houses and some temples today.

Day 233 - History and Art in George Town

I started the day with a visit to the Camera Museum since it was right next to the guest house I stayed at, it was nice but it's very overpriced for what you get. There are not many old camera shops in most of Asia so I guess in this light it makes sense to have a camera museum but what you get here you get in most older camera shops in London for example.

Day 232 - Train and Ferry to Penang

The train pulled in at the border only a little bit later than expected but the immigration process was very smooth and fast, so fast even that everyone had to wait around until the train started to continue the journey to Butterworth.