We got the train from Surat Thani to Butterworth and this was our first journey crossing a border. We had sleepers and we pretty much slept all the way through until they woke us up at 7am to get through the customs. Me and Dan probably looked a bit retarded going through customs but it was pretty simple and quick, as they gave us a free visa for Malaysia. We got back on the train and all the top sleepers had been packed, which meant we had to sit but we both waited for everyone to be seated and then opened the bottom bunks up and fell asleep for the rest of the journey. We got the boat from Butterworth to Penang, which is an island of Malaysia, where the East India company settled so there is a lot of British influence around here. We had the option to go across the longest bridge in the world but the boat was pretty cheap. Nothing much happened on the day we arrived there, we changed some money and slept until we had to get up to eat and then went back to bed.
There really wasn't much to see here, it's just that a lot of people include this in the itinerary so we though we'd check it out to see what the fuss is about. We decided to leave that evening, as we have limited days in Malaysia and can't afford to waste any days. We got a public bus to the botanic gardens, which was a lot harder than we though, as we got dropped off somewhere, walked a little and then got a taxi to the gardens. The botanic gardens were ok to start off with al these different plants-I aint no expert, but it got more interesting when we followed a path that led us into the jungle. It led us to a pond, which had a turtle that had graffiti on it's shell lol. The path carried on deeper into the jungle and this was the first taster of what Malaysia has to offer. We saw a couple of monkeys and a few more different plants but when we got out, I was drenched with sweat and that's when I felt like i've just come of the jungle. A little joke "Why did the parrot get lost in the jungle?.......................................................cos the jungle is massive!"
We waited for the right bus to take us back and it felt like ages becasue Dan and Anton were quoting Pulp Fiction-oh how many of these quotes i've heard on this trip! We made our way to Fort Cornwallis, which is a British fort on the coast. It wasn't too impressive, especially when comparing them to all the forts we have seen on this trip, so had a walk around posing for pics to show people we've been here. Georgetown has a Little India and Chinatown, so there's a great mix of races here and at first this felt weirds because we were in Malaysia but soon as we had a Chinese and a curry-that went out of the window. Them two areas weren't that impressive so that left us with nothing else to see.
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