Malaysia

Day 53 – Penang aka George Town, Malaysia

After a stressful morning where my clean laundry arrived late just before I was supposed to be picked-up for my bus to Malaysia (the bus was also late), I departed in a luxury mini-bus. 

The border crossing was one of the easiest, no card to fill (I told you I know my passport number by heart now!), a quick scan of the bags. The journey took 9 hours.

I was well-prepared with a bag full of food: sliced bread, hard-boiled eggs (I love to be able to buy that), Babybel (they also had Laughing Cow cheese), delicious apples that cost me around 1€ each, fruit jelly, chips, and so on. 

Malaysia has a 1-hour time difference with Thailand (and thus Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam), the power plugsplugs are different, we are on the UK system, which I discovered fumbling in the dark to charge my phone. Because I thought I was arriving in my dormitory at 8 o’clock when it was 9, by the time I was ready for bed it was officially 10.

I have a new currency to get used to, also. The joys of travelling! At least they have real highways here, complete with toll booths.

My future adventures will start tomorrow!