Penang

Only an hour or so down the road and we are going through Thai border control to leave the country. We do a familiar 'bus swap' with all belongings and luggage being transferred. Then a short journey to Malaysian border control where we take our luggage back off and go through immigration checks.
Penang isn't too far away but again along the way you can see in the fields the results of the recent torrential rain and resultant flooding. A couple of hours on and we are crossing the impressive road bridge into Penang and our stop is George Town. We were here a few years ago and make our way to the Edelweiss cafe for tea – a quaint bar serving quality food - this evening prepared by hand by the owner who comes out to re-introduce herself to us. Sadly, as with many stops along the way, we are only here for one night. As we leave the following morning Kenneth suffers for his art whilst attempting to take a picture of the 13.5km road bridge.