Penang Butterworth Ferry

[dirtydog]

So your at Butterworth train station, if you have come down from Bangkok your going to be pretty desperate to use a toilet, don't worry it aint far to Georgetown now, keep to your left and avoid the taxi drivers, they want to drive you over the Penang bridge but your only a couple of hundred meters away from the ferry, go up onto the pedestrian bridge and follow the signs to the ferry, this area is all no smoking

There is a change counter where you can change up notes as you need 1.20Ringgit to go through the ferry barrier machine, you only pay to onto Penang Island, coming back is free whether you use the ferry or the bridge.

The cars and bikes stay downstairs, can't remember how much it costs to get your car across.

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Here we are leaving Butterworth on our way to Penang



Each ferry has a bakers shop type thing on it, they sell good cakes and also soft drinks.



Coming up to Penang you are right near Komtar if you want to do some shopping.



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[Lily]

Jeeesus DD, haven't you been to the loo, yet?

[dirtydog]

I try to hold out lily as the toilets on Thai trains aint much fun

Anyway once you dock at Penang, it's a quick walk through a small food market, they sell sweets and fruits here aswell, and then either walk to your hotel or guesthouse, or take one of the taxies that will be waiting there, it's about 5 ringgit to just about anywhere in Georgetown, although don't be suprised if they don't turn the air con on, or you can take a rickshaw for a little bit more money.



They got some nice little catamarans moored up.



One of the little shop things in the market.