Day 68

07/09/2009

It was a little hard to get up and leave our beach side camp site after just one night - whilst not idyllic, it was certainly very pleasant. Dozens of fishing boats had been out all night, returned to harbour at first light and were heading back to their favoured spot as we ate breakfast.

We headed further south and crossed the border into Malaysia mid-afternoon. South for a couple more hours brought us to Butterworth which is on the mainland opposite the port of Georgetown on the island of Pinang. We hope to ship from here to Sumatra but have already established that there are no scheduled vehicle ferries from anywhere in Malaysia to Sumatra. Tomorrow we talk to shipping agents to see how much it will cost to send them as freight.

Ate at an Indian along the street from the hotel which was outstanding. All the cooking was done at the front on the street with seating areas behind where you could see everything that was going on. Unfortunately we sat upstairs in air conditioned splendour, so missed out on that aspect.

Lat 5 24.48 N
Long 100 22.22 E
Town Butterworth