Day 70

08/09/2009 - I think the day count went wrong sometime back.

Simon and I have been trawling around the shipping agents in Georgetown this morning to find one able to ship our vehicles across to Medan in Sumatra. After suggestions that we needed to put them in containers, and then, as Tiny is too tall, that we needed a special open topped container to be brought from Singapore, we found the right man for the job.

Mr Lim was out of the office when we arrived arranging the shipping of two American motorbikes, so we felt we were in the right place.

When he returned he confirmed we could have our vehicles shipped on a smalll boat leaving friday and arriving saturday in Medan. If we didnl't load until friday we would have a problem as we need to be here to load the vehicles and would also need to be in Belawan (the port near Medan) to off load on saturday, but would have missed the friday foot ferry, and the next would be monday. Flying was one option, or spliting up, with Beth and Pat going to Belawan on friday and Simon and I following on monday or flying on saturday.

This was all resolved when we found we could load tomorrow so could all travel together on friday.

Took the opportunity to drive across the Penang bridge this evening, which is a little over 13km long.