Today was going to be a trying day. It was imperative I leave the hotel by 6am to catch the 730am ferry back to Alor Setar. From there the 90 min bus back to Butterworth, then the ferry to Penang, and an hour long bus down to the Penang Airport for my 6pm flight to Indonesia(see map above in reverse)Langkawi does not have direct flights to Medan Indonesia, only back to Penang or Kuala Lumpur. I couldnt fly or take a ferry to Penang as they do not co-incide with t...

Now I had a few hours to kill in Penang before my 6pm flight I wanted to check out some of the museums that had been closed for the three day holiday.First was the Peranakan Mansion. There were wealthy Chinese families that adopted a mix of Malay and Colonial lifestyles.I had to ask how to find the house and entry was 20Rm ($8). This threw off my budgeting for such a high entry cost but the attendants were inviting people claiming this was "the best museum in Pen...

I was running low on cash. I had 6 x 1 bills (.35 cents each) + 2 x 100 bills ($35 each) which I didnt want to break and just convert them to Indonesian money for the next leg. I had spent 3.50Rm on lunch and had just enough with change to pay the 2.70Rm (.90 cents) bus fare back to the airport.I left the city at 2.30 and it took an hour to get to the airport. There I went to exchange the 200Rm ($66) I had left over. The first counter offered to give me 550,000ID...

The last stop as the sun was beginning to set was to a waterfall on the north side of the island. Even though I had a motorbike and was doing upto 70km/hr now it was still taking half an hour to get to each place on the island even with clear roads.The waterfall was nice and in three stages so not one giant long one. I was thirsty but they were charging double prices for ice creams here.I then cut south across the island to get me back to the hotel pulling over a...

Having fueled both my stomach and the bike I now had time to explore the rest of the island. I continued around from the Pantai Cenang beach around the airport heading to Pantai Kok where the cable cars were to the sky bridge.Passing the airport I was up against the runway as planes were coming in to land and take offI passed an interesting pink bridge and lots of local MosquesI found a nice spot where I pulled in to get a scenic pic. Then something strange start...