considering it was a late night i got up fairly early to makethe most of the last day in penang and see some of the temples etc,. we ended up spending most fo the day at the oldest mosque in malaysia. what was supposed to be a fleeting vist turned into a lengthy debate with a women in the information centre. she sat us down while we waited to be taken into teh mosque and said to ask if we had any questions about islam and she would like to answer them because ...

so another day was spent travelling. we had to get a mini van from our hotel in Ko Lantre across to the main land. we stayed on the bus the whole time as Ko lante is a group of islands so through a series of bridges and barges we somehow made it to Trang on the mainland. here was another wait for a bus to hat yai. another lengthy wait and we were finally on the bus to penang in malaysia. Crossing te border went without any problems thankfully, other than i left...