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February 14, 2006
And onward to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
After staying in Krabi an extra day, I start a 20 hour, 850 Baht journey to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. At 1030 in the morning I board the first of three Toyota minibuses that takes me to Hat Yai. There I’m passed on from one travel agency/private bus stop to another via minibus. After three hours in town several of us board my third minibus of the day and head south for the Malaysian border at Dan Nok. This is a heavily trafficked, efficient border post and we were through Thai and Malaysian immigration and customs in less than half an hour. After we get back on the road the minibus driver takes us to Georgetown on Pulau Penang island via many stops to let people off, mostly in Butterworth.
It is about 10pm when we arrive at the travel agency in Georgetown where I wait for over an hour. At about 11:15pm a big, VIP bus pulls up and I plop down into seat 3A. Soon we are on the road, and I’m fast asleep. Our arrival was at a painful 4:45am in Kuala Lumpur. Ouch.
Posted by stu at February 14, 2006 07:44 AM