We enjoyed a decent night's sleep, then continental breakfast in our room before the day's schedule fell apart as we were two hours late getting into Butterworth for our walking tour of Georgetown on Penang Island. Even late and at a hotter time of day, that was a welcome break from reading and gazing out the windows of the train.
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| We saw lots of rice paddies from the train in both Malasia and Thailand. Here is one before the plants have sprouted. |
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| These paddies are a little further along |
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| Further still. |
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| Maybe ready for harvest. There are workers in this one. |
We eventually arrived in Butterworth, and then took a bus to Georgetown, the capitol of the Malasian state of Penang Island, for our walking tour. We had a knowledgeable guide who filled us in on lots of local lore as he led us down Peace Street and into a mosque, a Hindu temple, a Buddhist temple, and an Anglican church before we arrived at several government buildings left over from the days of British rule.
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| This is fairly typical of the housing we saw from the train in Malasia. |
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| View of Butterworth on the way to Penang--or possibly Georgetown. I'm a little confused about what this is, but I know it is a view from the bus on the way from the train to Georgetown, Penang Island. |
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| Same place |
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| Lots of cultural variety here, as everywhere in this region of the world |
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| A large Hindu temple on our way in |
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| Georgetown |
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| The mosque |
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| A shrine |
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| The Buddhist temple |
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| Tri-shaws carried tourists and locals who didn't want to walk |
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| The Hindu temple |
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| Local dress |
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| There's a guy in there, taking a nap |
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| Flowers are everywhere |
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| Commercial street |
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| Incense sticks at a temple |
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| A monk dispensing advice--spiritual or tourist? |
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| In the British section |
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| The Anglican church |
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| It's peaceful here, but not without cost, apparently |
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