Day 29 (27th Feb 2013)

Day 29 / 27th Feb

George Town to Kanthan Baru

The distance from George Town to Kaula Lumpur is about 370 kms. We had 3 days to cover it as we had decided to reach Kuala Lumpur on 1st March. We started at 7 am in the morning and went to the ferry. There was already a queue of vehicles but we could get on to the first ferry. To our surprise the return ferry is free of cost. It took about 15 minutes for the ferry to cross over to Butterworth. We found it difficult to get out of Butterworth as the road signs were confusing. Finally got on to road no 1 which goes to Ipoh and further to Kuala Lumpur. After a light breakfast and 'Teh Ice' stops we stopped for lunch at 1.30 . We had covered 96 kms by that time but going got difficult as it became very hot. We had lunch and rested till 2.30, then got going again. By 5 we had covered 154 kms and Ipoh was another 18 kms away, but it started raining so we decided to call it a day. It has been raining fairly consistently since we entered Malaysia. Normally, clouds start gathering around 4 and it gets very dark, thunder and lightning start around 5 and it starts raining soon after.