The short expanse of water on which we were traveling was filled with sea traffic. I could see some ferries coming from the island while others, like ours, were headed for the island. Looking to my left, I could see the majestic Penang bridge that connects Penang Island to the mainland. I marveled at its beauty – what a magnificent piece of engineering.
I had the fortune of visiting Penang Island one long weekend sometime ago. My friend, James Tee, who owns a car, had wanted to see a friend in Penang. As the journey from Kuala Lumpur takes four to five hours, I accompanied him, “to keep him from falling asleep”, as he said.
We arrived at Butterworth (Mainland) at about one o’clock in the afternoon. James guided the car in the directions pointed to by the signs that read “Feri”. We stopped at one of the many booths to pay the ferry ride. After getting the tickets we moved along as directed and eventually found ourselves parked behind a row of cars. I looked around and saw many other rows of cars. I reasoned that we were all waiting for the next ferry to arrive.
I was right. After five minutes or so we were motioned to drive up a circular pathway with the other cars ahead of us. It was strange to find myself on the narrow pathway and ending up behind the same cars again in front of us. Again we waited.
From where I sat I could see orange-color vessels moving in and out of the jetties in front of us. James told me that they were the ferries. I took his word for it as it was my first trip to Penang and I had no idea what a ferry looked like. I could read the name Pulau Talang Talang ( Talang Talang Island) on the ferry docked right in front of us. Other ferries with names of Pulau Langkawi and Pulau Angsa could be seen getting ready either to dock or to leave. I was not sure of which. Anyway all the ferries looked similar except for their names. Even so every ferry I saw seemed to have “Pulau something” for its name.
wow that is awesome and beautiful scenery it looks like a fun time was had by both of you thanks for the article 
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