Our last stop in Malaysia before crossing the border into Thailand was the small state of Penang, an island off the west coast where the majority of the population is Chinese not Malay and where the British invaded (is there anywhere we didn't invade round here?). We got to the Island by ferry but there is also a bridge, the second longest in South East Asia.
We got there in the afternoon and had a chance to wander around, there are hundreds (maybe a bit of an exaggeration) of temples and mosques dotted around the streets. I also went to the top of the Komtar tower to their viewing deck, but it started raining when I got to the top so the pictures weren't great.
The next day we had a tour round Penang starting with the old British fort. Next we headed to the Chinese Wharfs, there are seven along a stretch of the front and is where the Chinese immigrants arrived. Each is named after a popular Chinese family name so only those with that name could stay on that wharf, if you look inside you couldn't tell that they are a shack built above water as they all have electricity and TVs etc.
We headed to the Wat Chayamangkalaram temple, home to the reclining Buddh, then after a stop off at another chocolate factory we finished at Kek Lok Si Temple, the largest Buddist temple in Malaysia.
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