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== Hitching out ==
The city is quite developed, scattered with skyscrapers and surrounded by big highways. It's rather tough to hitch out from the island.
Your best bet is to get to central bus station of [[George Town, Malaysia|George Town]] (basically any bus will take you there from anywhere on the island for 1 to 4 RM (in 2012)). Or just walk there, as you'll probably be staying in George Town anyway.
The bus station is by the sea, and there's a frequent and free ferry out to Butterworth, which is a city on the peninsula. (Note that the ferry is '''not''' free the other way around, '''to''' the island.) The journey takes about 15 minutes.
=== North towards [[Thailand]] ===
There is a lot of local traffic on the highway near Penang, and people told us the long-distance traffic only goes to Kuala Lumpur, not to Thailand. Our experience was different though, someone going near the Thai border stopped for us in 10 minutes.
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From the port/mainland you can take bus 601 to Kepala Batas (RM 2.70) and then walk to the toll gate on the other side of the bridge - it was hot and tiring but at the toll gate I got picked up instantly!
Take the free ferry to Butterworth. If you walk out of the port, you will see a bridge with ramps. You need to go south, which is right when you leave the port. After a few kilometres, there is a toll bridge, from where you can walk to a ramp of the main north-south highway.
From Panang Sentral bus stop we took bus number #706 going to Jalan Nagasari (5.361694, 100.410936) (2 MYR per person August 2019) then walked 2 km to gas station on E1 highway (5.353929, 100.419684). There is a fence, but fear not - there is also a gate. We did catch a ride within 25minutes 25 minutes to Ipoh. Tip1: go through the restaurant area to the next gas station or rest area to catch all the traffic. Tip2: Moovit app has all bus routes layed on a map
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