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== Getting around ==

Malaysia used to have a big culture of hitching and people are still familiar with the idea. In Penang they appeared particularly helpful, it was very easy to get around by hitching.

== 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.

=== 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.

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.

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