21. The sun never sets on the (old) British Empire.
Always a picturesque start to the day We had a couple of nice days cycling through quiet lanes and tracks on our route south before emerging into Butterworth – a very odd name for a town in Malaysia. The ex RAF Butterworth is on the opposite side of the water to George Town, the old heart of the British Empire here and we cycled through the old RAF base, now with a RAAF contingent stationed here alongside the Malaysian Airforce, to catch the ferry to Penang Island. The ferry used to take cars and there’s a dual carriageway on ramps looping out over the water to get you to the...
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