|  Manmeet
Singh (in KL) gives us his tips... from Butterworth there are three
ways to Kuala Lumpur .... bus , train or plane ...
If you want to fly, you have to go to Penang first either by ferry
or bus then take a cab to the airport but you lose a lot of time
in KL by travelling from KLIA (KL International Airport) to Kuala
Lumpur...
If you take the 2.00 train, you will reach KL by 9pm (approx) My
suggestion is to take the bus.
 In
Butterwoth the bus stop is called the 'Jetty' or 'Jeti' in Malay.
Take the 'plusliner' bus to kl. It takes about 4.5 - 5 hrs to reach
KL. Once in KL, get a cab to your hotel or guest house.
If you can't get a plusliner bus, take the 'super coach' followed
by the Seri Manja express. You should be able to get one of these
buses.
Don't take any bus which a 'tout' promotes to you. Those buses
take ages to reach KL. Buy your tickets only from the counter.
Plusliner buses are more diciplined. They stop only for 20 minutes
along the way for makan and you reach KL really fast. Their counter
in Butterworth is at the corner of the jetty bus stop (as you approach
the bus stop it will be on the inner corner, right hand side of
the building.)
Anyway, Plusliner buses have a schedule... either every hour or
so...
 If
you got nothing but cash, you can hire a cab and have him drive
you down to KL for a fee of abput RM200... hiring a cab is also
available from the jetty at the end of the building.
Happy, safe travels.
~ Manmeet Singh |
