Thailand is an hour behind Malaysia, so getting up early means I’m still an hour behind what I was doing a week ago, just to beat the heat. So, I’ll really have to be up early here ! Having said that, yesterday and today were overcast, so the heat hasn’t been an issue. Breakfast was …
I had a nice Nasi Lemak and coffee at a hawker stall only 100m after leaving my hotel. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed Nasi Lemak here, but this one was probably my last, as my destination today was Thailand. Malaysia didn’t let me go easily though. The first 20kms today wound between stunning karst outcrops, rice paddies …
Today was a big day by my standards. Six hours in the saddle in this heat is more than I’d like to do. However, it was also one of the few days that I didn’t decide on the end point the night before. This time, I waited to see what would happen, and play it …
On my first full day in Georgetown and I did a fair amount of walking around and simply gawking at the buildings in the UNESCO Heritage area. Food is a focus here, so there was some good coffee, Char Kway Tow, and I’ve just finished my first Assam Laksa. The Laksa was brilliant so there’ll …
On the road by 7:30 with a minimal breakfast, but that’s not an issue, because here, you are always close to food. I stopped by a really good roti place again. This time after about 20kms. People still stared, but 3 came up to talk. All very nice and friendly as always. I had my …
I had to wait for some rain to stop today, then I headed out on clean busy roads following my GPS’ instructions to the letter. Ipoh is full of one way streets and the morning peak hour isn’t the time to go off piste and not trust your GPS. Pretty soon, I was on some …
I was pleased to leave the Cameron Highlands because of the crowds. Last night Tanah Rata was completely gridlocked and during the day, the sole road north was a car park. It felt like Venice. You know that there’s something nice there, but you can’t experience it because 50 million other tourists are doing the …
Today’s ride on Komoot I was on the road by 8am. Yes, that’s a little late, but I only had 60kms today, and the issue with arriving early is that you can’t check in to the hotel. I started with a 7-11 breakfast. Most supermarkets here sell filled buns and croissants which last for a …
Today was a mix of great riding on quiet interesting roads and some really hot boring sections. The hotel here is excellent and I’m at the Chinese restaurant next door. I went to bed with thunderstorms forecast to dump loads of rain across most of the day. However, when I woke, it was fine and …
Leaving KL was surprisingly easy and smooth, except for about 2kms of freeway and flyovers that I couldn’t avoid. That was the only time I was on the freeway, as here they have two motorbike lanes segregated from the freeway. I had so many conversations with the motos and even got high fives from food …
