Pasir Penang, Malaysia
49 miles
We had a long day ahead so we got an early start...before 8! Stopped for roti canai, kaya roti bakar (toast with that coconut butter we love:)) and iced coffee just outside of Melaka. Pedal on, pedal on.
Did we miss our turn? Yup, looks like it. Lets go back.
So I pull out for a U turn...after checking traffic, and halfway across hear a beep and see a motorcycle bearing down on me. I must have tried to pedal faster, or something, because I tipped over in the road! We were on a slight downhill so that had to play in there somewhere. Never done that before on the road...only when I've been trying to finagle the trike over rough terrain. Blaze seems a bit top heavy. I'll have to rethink my packing maybe.
So back we go...find our turn (which has no route marking) and head down that road that will take us along the coast instead of the major route 5 which is more inland.
What's that ahead?
A military post. No, you can't bike on this road (they motion...no English...but they do have guns.
On the way back we saw this monkey on the side of the road:
Back we go. Arrghh!
I was leading today and because I knew it was a long ride, I think I was pushing hard and not stopping enough. Poor Sylvia:(. One time when I stopped to let her catch up, she said shed been yelling at me for a while. She was parched! Oops!! Sure wish we had headsets like they do on motorcycles:).
At one stop, this guy, Mat (so he said:)), was so funny and excited to meet us...and so proud of his regional flag (we think)...he even tried one of the trikes!
We were quite unsure of how long we were going to have to ride and what we would find at day's end. But we would never have imagined THIS!!!
We're at the Eagle Ranch Resort, a cowboy-themed resort with tepees and quasi covered wagons to stay in! What a rip!!! And lots of fun things to do like high ropes course, go cart course, horses to ride, etc. In Malaysia!!!
Tuesday
Still working our way to Kuala Lumpur. Not really sure what route to take and waiting on hearing if we have a place to stay with a friend's mom. After lunching in Port Dickson, the sky started getting dark. Sylvia asked me what I thought about it and should we maybe get a hotel. I said it might blow by and I didn't mind biking in the rain, but if she wanted to stop, I was ok with it. We pushed on but she wasn't comfortable with the decision. I really hoped it would blow over because we had about 25 mikes til we reached a hotel. It didn't. It rained. And if that wasn't enough, it really poured...cats and dogs. I cycle with an umbrella. It really helps reduce the wetness and worked for most of the time except when the wind picked up. Sylvia wasn't comfortable with the bought of trying to hold it, so she really got drenched. But it did finally cease. And it wasn't as cold as the rain this summer. In the first town we came to we asked about a hotel.
6 km down the road the wrong way. Another said probably more like 9 km. but 20 the other way...the way we were headed. So we opted for the closer. 9 was more like 12:(. But we have a room after a 40 mile day.
Tomorrow we have to retrace those 7 miles. Oh we'll.
Today this guy pulled over and stopped us. He bought us water and then told us he had biked around the world for a year. We're going to try and stay with him a bit further north. That should be fun!!! His shirt says "Bikepacker"...referring to bike tourists! Go Chalib!
And now it's sunset on the Malaysian coast:
BagLady
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