I have always wanted to do a tour of Peninsula Malaysia for a long time and eventually I did it. Here is my documentation of this adventure which took 43 days covering a distance over 2,600km, 3 nations and 11 states. I called this adventure "Cycle Malaysia" (CM), to know Malaysia is to cycle Malaysia.
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After gathering much information from friends and the internet I plotted the entire journey with 8 stages. There were some changes in the plan but not severe. |
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On the first day my lovely wife sent me to the nearest LRT station where I got connected to Sg. Buloh Station and that was the starting point of CM. I was using a Brompton folding bicycle to do this tour, it has 6 speeds, the wheel size is 16", equipped with a Brompton T-bag for my travelling stuffs and a small saddle bag for my tools and first aids. I did not encounter any tyre puncture during the entire 43 days tour and the 4 spare tubes were left unopened in the bag. |
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Stage I of the tour was from Sg. Buloh to Penang. There were 6 of us participating in this stage and they were Jotaro Zen, Fenn Siah, Kimmiskie, Sooi Ying and Amanda Lee who flew in from Melbourne to join us in this pursuit. |
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All feeling fresh and eager to start the journey but everyone was hungry and had to eat first. |
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As usual there will be lots of eating and savouring of the many types of food found in Malaysia. Our first meal was Dim Sum at Sg. Buloh Village. |
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I did not realise that we will end up at this obstacle again which some of us have encountered before during our Wednesday rides. Fortunately this time, there was a huge steel "I" beam spanning across the stream. Slowly and step by step we managed to get to the other end. (GPS : 3.185780, 101.544687) |
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Most of the routes we took were of inner roads either going through kampong or housing schemes but at time it was unavoidable and had to use the trunk roads. |
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The weather was fine on the first day with a bit of mild drizzle. |
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The places we chose to stop sometimes could be interesting and informative, for instance we know where to go if we want to visit sky mirror at Sasaran. |
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A contact for sky mirror visit for those who are keen. |
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Riding through a lovely scent of lime grass road in a quiet surrounding with coconut trees awaiting to welcome you. |
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This stretch of ride was nicely covered with huge shading trees and cycling through it was such a breeze. |
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Our lunch was at this old coffee shop at Kuala Selangor tasting some of its delicious local dishes. |
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Qi Jian Xi Shi Fo Zu Temple 七劍仙師佛祖古廟 at Pasir Penambang, Kuala Selangor. |
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After cycling for more than 92km we could smell Sekinchan and it's time to rest, eat and prepare for the next day. |
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At last we reached at Guest House Wong Corner for the night. |
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The route we took for the day. |
1 comment:
hi i would like to ask, when u cycle for 93km to reach sekinchan, can u let me know at wat speed does it take you and how many hour please. i am beginner and would like to embark your journey part by part. tqvm
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