July 20-24, 2013, Penang (Malaysia) Penang was another place where our “rest” simply equated to not being on the bikes. Turns out Raj only gets 15 days as well, so he joined us at our host, Alex’s house for our time in Penang. Alex took us kayaking to “Rat island”…
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Malaysia has Mountains? July 11-19, 2013, Kuala Lumpur-Penang (Malaysia)
July 11, 2013, Thursday, KL-Kuala Kubu Bahru(Malaysia) Our alarms went off, we ate breakfast at 5:30, and fell back asleep to wait out the rain we woke up to. We left once the rain eased off and reluctantly said goodbye to Steve. He was our bike touring mentor for so…
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Malazya: June 29-July 11, 2013 Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)
Day 144, June 29, 2013, Saturday, Malacca-UPM It took a day or two for Andres and I to leave Malacca. 150km is a big pill to swallow. I slept through my alarm one day, and the next we chatted with Howard and friends over breakfast into the heat of the…
Moseying in Malaysia: June 22-27, 2013, Singapore-Malacca (Malaysia)
June 22, 2013, Saturday, China Town(Singapore)-Desaru (Malaysia) 110km total: 5370km Mid morning, we crossed Singapore to get to the ferry terminal in Changi Village. As we waited for enough people to fill the ferry, we laid down on the waiting benches. We were then scolded with “These benches are for…
Into the Haze: June 13-16, 2013, Malacca-Johor Baru (Malaysia)
June 13, 2013, Thursday,Malacca-Batu Pahat(Malaysia) 120km total: 4990km Late to get up, late to pack, and late to leave. Howard almost convinced us to stay and relax longer, but we fought inertia and headed out. It took us a while to navigate out of the city, but finally we found…
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Our First Daze in Malaysia: Day 118-129, June 3-14,2013 Tuk tuk, (Indonesia)-Malacca (Malaysia)
Day 118, June 3, 2013, Monday, Tuk Tuk-Pertama Siantar (Indonesia) 50km, Total: 4540km We packed up our things and said goodbye to Toba. We were too late to make it to the first ferry, so we leisurely ate our breakfast and took in our last moments at Liberta. At the…