Day 902 8th January 2019 55 miles (Banding Island to Gemang Lama) Average speed 9.9 mph Top speed 33 mph Another fantastic day. I got up at 7 to see the sunrise and then had brekkie at the Belum cafe with a chief of police, a research engineer and a marketing guy, of smoked fish … [Read more…]
Day 901 7th January 2019 40 miles (Gerik to Resort Terapung Mat Shah Banding Island) Average speed 9.5 mph Top speed 37 mph What an incredible day. I got up at 8 and had coffee at the hotel, packed and left at 9. I had brekkie of two egg roti with coffee. I met Abdel … [Read more…]
Day 900 6th January 2019 12 miles (Gerik) Average speed 7.7 mph Top speed 61 mph? (I think my computer is having a fit) A day off resting from the hills. I got up at 9.30 and had brekkie of chicken and rice with coffee. I went back to the hotel to watch tv and … [Read more…]
Day 899 5th January 2019 39 miles (Baling to Gerik) Average speed 10.2 mph Top speed 57mph? more likely 47 mph A good ride in the sunshine After dinner I watched a game of sepaktakraw ( a kind of kick volleyball) Hotel Sri Bintang 40 ringgit.
Day 898 4th January 2019 55 miles (Penang to Baling) Average speed 13 mph Top speed 34 mph A good day’s ride from Penang to Baling, from the coast, inland to the mountains. Hotel Baling 65 ringgit for twin room with space for the bike.
Day 897 3rd January 2019 3 miles (Georgetown) Average speed 7.7 mph Top speed 16 mph Another day of sightseeing in the local area Hostel frame 38 ringgit
Day 896 2nd January 2019 10 miles (Georgetown) Average 7.6 mph Top speed 16 mph Time for some r&r in Penang.( Bowling) Not bad with a sore shoulder. Score 151 Frame 38 ringgit.
Day 895 1st January 2019 13 miles (Georgetown) Average speed 8.1 mph Top speed 18 mph I spent the day wandering round the local area Frame hostel 38 ringgit.
Day 894 31st December 2018 23 miles (Titi Teris to Straights Quay) Average speed 10.8 mph Top speed 31 mph Yet another fantastic day. It started early as I was awake at 4am and up at 6. As I turned on the kitchen lights a rat ran across the top of the kitchen and I … [Read more…]
Day 893 30th December 2018 Titi Teris Another great day A guided trip out along the riverside paths, through the fields and at a place that makes bedak sujek (a beauty treatment made from rice) and some time spent on the beach. Titi teris village house. Warmshowers free.