{"id":34555,"date":"2020-04-16T15:12:35","date_gmt":"2020-04-16T15:12:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/snailpacecycling.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=34555"},"modified":"2020-04-16T15:12:35","modified_gmt":"2020-04-16T15:12:35","slug":"day-886-bukit-merah-lake-to-penang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/snailpacecycling.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=34555","title":{"rendered":"Day 886 – Bukit Merah Lake to Penang"},"content":{"rendered":"

Day 886                                          23rd December 2018
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50 miles (Bukit Merah Lake to Penang) Average speed 11.9 mph Top speed 29 mph<\/p>\n

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What an amazing day.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I was awake at 6 with next door\u2019s alarm going on repeat for 3 hours. I had coffee and then went to brekkie at 7.30 with another full buffet of sausage, beans and saut\u00e9 potatoes with fruit and cake and lots of coffee. We checked out and left our bikes in the hotel lobby, then caught the boat to Orang Utan Island …
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Orang Utan Island<\/p><\/div>\n

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…which was great as there were only about 8 people in our group when the guide showed us around. The orang utan males were lively and ready for their breakfast. They ranged from babies to the king who was 50 years old. 29 are currently kept here in 3 different pens.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Orang Utan Island<\/p><\/div>\n

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Orang Utan Island<\/p><\/div>\n

We went back to collect our  bikes from the hotel and made our way to the cycle ferry to Penang. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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On board the cycle ferry<\/p><\/div>\n

We arrived, checked into our hostel and then spent a pleasant evening enjoying the nightlife of Penang<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Nightlife in Penang<\/p><\/div>\n

Hostel frame 42 ringgit. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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