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8 November 2019
So far on our trip we have cycled an average of 1,500km a month. But Australia has completely blown that average out of the water……in our first 2 weeks out of Perth we covered around 1,300km. We now come out with statements like “we only have 100km to do today”, which used to seem like […]
29 October 2019
Thursday 24 October. Dunsborough to Margaret River. 64km. We had a last minute change of plan on our route today and rather than a long hard cycle to Augusta, the furthest town south on the western side of Australia, we opted for a shorter day to Margaret River, which is slightly inland. This meant we had […]
18 October 2019
We didn’t give much thought to Malaysia before we arrived as it was almost at the end of the Asia leg of our trip and had seemed so far away. But the benefit of it being near the end of Asia meant that because we had days in hand we could relax a bit and make […]
17 October 2019
Friday 11 October, Malacca to Batu Pahat. 99km. We were fortunate to have a 24-hour cafe across the road from our accommodation in Malacca, so we could have a hot breakfast before getting on the road today. Fuelled up with tasty egg paratha and tea ….. …we set off at 7am for what we […]
5 October 2019
Wed 2 Oct – Fri 4 Oct. Kuala Lumpur. Three days off in capital city number 18 of our journey and for some reason we had both expected Kuala Lumpur to be quite similar to Bangkok. But it’s nothing at all like it. For a start it’s much much cheaper for both food and accommodation […]
27 September 2019
Sunday 22 Sept Hat Yai to Jitra (Malaysia). 90km. The usual early morning start and being a Sunday in Thailand the roads were quiet. It was a 60km jaunt to the border, which we did without a break as we had used up all our Baht so had no cash to stop for a coffee […]