The masonry layout
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 […]
10 October 2019
In the past we have written pieces for other long-distance cyclists about some of our routes, either into and out of cities or through some remote parts of the world. Some of our writing may help them decide which route to take…or not as the case may be. I’d like to say that we will […]
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 […]
1 October 2019
Friday 27 September 19 – Georgetown to Taiping – 87km There might be a romantic misconception that we get up in the morning, eat breakfast, pack our bags, get on our bikes and ride through beautiful weather along a picturesque, winding road for a few hours to our destination. This does happen on occasion, but […]
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 […]
26 September 2019
We didn’t think we would have much in the way of a round-up for southern Thailand as we assumed it would be similar to our experience in the north. And as Nigel said in his last post we didn’t have high expectations for the region either, thinking it would be over-commercialised to cater for mass […]