From the sea to the tea

The small boat which we took to leave Thailand arrives slowly at the pier in Malaysia. The harbor is full with fishing boats that are unloading their freshly caught fishes. We carry our bags onto the pier and park the bicycles under the watchful eyes of a customs officer. It’s easy to get our passports stamped and with a 3 moths visa we’re ready to go. Before we start cycling in Malaysia we have a nice chat with one of the officers who gave us the stamps. He tells us that his country is safe and hospitably. “We don’t have terrorists and bombings. There are no shootings; we even don’t shoot the Dutch!”
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Camping, jungle, leeches and into the deep

Spending our days at the tea plantations of the Cameron Highlands is great. The temperature drops here to 20 degrees and that is fantastic after all the days of heat and humidity. During the evening we even wear our fleece sweaters and during the night we sleep under our sleeping bags. We make some nice hikes trough the plantations with all the tea bushes. We are having a great time again with all the bikers and eating at the Indian restaurants is delicious. Steven sees some rusted parts on our cycles and he polishes them enormously!
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On our way to the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur

While we were enjoying the island they took really good care of our bicycles. We click all our bags on our panniers and we cycle along the east coast to the south. The first town we encounter is Kuala Terrenganu. In the evening we make a little walk through Chinatown and we see a big lizard sitting in a well. Here we can watch the animal carefully, something we cannot manage when we are cycling. Then we hear something, but at the time we look over our shoulder the animal is already gone. Along the east coast there are many resorts. In the weekends it’s getting busy here with people from Kuala Lumpur. Besides the resorts there are many oil refineries. It’s not that beautiful to watch, but it is quiet impressive, because it goes on for a long time.
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Hocus Pocus where is the exit of KL

“Hocus Pocus where is the exit of KL” this is what Marlous writes in our diary after the crowded roads we cycle the day we leave Kuala Lumpur. ‘Forbidden for cyclists’ is a sign we see often this day, but we paddle further in the direction of Seremban. We cycle through the hills until we reach the coast at Port Dickson. Here it’s full with big modern resorts which are overloaded during the weekends with people from the city. We try a few, but even during the week the prices are a bit too high for us. In front of one of the resorts there is a big grid and I don’t see is it misses a spile. So I make a big bump with the saddle settled in my stomach and the bags falling of the bike. Felling a bit dizzy I realize what happened, but I am fine and we put the bags back on the panniers and continue our search for a nice place to stay.
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Cycled route through Malaysia

Below you can view a map with our cycled route through Malaysia
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