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… continued from a previous post. In the valleys, I pushed my bike across the gravelly river beds and usually ended up giving Ruby (the bike) and myself a bath at the same time. Fortunately, with the airtight panniers, the bike could float across if need be but, being the [...] I was quietly proud of my good friend Hannah. Three months on a bike, living on a miniscule budget and having cycled the length of Thailand, Hannah decided to continue riding solo into China. She’d hardly ridden a bike prior and now, after 3500 km from Malaysia to Laos, was ready to [...] At the bottom of the Cameron Highlands I found another world. I kept riding on looking for a place to rest the night, past the dry rock formations and numerous cement and marble quarries. By 4pm I found a half finished double storey house off the main road with no security fence [...] I arrived in the small town of Mersing in the afternoon with the intention to spend a few days on Tioman Island. Getting there was going to blow the budget for the week, but I figured that if I could camp on the island then it would be okay. The next ferry [...] The boat docked at a small local ferry terminal and a cheeky grin crept up on my face. I felt a rush of potential, for the new from the old, having had but a taste of the experiences that lie ahead. (As my sister once put it to me while travelling the [...] A small winding road led through thick undulating forest and past flat swampy areas. Few cars passed this way and I had this quiet road all to myself – one hundred and twenty kilometres through thick jungle and open grasslands. Gliding through small villages, passing the odd gravel quarry and natural gas wells [...] |
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