Cycling The Globe

Distance: 89.82 km
Ridetime: 04:17:31
Average: 20.9 km/h
Total distance: 9686 km

Last night yet another cyclist arrived at the hostel in Love Lane. It was Alfred from Germany who has been on the road for exactly two years. I don’t know why, but Georgetown and in particular our hostel functions as a magnet for cyclists.

As Marius from Holland was also heading down to Kuala Lumpur we had decided to cycle together. First Marius had to go to the hospital for a rabies vaccine after a dog bite in Thailand – yes, dogs really like cyclists!

After the short ferry ride back to the mainland it was smooth cycling down to Taiping. As we entered the city it started to rain. We later learned that it rains in Taiping for an hour or two every day throughout the year.

In the evening I was going to meet radio friends Sham and Jamil. I was very surprised to learn that they were not only radio amateurs but also keen cyclists.

I was even given a team cycle shirt as a gift, and plans were made to form a group of people to join Marius and myself for the first 50 km of the ride tomorrow. Thanks for such a great welcome!