Malaysia

(Germany) – Klang – Melaka – Singapore border By the time we returned to Klang, our 10 day break in Germany already felt surreal. We had had a fantastic time oohing and aahing over our little nephew Felix and catching up with Freddie’s family and some of our friends. We visited her grandma and saw various aunts, uncles and cousins. Freddie’s dad took us out for a great day in Hamburg, visiting the world’s largest model rail exhibition and Russian spy submarine now anchored in Hamburg’s port. The day ended with an hour’s sailing on the Alster lake. The rest…

To celebrate our final day cycling in Asia we decided to dine at the illustrious “Secret Recipe” restaurant. Unfortunately Guy found out the hard way why it was all such a secret. We spent the day limping from one bus shelter to the next as his dinner kept reappearing. ||…

Malaysian Border – Penang – Kuala Lumpur After some long days on the bikes in the severely flooded south of Thailand, we were ready to cross into Malaysia, hoping for an improvement in the weather. We had chosen a remote border crossing in a hilly jungle area. The 30km cycle from Chalung to the border was very quiet, leading us to doubt that the border crossing was even official, but suddenly we found ourselves in a bustling Sunday morning border market.|| Having pushed our bikes through the market and spent our remaining Thai Baht on our last “Cow…