Took off later than normal because we saw the New Year in at an amusement park with a bunch of local chemical engineering students. In the photo below you can see Robert and Patrick terrorising them in the bumper cars.
Hot day of cycling, but had a great tail wind. Saw our first cycle group, but we were having an ice cream stop, so didn’t get to say ‘Hi’.
Check out my ride on Strava: https://www.strava.com/activities/817421767/
Rode to the train station. Spent most of the day on the train. Had to dismantle bikes to fit on train. This is what they looked like:
Got off the train at Tampin Station and rode to our accommodation.
Check out my ride on Strava: https://www.strava.com/activities/816452914/
https://www.strava.com/activities/816454268/
Tried a few side routes to keep off main road today, one worked spectacularly, while another put an extra 10 kms to the trip because we had to turn back to the main road. The boys weren’t happy, but handled the situation really well. Part of touring (and life) is trying alternative routes and sometimes having to turn back, but other times having the rewards of the less travelled path.
Picnic in a car wash just after our 10km detour, with 10kms left to go.
Check out my ride on Strava: https://www.strava.com/activities/815390570/
After all the blood, sweat, yelling and tears we are finally on the road.
We chose a slightly longer route to ride via the Singapore foreshore. It was raining, so we almost had the 5 meter wide cycle path to ourselves.
25 kms laterwe got to the Singapore ferry terminal.
We were a little worried when we saw the size of the ferry, but the crew did an amazing job of fitting the tandems on and didn’t even bat an eyelid when they saw the bikes.
The ferry ride was uneventful and both boys fell asleep. The Malaysian ferry terminal is in the middle of nowhere, so once we left it’s confines it felt like we were by ourselves in the middle of the jungle.
For 25 kms there were no shops and very little traffic. We ended up having lunch on the side of the road from our own reserves.
The quiet road joined to a busy road in the middle of construction. It was narrow and in terrible condition, so we only lasted about 100m until construction workers indicated we should cycle on the new partially built road.
It saved our bacon. Some sections were brand new bitumen, while others were a muddy mess, but the workers didn’t seem to mind us riding on it.
To see our ride stats in more detail see:
https://www.strava.com/activities/813627612/
https://www.strava.com/activities/813628475/
Denmark put on a beautiful morning for my last training ride.
The ride takes in Ocean Beach and Lights Beach.
Then returns back to Denmark via Inlet Drive.
Thanks to all the Denmark riders for being such good company and so welcoming to all comers.
Better get the last of the packing done.
Here we come. We are about to embark on a cycle trip through SE Asia. As part of the trip we are going to document it on this blog, with the whole family posting. Hope you enjoy.
