Hottest day on bikes so far. Luckily we had an early start and our first extended unsealed road.
The last 15 kms was on a very busy road in the hottest part of the day, so it required a few extra drink and ice cream stops.
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Cycling today on some back roads. We went through palm plantations on gravel roads and it felt like we were in the middle of nowhere. We had a long stretch of no villages so we were in need of a rest stop but there was no good place other than the side of the road. We decided that we would stop at the first place we came to. Eventually we reached a little food stall on the side of a road. It seemed to be run by an Indian guy. He did not speak any English so he made one of his other customers, who spoke English, serve us. We had ice tea and the best curry puffs I have ever had. They were perfect. Tasty but not too hot. The filling was a really nice texture and the pastry was amazing. He only had 6 and we eat them all. The other customers were laughing at us. I can only assume they were laughing because we demolished his supply of curry puffs in about 5 minutes flat.
We are starting to get our bike legs and get into a good rhythm. We were up and ready to ride by 7:30am. There was heaps of traffic and trucks on the road to start with, but then most of the traffic disappeared and we had an enjoyable ride up the coast.
When we were 5kms from our destination a local road bike peloton passed us, all the while they were taking selfies with us in the background. Paddy felt like a challenge, so we chased them all the way to our hotel.
Had a great afternoon in Port Dickson. Our small unit had a great view over the ocean and the boys had a wonderful time in the pool. I find it amazing how there can hate each other one minute and then be the best of friends the next.
The boys also had a game of soccer with some local kids. It was lovely to watch them playing. They ever had a group of girls cheering for them on the sidelines.
Had a great ride today. It felt like we rode up hill for the first half then down hill for the second half. The 50km just flew by. I think we are all getting fitter and acclimatizating to the heat and humidity.
At our last hotel we had lots of fun it has a pool Segways and soccer.
Me and Patrick vs two other kids from the hotel.
Me and Allister tried to catch other cyclists but they were to fasted so we gave up and we were at our hotel.
Hard day’s cycle in the rain then mid day heat when the clouds cleared.
The ride did have some highlights. As we got to the beach two guys on motor bikes said ‘Hi’. Being close to lunch Julie asked where we could get fried banana, so they said ‘Follow us’. They led us to a great restaurant on the beach, where we enjoyed fried banana, sweet potato and rice.
After some trials and tribulations we got to our destination and had a very relaxing afternoon lazying on the beach.
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This is me standing next to a kilometer sign to Port Dickson.
Yesterday, Julie led us to a military base.There were military guys standing with machine guns and two tanks at the front. When we got to the hotel the beach was beautiful.
The beach was beautiful. We were lucky that we got there when we did, because mum had Heat Stroke.We went straight down and had a swim. It was very nice.
