I rode from the beautiful beaches on the West coast through the Karst landscape home to Koh Sok National Park to Surat Thani in the East. [View Full Entry]

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From Phuket's lovely beach at Nai Yang, I travelled north to the more rustic beach at Khao Lak. It was here that I noticed the most devastation from the Tsunami. [View Full Entry]

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From the beautiful Malaysian island of Langkawi, I took the ferry straight into Thailand. From Trang I headed West and took ferries between the islands of Ko Lanta, Ko Phi Phi and Phuket. [View Full Entry]

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Languishing in the beautiful island of Langkawi. If your looking for a Malaysian island getaway, I'd definitely advise going here rather then Penang. The beaches are magnificent! [View Full Entry]

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On route from Taiping to Penang I was spied and kidnapped by the cyclist thief, David. He is an avid collector of cyclists and had already captured a Dutch couple the day before. Later that day he also captured a couple from Wigan, Jan and John...It was a good week for him. David's hospitality was astounding. He allowed us all to stay in his home free of charge and his wife cooked us a fantastic Indian vegetarian (on my account) evening meal and breakfast the next day. [View Full Entry]

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Taiping is an intriguing town which the guide talked about negatively but I thought was an interesting stop on route to the coast. I also wanted to visit a hillstation and Bukit Lauret (Malaysia'a oldest) is situated just (almost all uphill, over 1400m) 12km's from the town. [View Full Entry]

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Glimpse's of Kuala Lumper! [View Full Entry]

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The ride from Melaka to the capital, Kuala Lumper, restored my faith in the joys of cycle touring. [View Full Entry]

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The GAA Allstars Hurling game in the Singapore Polo Grounds....surreal to say the least. But great fun, booze and free food! Followed by an Irish bar....you just can't get away from them! Departed Singapore Monday for the short hop across the causeway border into Malaysia. Decided to take it easy on the first leg of my mammoth journey and stay in Johor Bahru, located just the other side of the causeway. It was my first ride on my mountain bike with both slicks and fully laden panniers so it took a bit of getting used to. So only 28km's were clocked [View Full Entry]

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Hi from Very Sunny, Very Humid, Very Hectic, Very Beautiful Singapore! I finally located my first Internet Cafe! Still jetlagged (my excuse for any grammatical errors), slept in today until almost midday. Singapore is hectic urban centre. Too many shops.......too little space in my panniers. I've resisted so far.......but I don't think it'll last long. May have to post stuff home. Everything's in English so it's really easy to navigate around. The MRT underground rail system is a breeze. Off to see a GAA hurling match this evening. You can't get away from the Irish. Then o [View Full Entry]

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