Nuts and Bolts

Made Kuala Terengganu the state capital and another of Malaysias uninspiring cities. Bland concreate buildings with that lived in feel about the streets that makes the excperiance of being part of them so rewarding. The industery surrounding the town mainly oil has turned it from the fishing village to an eye sore with the usual lack of consideration that has effected the surrounding landscape. Power lines and refineryies have replaced my plantation and simple living people.
Having a rest day here nuntheless, been clocking too many big k days just lov’n the ride, sceenery moveing at an ideal pace along flat sunny roads and I remind myself to rest and refuel. No excuses for not eating well plenty of food stalls along the road serving up the local fair direct and I’m always enjoying something new, chilly fish, curries and a sartay thats the bomb.
Clocking 80/100km a day up the coast road, bodys holding out fine it just always takes me a few days to settel in, not push so hard and fiind my rythem.

The south was really cool jungle full of simple living people, monkeys and eguarners but with the population and industery in the north the traffic increassing and the raods are a little less scenic. Everydays a new and I alweys find something that keeps me smilling be it a side excersion into some crazy little fishing village or the eclectic market that forms around any Moqsue. The people are so friendly and I get to meet lots of them on the street and with every meal. All interisted in what I’m doing and keen to assist, we have little chatts most speek some english and we get by. Through the market I am the spectical, every eye turns to me and my bike as I wheel it through the labrinth of stalls, bright silks, fish and fresh produce. They don’t get much tourisum along the hiways most travellers heading for the island resorts the only westerners I’v seen were bacpackers in Mersing but its ok I’m getting use to it, I smile and play it up their always good for a laugh.

Enjoying the ride on all counts with few complaints, my panniers are failing me and I got the squirts this morning but that’s the bulk of my complaints section miner in the sceem of things and I ride on looking forward to tomorrow.