Day 12 - Sat 23 Nov: Raub to Kuala Lumpur
Fine but cloudy while we were riding 24 to 33 deg with 95 % humidity. Ride: 65km; total: 508km Breakfast was nowhere near as fancy as yesterday’s gourmet affair, but it did the job. It was down for 7:30 am with an 8:15 am ride away time so not a lot of time to sit about and chat. The guide knows how we enjoy riding so is trying to fit in as much as he can. The ride today was either uphill or downhill, no flat bits at all. A little like being on a roller coaster. Not a great deal of anything interesting to see on the ride, thousands of acres of palm oil or cleared land waiting for palm oil to be planted. We finished the 65km ride just after midday, when it was getting particularly hot and humid, on the top of a hill within a privately-owned Chinese cemetery. Don’t know why though? Quickly packed the bikes up and drove to a waterfall for a swim. As the water was very cold, relatively speaking, only three brave souls, Ken, Baz and Sean went in. Back on the bus and headed towards Kuala...