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Day 13 - Sun 24 Nov: Kuala Lumpur

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Fine in the morning with an afternoon thunderstorm the same time as yesterday, 24 to 33 deg. Walk: 5km Today the guide is going to show us some sights of KL, no riding involved. Although they do have some cycleways, they don’t look all that user friendly and don’t cover all the places we visited. I was up before the sparrows as usual and went out for a quick five km walk. Saw the Bike 2019 event in action where they close a circuit around KL to traffic and allow thousands of registered cyclists to race or ride steadily around the big smoke. I saw numbers on the bikes from one to well up over 3,000 so it’s very popular. Called into Saint John’s Cathedral for a bit of quiet time and some prayers, seeing it’s Sunday. Not a grand cathedral by any means but large and light. So four of us, Ken, Dogan, Kev and I met up in the foyer at 8am. The others elected to have a real rest day, and I don’t blame them for that. First stop was just around the corner for a traditional Malay breakfast of ...