nik.hisham
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We had another guest this weekend so we went out for a quick excursion in the highlands. There were only three of us, and we were set to ride for the entire day up in the mountains.
It was raining early in the morning, but by the time we were ready to go, the rain had already become a drizzle. We took it slow for a while and stopped for a breather after only 45 minutes.
We soon got to the start of the climb up the mountains and the roads got more exciting. Most of the turns were tight and there were no sections of straight roads so I was stuck in 2nd gear all day.
After another hour, we stopped for a break at a waterfall known as Lata Iskandar. This is a very popular picnic spot during school holidays and even weekends and its always a rest stop for us when we ride up Cameron Highlands. The water comes from the mountains and is cold and refreshing.
We continue our journey along the tight and twisty road and stopped at this hut by the roadside. These are a people known as the orang asli. They live in the dense jungle and off of whatever the jungle provides for them. No electricity, no modern gadgetry - just what they can get from the forests.
More twisty stuff. I think this was the only stretch where I managed to pop her into 3rd gear.
We overtook this guy on his heavily loaded bike. When we stopped, he pulled up as well and introduced himself. We found out that he had ridden all the way down from the UK to Sydney, Australia and that he was now making his return trip to the UK. He was expecting to reach the UK sometime in October. I thought it was awesome what he was doing. You can track his progress at https://www.timsride.com
This was still at the rest stop with Tim, and the view over the edge of the road. That's tea their growing on the hill side - a common sight in Cameron Highlands.
We said our goodbyes to Tim and wished him well for the rest of his trip. Hopped on our bikes and headed for our next stop, which was lunch. As always, our fare was simple, just fried rice, an omelet and ice cold drinks.
After the lunch stop, we were set to go and headed back to our bikes. This was when I realized that we had parked the bikes right at a no parking sign. It was a good thing the bikes weren't hauled away. In fact, we weren't even ticketed.
We continued our ride, through the small towns in the highlands. There was light traffic and it held us up for a bit.
But soon, we were on the twisties again and the traffic began to thin out.
We could take the turns faster on the way down from the mountains too, especially through the sweepers.
Towards the end of the descent, we went through a town with some old buildings that were around during British rule (I think - I'm just assuming this).
End of the day, we were all spent and reached home only after dark. I was too tired to document more of the trip at this point, and anyway it started to rain again, so the pic above was the last one. But I do have some videos of us riding the tight twisties up into the highlands and blasting through the sweepers on the way down. I might post them later if I ever manage to find the time to convert them for uploading to youtube.
As always, thanks for viewing.
Nik.
It was raining early in the morning, but by the time we were ready to go, the rain had already become a drizzle. We took it slow for a while and stopped for a breather after only 45 minutes.
We soon got to the start of the climb up the mountains and the roads got more exciting. Most of the turns were tight and there were no sections of straight roads so I was stuck in 2nd gear all day.
After another hour, we stopped for a break at a waterfall known as Lata Iskandar. This is a very popular picnic spot during school holidays and even weekends and its always a rest stop for us when we ride up Cameron Highlands. The water comes from the mountains and is cold and refreshing.
We continue our journey along the tight and twisty road and stopped at this hut by the roadside. These are a people known as the orang asli. They live in the dense jungle and off of whatever the jungle provides for them. No electricity, no modern gadgetry - just what they can get from the forests.
More twisty stuff. I think this was the only stretch where I managed to pop her into 3rd gear.
We overtook this guy on his heavily loaded bike. When we stopped, he pulled up as well and introduced himself. We found out that he had ridden all the way down from the UK to Sydney, Australia and that he was now making his return trip to the UK. He was expecting to reach the UK sometime in October. I thought it was awesome what he was doing. You can track his progress at https://www.timsride.com
This was still at the rest stop with Tim, and the view over the edge of the road. That's tea their growing on the hill side - a common sight in Cameron Highlands.
We said our goodbyes to Tim and wished him well for the rest of his trip. Hopped on our bikes and headed for our next stop, which was lunch. As always, our fare was simple, just fried rice, an omelet and ice cold drinks.
After the lunch stop, we were set to go and headed back to our bikes. This was when I realized that we had parked the bikes right at a no parking sign. It was a good thing the bikes weren't hauled away. In fact, we weren't even ticketed.
We continued our ride, through the small towns in the highlands. There was light traffic and it held us up for a bit.
But soon, we were on the twisties again and the traffic began to thin out.
We could take the turns faster on the way down from the mountains too, especially through the sweepers.
Towards the end of the descent, we went through a town with some old buildings that were around during British rule (I think - I'm just assuming this).
End of the day, we were all spent and reached home only after dark. I was too tired to document more of the trip at this point, and anyway it started to rain again, so the pic above was the last one. But I do have some videos of us riding the tight twisties up into the highlands and blasting through the sweepers on the way down. I might post them later if I ever manage to find the time to convert them for uploading to youtube.
As always, thanks for viewing.
Nik.
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