Alor Setar Through The Mountains And Rain To Ipoh 27-1-2011

Captain_Slash

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27 Jan 2011

The route K8, K10, K15, K154, 4, 76, 1

Total distance 329 km
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After a pleasant first night in Malaysia at Alor Setar I made a good start out at about 8.30 am along the k8, I only found out yesterday that Malaysia is one hour ahead of Thailands time
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I head east to hopefully find some twisty mountain roads
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I soon find the kind of roads that I like
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Theres plenty of water in the rivers because it keeps on raining, I stop here for a few minutes as the heavens open
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It stops raining after a short time and not far along the road the road surface is dry
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Its beautiful through here
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I reach a small place called Sik and here its starts hammering down so I decide to stop for breakfast
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A varied selection of food here and its self service
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I try a spicy piece of chicken first
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Then a sweeter one, both were nice and the bill was 55 Baht
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This was the restaurant at N05.49.092 E100.44.862
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I ride on and it rains intermittently for a few km
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A small waterfall by the roadside
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This lorry was belching out an enormous cloud of black smoke as it struggled up the hill
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I certainly wont be following behind that
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This is a fantastic scenic ride through the mountains
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The upside of the rain is this fantastic greenery
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Its raining hard again now but as I have about 200 km to ride I just carry on riding, getting drenched in the process but still enjoying myself
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It stops raining for a while and this youngster is out enjoying himself
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I spot this riding along the 1, a bit precarious up in that bedroom
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I check in here at N04.35.676 E101.05.154 for 220 Baht
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A double bed and a bigger room here, I have a sink in my room but its shared bathroom and shower
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Time to eat and my LP book recommends this restaurant as being widely recognised as serving the best ayam taugeh (bean-sprout chicken) in Perak, if not Malaysia.
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N04.35.623 E101.05.048
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The chicken comes boiled soft and fragrant, the sprouts are particularly fat and crunchy and with a portion of rice this was a very delicious filling meal for 73 Baht, one portion and I was full
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N04.35.882 E101.04.579, The LP book makes reference to the famous white coffee from Ipoh and says its good here so I walk about 1 km to find it
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I wasnt over impressed and found it tasted like any other coffee.

Get the gdb file here http://www.captainslash.com/alor-setar- ... n-to-ipoh/
 
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