We picked up a pamphlet a couple of days ago for an Eco Bike tour. We thought, why not? So we booked it and were picked up this morning at our hotel. Our van stopped a couple of doors down from our place to pick up another couple from Holland and we were soon on our way out of town.
Our guide handed each of us a 1.5 litre water bottle when we started out. Good thing because they were empty three hours later. The trip took us through the Malaysia countryside where we saw how rubber is extracted from rubber trees (amazing!). We tasted a number of fruits we had never seen before and saw where many of the local spices come from. We spent some time on a palm tree plantation and learned about that industry. We visited a mushroom farm and saw how they grow mushrooms here (we had no idea). Overal, a great way to spend a morning in Malaysia. I took my point of view camcorder and mounted it on the bike but I have doubts as to whether the footage will be watchable. If it is, I will try to post some clips. (UPDATE: I have loaded a video on the Malaysia page of the bike trek but I apologize for the quality. Also, some new photos have been posted as well.) I have posted a very short video on the bottom of the Singapore page. If you are interested in viewing it, you might want to pause it and let it buffer from a minute or so in order to watch it without interruption. Tomorrow we head for the capital of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur. Comments are closed.
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AuthorIn January, 2012, Curt and Char left their jobs in Canada to spend four months travelling around the world. Archives
May 2012
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