These Malaysians cycled all the way from Perak to Thailand


The writer (fourth from left) with his cycling buddies (from left) Sebastian, Tony, Bong, Soh, Eric, Matt, Smiley and Hon, with Marcus taking the picture.

Late last year, my friends and I went on a cycling trip from Kuala Kangsar in Perak to Betong in Thailand. The cycling distance was approximately 160km, and I had been looking forward to it for quite some time.

There were 11 of us on the trip, and we had chartered a bus to take us to Kuala Kangsar from Kuala Lumpur as early as 3am. Most of us fell asleep during the drive, but we were all pretty refreshed by the time we arrived at our destination at 6am. Unfortunately, one cyclist – Chye – had to return home immediately due to a family emergency.

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