Thursday, 10 January 2013

Roti Run through Malaysia en route to Thailand: 10 Jan 2013, Morib to Kuala Selangor

We made an early start since the prospect of breakfast at the Impian Morib did 
not appeal.  We soon arrived at Banting which, as we found, was a large lively 
Chinese town with two hotels.  
We had always dreaded this part of the journey and we were not wrong.  It was 
sheer hell competing for road space with big polluting trucks, souped-up cars 
and bicycles in a hurry.  This went on right into Klang.  On top of all this, we 
we were chased by a pack of angry dogs from a scrapyard on the Route 5.  They 
were very determined, and we really had to put the foot on the gas.  The most 
persistent one was a fluffy dog, the type that should be sitting by a fire, 
eating chocolate biscuits.
We saw a giant Tesco store at Klang and we called in and bought a pepper spray!
After Klang, we called in to a small bike shop Sing Huat Heng and met the helpful owner and his 
wife who oiled and greased our bikes for us, added a extension ring on David's 
handlebars and refused to charge.  He was a new convert to biking, having just 
opened his shop a few months ago.  He is now hooked and has dropped his weight 
from 91 to 75kg.  He now plans to cycle to Penang over the Chinese New Year.  He 
pointed out a secondary road running parallel to Route 5 which was quiet.
Later on, we found another one of this back roads which led us into Kuala 
Selangor.  We are now off to find a Internet cafe since we have not been able to 
get our iPad to send these blogs.
Total mileage: 91 km

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