Roti Run through Malaysia en route to Thailand: 11 Jan 2013, Kuala Selangor to Sabak Bernam

Today, we managed to keep off the dreaded Route 5 for most of the ride.  We 
found a minor country road which ran parallel to the 5.  We were able to see the 
diversity of farming from palm oil, coconuts, bananas, tapioca, sweet corn, 
sugar cane, breadfruit and papaya.  Ran into a number of monkeys - what is the 
collective noun for monkeys?  It was a hot and sunny day except when we arrived 
on the outskirts of Sabak Bernam, where we are staying the night.
The hotel, Hay Resort, is very run-down and it is evident that in many parts of 
Malaysia, the standard of maintenance is poor.  It is such a shame to see 
relatively new properties set in good locations just deteriorating whether it is 
through lack of investment, knowledge or care.  Staff are friendly and helpful 
but seem powerless and have no direction.
We are now looking at ways of downloading some of the photographs to give a more 
visual story.
Total mileage: 69km