The day started with the sheer coincidence of meeting Alan Tan on the ferry. We had been in contact with him as he had cycled from Penang to Trang in August 2012. We recognised his colourful 'bangla' bike and introduced ourselves. We really enjoyed the chat and missed the first ferry as a result.
it was a very long hard slog through northern Kedah. This is the rice bowl of Malaysia, producing more than 40% of its production. It seemed to be well-mechanised with large combine harvesters much in action during our ride. We had a very strong headwind of about 25km/h against us. It was exhausting. There was no cloud cover.
We boarded the ferry at Kuala Kedah for Langkawi. Kedah is quite unique as this year, its Sultan was crowned the Agong for the second time. Malaysia's royalty rotates every 5 years amongst the states. The last time the Agong was king was 41 years ago.
We grabbed the nearest hotel from the ferry terminal as we plan to take the first ferry in the morning into Thailand.
Total mileage: 108km
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