Roti Run through Malaysia en route to Thailand: The final few words.......

To summarise, our trip has really been an A to B voyage, with little sightseeing.  The problem on this south-north trip up the west coast of Malaysia is there are very few alternative small roads without making large detours.  The highlight was visiting Penang.  Would we recommend this trip as a cycling holiday?  The answer is no, since there are many more rural and unspoilt parts of Asia to discover.  That said, the people we met were friendly, warm and very helpful.  The food in Malaysia is varied and generally good, as we have tried to show in our photos.  This trip has been a rediscovery of forgotten flavours.  For us, it has been an adventure and we have learnt a few things in preparation for our next long haul trip.