Day 12. Thurs 31st Jan 13.Kuala LinggiDist. 107.1 miles.

A cruel day today with temp 41*C travelling down the west coast of Malaysia. A hilly terrain made the going even harder, the heat just drains you of all energy. Cycled with Sue and Mark in the morning, then Brian and Phil in the afternoon. Phil is the owner of Kukri and has joined us for the last 3 days. Lovely to see the sea again. We are staying at a Motel right on the beach tonight. Just had a BBQ, under palm trees, with the waves lapping in. Bliss.  Malay people are friendly, giggle a lot when we speak to them. The trip has been a massive challenge, I have coped very well, but we are all beginning to show signs of exhaustion. We arrive absolutely drenched with sweat, underwear, top, shorts and socks.  At the end of the day we are all whacked but come morning somehow have recovered. Forgot to say, this morning as we were leaving Mark placed his bike on the ground while he fetched something. A car ran over it, managed to stop it before back wheels went over too. His brake lever is twisted but bike still rideable. Very lucky, he could have been in the truck for the rest of the trip. So tired, but still having a great time.

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