Day One

So! Away I go!
I was supposed to start last night, but rain in Kajang just south of KL put me a bit off and I decided to go back to campus and wait for better weather.

The rain stopped in the morning and I could'nt be more happy to get away.

I headed to KL to get a good picture with the Petronas Towers, but caused some attention by the Petronas 5-0. One police officer wanted to ask me why had a backpack and a moped and the other one wanted to get rid of me as I was standing on "forbidden grounds". So answered their question by leaving, happy that I got at least one good picture before the police arrived.

 

There is no real schedule of what places im visiting along the road, so a few alternatives were open as first destination: Ipoh, Butterworth or Georgetown as they are not too far away from eachother and they are on my way to Thailand. But 80 km outside Ipoh I saw the sign for Cameron Highlands.

I have had the recommendation before to visit the place, so I thought I better check it out to see whats what. Exiting the highway and into the mountainous small roads, made me understand what other bikers are all on about when talking the fun of twisty roads....Although I had this little motor, it was a blast having a go on these sweet sweet roads! I'll tell ye this is something that I never dared to dream of when sitting in my old Volvo 240 and this is the very essence of driving...!

And soon after some driving on these roads I ended up in this tiny place called Lata Iskandar.
There was a nice little waterfall that had some people swimming in it and even more taking pictures of the scenery.
Naturally after a 6 hours in the hot gassing sun and all the pollution I was exposed to, I jumped in with the other people in the water. The water was so crisp and clear, and the falling water massaged away some of the back and shoulder pain I had from wearing the backpack.

After a good hour and new found strengths I headed further into the area and explored the magnificence of it!  Darkness fell as I was sitting in a little teaplace around some tea plantations , I decided to get out of there and head towards Georgetown to get a room for the night.
The road was, unlike during daytime , a nightmare. I have never in my life had so many near-deatch experiences in such a short time!

Trucks and cars in the oncoming lane were constantly crossing the lines in the middle and keeping the full lights on all time, and with my very limited driving experience, it could've gone very wrong at any time. But after 60-70 km's of this nightmare, I was finally out  into the highway and towards Georgetown. Got there at midnight and was feeling rather worn out...
Found a place as  I was driving around that was just about to close for the day.. 20 RM?
Taken. Good Night.