Malaysia...

Here are a bunch of photos from Malaysia. I'll stick some captions up soon. In the meantime, I'm going to celebrate Seollal down the pub!



Batu Caves:











There are monkeys everywhere you look at Batu caves.


This ticks every box. That's my kind of deity.




Need I say anything about this photo? No.










This is what you think it is. Right in the middle of downtown Kuala Lumpur










I'm huffing [glue] in the rain, just huffing [glue] in the rain, what a glorious feeling...








This is the coolest butterfly I've ever seen. I think it was an Indian Leaf butterfly. The other sides of its wings were a beautiful blue.




Dinnertime.


Kickapoo joy juice. I got a kick out of it.




Rain, rain, rain.




















Waterproof headgear.






My frog dish. Tasty, but a pain to eat.


This is the swimming pool at my sister's apartment. The water was nice and cold. So refreshing on a hot KL day.


Tim, lurking.


Pow, pow!


Sage advice.

Melaka:










Te Ice.


POUT! Go Greg!

Domo caused my camera to break. Waaaaaaaah!






Strange toilet top configuration in Bangsar station, meaning you can't actually use the toilet properly.








The strangest name for a lantern shop.






1 for 2? What that actually means is 3 for the price of 1. Confusing.




Give me some of that sheep placenta.



Below you can see some photos from the 5 star hotel Greg was staying in. He was on a work trip and the hotel was in the middle of strange inner city resort with a water park behind it. Outside the entrance are these sculptures of tigers attacking some deer.



This is what greets you inside. A magical wonderland!






These fish tickled us to death.


We went on a cookery course at LaZat. It was loads of fun. Now I cook sambal all the time.

Pangkor Island:

Meccam that way!






Greg and I hired some dreadful bikes and cycled around Pangkor Island. It's a small island, but it has some really steep hills.


A hornbill enjoys a Nasi Lemak on the back of this abandoned car.


Steep, steep, streep!


The gears on this bike were appalling.


My first live snake in the wild, albeit a tiny one. I'd only ever seen dead snakes before this. We saw a huge roadkill snake on the way to the ferry. It looked like a huge python.






Pippa gets super excited!


Pina Coladas all round.

Donhou Expedition Frame (The Finished Product)

Here are some photos of my new expedition bike frame. It was built over in Norwich, UK by Tom Donhou of Donhou Bicycles. It's a steel TIG welded frame which has been built with big tours in mind, so it's ready for some front and rear panniers to be attached. There are also mounts for three bottle cages. What can I say? I sweat a lot. Plus I can store fuel bottles for cooking.






It has a large chain stay plate to mount this Pletscher twin kick stand. It's a complete nightmare standing up a fully loaded touring bike, they're always tipping over, so my friend Harry (bicycle nerd extraordinaire) recommended this twin kick stand.





I can't thank Tom enough, he's done a fantastic job. Now I need to get this beauty shipped over to Korea ASAP and start thinking about what parts I want to purchase to complete this set up. Project ON! Any suggestions would be welcome.

I can't wait to razz around the countryside on this.

SHAKE! Jan 14th. Dance your nuts off!

SHAKE is back! It's been nearly 3 months, so forget about detoxing and polish your slippers off. It's time to cut the rug and throw some shapes!

WOOHOO!

Where are my long johns?

I'm back from Malaysia and all the wonderful weather. No more 30 degree weather. It's sub zero in Gwangju and too icy to cycle. It looks like I'll be spending a lot of time in the sauna.

Merry Christmas from Malaysia!

It's Christmas Eve on Pangkor and there's a torrential tropical downpour going on to the soundtrack of Kenny G. Bleurgh!