Cycle Malaysia Day 5 - Taiping to Penang

After a good rest at our friend's place and a good dinner hosted by him we were ready to go again.

Just before we leave Taiping our hosts took us around Taiping Lake Gardens and its surrounding. The park is the first public garden started by the British back in 1880. It is nice to cycle around the park with the fresh air,  huge raintrees and many health conscious people doing their morning exercises.

One for the album and thank you so much for your hospitality. 

Another group photo at The New Club Taiping. This club is one of the oldest social club in the country and it was the British who founded it during the Colonial rule.

Breakfast at Sim Sim Kopitiam at Taman Seri Kamunting (GPS : 4.891342, 100.731631).

We had to stop here to resolve a technical hiccup on Amanda's bike at Kg. Sg. Gedong (GPS : 4.967198, 100.612754).

Arriving at Bagan Serai and looking for a nice place to rest again.

A short rest for drink that turned out to be a lunch after being enticed by the gorgeous dishes at the food counter at Restoran Mei Jing (GPS: 5.012647, 100.533972) Bagan Serai on the main road of Route 1.

Just before reaching Nibong Tebal we set off to Road 169 and then Jalan Teluk Ipil to a motorbike bridge crossing Kerian River where the famous Restoran Lim Aik Chew's curry prawn is located.

Somewhere near Jalan Victoria, another cycling project by the State government.

Restoran Law Chang Kee' porridge at Jalan Che Ahmad. We had the prawns and fish porridge unfortunately the crab and poached octopus were all sold out. We met Poh Nee and her friend here and they joined us for the porridge.

Getting over the steel arch bridge of Nibong Tebal where underneath of the bridge runs the North - South railway tracks.

Cycling on the major roads at Seberang Perai could be tricky and challenging with many overhead bridges as we got closer to Butterworth for the ferry.

We were lost but managed to regroup for a ferry to the island. Welcome to Penang.

Day 5 is one of the longest days - Penang.

Cycle Malaysia Day 4 - Ayer Tawar to Taiping

Day 4 we have to be in Taiping and it is more 90km away, we started with our breakfast at Restoran Lima Ratus Tujuh Puluh Lima 575 with some interesting noodles we rarely see in Kuala Lumpur.

We ordered a few type of the noodles such as pork ribs, fish paste, fish balls and the Chinese red wine chicken noodle. The portion was rather big and shared among ourselves to savour the different taste.

Goodbye Ayer Tawar and for the record we were here in this small community in the district of Manjung.

I always target an immediate destination in between such as the nearest town or an attraction to visit and this time it was Pantai Remis. I hope I was able to try their prawn fritters again. It was only 30km away, so Taiping can come later.

A pit stop at the entrance of a Chinese Village called Kg. Merbau with elaborate entrance and wall at the front.

Slowly but surely we are reaching our destinations.

Arriving at Pantai Remis town and passing by with several banks, supermarket and KFC seen along the main road. 

I decided to turn off into the old part of the town Pekan Lama hoping to try its prawn fritters. GPS location : 4.458928, 100.628585

We were too early for the prawn fritters hence we had Chee Cheong Fun instead with its local coffee.

We stopped by at this mamak shop to buy water and ended up trying a dough that the owner claimed no other places sell this long forgotten delicacy.

A kind of roti that looks like fried Yau Char Kueh.

We tried a piece which is served with a sauce. It was nice and lovely to eat. Sorry I forgotten the name of this dough.

We decided to stop at Trong Leisure Farm & Resort 自農休閒農莊 for lunch. This place was formerly a duck farm and has converted into a resort with many facilities such as accommodation, fishing, boating, visiting the duck farm & orchard and water fun activities. The roasted Peking duck we had for our lunch was below our expectation.

Finally we reached Taiping town and headed to the train Station to meet Brian who will be joining us to Penang.

We patronised this famous Taiping cendol shop Ansari Cendol at Jalan Barrack.

And off we went to a friend's house where we will be putting up a night at his place.

The ride for the day completed with a distance of 91km covered.

RSC vs The New Club Taiping - Northern Tour 2012

We left Kiara at 5.30am with a plan to reach Taiping Golf Resort by 9.00am.

Slightly delayed we reached at 9.15am

A quick group photo session for a record.

My partner Johnny Soon was all geared up for the challenge.

A shot of my drive, sometimes I have this reverse divot problem....

A beautiful resort for golf in Taiping overlooking hills and the weather was excellent.

Our host was kind to serve us beer while we were still competing...

Our fellow team mates Ganesan & Colonel Karu playing near us.

Johnny keeping an eye on our opponent's ball.

And he is none other than Lim Sweet Chin.

Oh shit! I broke my pitching and two more games to go.

Lim Sweet Chin recovering a shot from the hazard, he did it well.

My score of the day.

Colonel Manjit checking the score board. He wants to play next year.

Overall score of RSC.

Gosh... I was the Champion among RSC players with a score of 38 stableford points playing a handicap of 22.

The lunch was excellent especially the curry fish and special limited Char Koay Teow was superb. I didn't know Taiping has such a good Char Koay Teow.

Members of RSC always enjoy their drinks.

Special thanks to Dato Dr Joginder Singh, the man behind all the Northern tours of RSC.

We lost to a stronger team, The new Club Taiping and the hospitality was magnificent. We shall meet again.

After a good game of golf and wonderful lunch at the club house of The New Club Taiping all was ready to move on to the next destination.

My the other opponent in my flight was Mr. Ong Hong Kong, 82 years old with poor eye sight & hearing problem and yet he played well. I must respect & salute Mr. Ong. Long live Mr. Ong.