this rusty ship reminded me on Dubai…
Normally, I set an alarm, so I most of the time wake up just 15-30min before it. Otherwise I would wake up much earlier, because I get the feeling of being late. Today, I more or less slept until 6:45, because I had forgotten to set an alarm – the best what can happen to a neurotic like me, but I cannot do that on purpose.
Anyway, I was later than I wanted, because in the last days, I try to catch up with my blog by loading up one in the morning and one in the evening and there was no time left. Additionally, there is a problem, because Lulu’s photos from the i-phone have a different format and so far, I could not upload them to the blog.
So, I just packed up and went outside to the restaurant where I had eaten yesterday. This time, I chose fried noodles (with a bit of veggies at least) and a fried egg.
And then I was on the road. Today, it was mainly main road,
still near Sitiawan. first, it looked like one strange ship, but here are two
but some nice little roads in plantations and forests were in between.
Longan
I nearly saw more dead animals on the road then alive, a monkey, two monitor lizards and a snake. Another monitor lizard was swimming in one of those many canals accompanying the roads. When I stopped, he dove, and I waited and looked around to find him again. It was hot enough to give up and, in that moment, when I put back my camera to my bag, I saw him in the grass on the other side.
And with the gopro I could catch a group of monkeys crossing the street by cables leading from left to right.
At km48 I allowed myself another cool drink, because the old lady had smiled to me and waved hello and this was nearly in the right moment, because I wanted to do that at km50 anyway. For a self-test, I took all the ice cubes that remained after drinking and put them in my drinking bottles. When I was done, the lady brought me some more in a cup that maybe was clean or not. We will see (or feel) if this has any effect!
And at km90 I repeated this with a kind of chocolate-tea mixture and again I had cool water for the next 4 drinking sessions (we remember: every quarter of an hour I get something!).
So, if today nothing happens I feel safe for the future ?
Besides that, I had bought a bunch of these small bananas, because back in Vienna I don’t want to regret having not eaten enough local fruits, and later I bought a mango. It was hard, so I asked if it is ready for eating and they gave me a slice of such a mango. It was white and a bit sour, so I took only one to test it with my protein mixture.
Since I had started the Malaysian tour, I came along houses all looking very similar to each other: Three-story and rather narrow and with an incredible (artificial) bird noise.
Later Hsuan explained me that there bird nests are produced so I imagine (but don’t know!) that that sound should attract the swallows to come (back)
On my further way, I heard that sound also from some normal houses and saw swallows flying around, maybe a proof for this theory?
One of my new rules (I always invent something like that!) says, that after km100, I am allowed to look for a place to stay. The first I saw, was a homestay and I wanted to try that again. The man on the phone was friendly the price (~12$) ok but he had no wifi and for my “work” this is important. So, I went on and after 5km I found the first hotel. It looked like a mixture of the first and the second on this trip and the price was exactly in the middle and the bathroom in some way, too. The shower was complete but this time, there was no sink.
In fact, I don’t need a sink, except for brushing the teeth or so. It is easier so than to do it under/with the shower without getting wet all over. But this is not paradise where everything is perfect, it is reality where you learn to make compromises and again, I keep in mind that I luckily have no bigger problems!
The owner had suggested to take the bike in the room, so I don’t have to take off the bags. A nice and considerate thought! Only the corridor was so narrow with some corners that I am not sure what would have been faster – taking off the bags or “sieve” the bike to the room.
I tried to cut that mango, but it was obvious that it is totally unripe, be it white or yellow inside, so I finished my little bananas, six were left.
According to my new tradition, I went to a restaurant for dinner. I had fried noodles, but I didn’t see some of the hot peppers in it and got burned although I had vegetables to dilute it. I also drank a lot and now I wonder about the effects and my self-test with the ice-cubes is corrupted.
Ah – ice, that reminds me:
aiskrim, motorsaikel, basikel, teksi, kompleks and so on are some nice Malayan words ?