Traffic lights. They have not been much of my life on this trip. I was rarely in towns and mostly on the open road – they were unimportant. Today, avoiding the freeways, I took the only roads that existed – major secondary roads with regular traffic lights. A red light means the sweat pours down as I wait for it to change in the blaring sun. Red is a very appropriate colour.
Street art, Georgetown
I woke up today knowing that I was going to leave Georgetown without spending an extra day. It was hot, lots of tourists, and the old English colonial feeling could be experienced by a short random cycle through the small alleyways.
Street art, Georgetown
Leaving Georgetown was an exercise of avoiding the freeways by sticking to the 8-lane non-freeways, sometimes zigzagging back and forth from one side of the freeway to the other. With the non-existant emergency lane, and lots of trucks, it was not such a relaxing ride. The noise prevented me from listening to my audible book. No danger of not hearing an oncoming truck. In all this concentration, I missed my 26000km mark.
26000km
After a while the road got more rural, and the last part into Taiping was pleasant again.
Rural road
Tomorrow to Ipoh at the base of the climb up into the Cameron Heights.
Street art, Georgetown
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Amazing street art. Is it officially promoted or permitted – or night-time graffiti artists?
It is the top tourist attraction of Georgetown. There’s a sign next to it saying not to touch if damage it. It is pretty cool.
Hi Mathew, I rode between Georgetown and Taiping (see https://ridewithgps.com/trips/9941877). I was impressed that the murals and other street art has survived, without being added to or otherwise ‘improved’! Really enjoyed meeting people along the way – everybody seemed pretty nice. Cheers Frank
People are nice everywhere. That’s what i find all the time on this bike trip. 🙂