April 22nd-24th

We continue to make our way north wards. Today it is pleasantly hot where as yesterday it was stiflingly hot and we noticed the locals having to keep out of the sun.
We are trying to cycle first thing in the morning to miss the heat of the day. This was after our experiences on the first couple of days when we both suffered after we both had a 'bonk'. On the first day it was Linda who nearly keeled over and on the second day it was Jeff. After he had his third rest and got up feeling dizzy he said to me " remember our marriage vows - for better or worse" to which I replied "remember yours- to take care of me", and for those amongst you who have dirty minds - 'BONK' is a technical term used in cycling when the cyclist is so exhausted that he cannot go on.
Now back to our journey- although we thought we would only get as far as Endau we did in fact manage nearly 40 miles and got to Romplin were we stayed at a holiday resort where our chalet was adjacent to the beach. Jeff had his first swim in the South China sea and was amazed as to how warm it was. Linda felt uncomfortable about going into the sea as we are now in a more conservative Muslim area where the women, if they swim at all do so fully clothed including wearing a head scarf.
Yesterday we did another 30 miles and got to a very small fishing village called Nenasi where our room was on stilts over the river and next to the fish market very much a minus one star. Today we have got as far as Pekan which is a much larger town and where we have already visited a number of sites more of this later.