CNY Ride

I think i might kene petir soon. I skipped my 2nd day of CNY to do a long distance ride. Texted my mum " Mum, sorry that I have to do this, Ironman is 3 weeks away". My ride started at 7am from my house. I had the Fraser loop in mind. Heard about it so many times, I felt that I had to do this.
Geared up for long ride, my baby & I went all the way to Batu Caves. Met Hisyam, a new friend on Jln Kuching.. Chatted with him on the ride. While Hisyam took the turn to his house, we continued to HOA. Then it was all the way up to Genting Sempah - Bentong - Tranum - GAP - Frasers - KKB - Ulu Yam - Dam.
HOA - Genting Sempah: Met a group of cyclists (50 yrs above) ; yes they are real strong. I envy their strength & also their bikes, its like the cervelo bikegroup, almost all of them had cervelo. Chatted with a 55 yrs old lady, she is relatively new yet strong. Rested at sempah peak while waiting for whole pack to reach. 50km by now
Genting Sempah - Bentong : I knew we had to continue, so I byed to the group. All the way down till Bentong (30km).. Met another super group at the Shell station for refuel. 3 matsallehs & 1 Msian; they did the Round-Malaysia ride, started from Ipoh, all the way up north, then east. 6 solid days of riding, 1 support van. Their last ride was today, Termeloh - Bentong - KL. Only 1 was charcoal brown; sweetly tanned, the other 3 were lobster red.
I : "Lucky that U didnt shoot up to Thailand";
They :" We went to Phuket last year";
I: Speechless
Bentong - Tranum : Then I continued. This part of route is so alien to me. I heard about the legendary Bentong - Fraser route. I did turn into Bkt Fraser's junction, but why are all the signboards showing to RAUB? Tempted to call my friends to google up the map. But somehow i didnt. continued anyway. Baby started to whine.. Come on.. we can make it. Reaching the T junction was a relief. After 30k, then we saw signboard to Bkt Fraser. Fuh~~~
Tranum- Fraser : Another 30k up hill. Baby was doing fine, so wasI. It was scenic. We stopped twice at waterfall to refill. Plenty of waterfalls.. I fell in love, moment of peace & serene. Occasionally there were cars passing by. At this time, I knew I couldnt reach house by 7pm, hence msg my friend to rescue me at later of the day. Last 8k was the maut climb. 30 mins to ride up. Finally reached the top. Stopped at shops to buy some buns.

a) fraser Hill , waterfall

c) Dam , Fraser's Hill

Fraser - KKB : All the way down again. 30k, max speed at 65km/hr. Cool...
KKB - Ulu Yam - Batu Dam : My knees were wobbling already. 3 big hills (sempah, fraser, p3).. steep ones. Painful ride by this time. Another 50k for this part. Stopped at 7e Ulu Yam. Refuel. Last climb from Ulu Yam to P3 *highest point* was somehow manageable. I knew this route at heart, every turns, every ups & corners. Finally at P3, big smile.. infact biggest & widest grin.. =) sweet...
Batu Dam : My friends were there, they were getting ready for BBQ. I guess I was in luck to reach there at that time. We exchanged stories, gossips.. then they did the bbq stuff.. I just layed down, buzzed around, trying to tolong them, but i tolong tengok saja. They wont allow me. All the food got fired up, then ready to be eaten. I returned home with sore muscle, wobbly knees, tanned skin; yet full stomach.. full satisfaction. Back home, just told my family that it was a normal ride & appologized for being MIA for CNY. Ride of the day (220km) - 3 stops, 3 hills, 2 waterfalls & 1 full stomach with 1 big smile =)

c) bbq.. nyum2x