DAY 7 – THE LONG HAUL
Our final day was the long haul back to KL from
Penang, roughly 350km, and much of the riding
was mile munching on the freeways, although we
did have a couple of excursions on some more
entertaining roads to break the day up. Whilst the
motorways are mostly toll roads, bikes are free
and at each toll gate there is a bike-sized lane to
avoid the pay booths. Sometimes these little bike
bypasses would loop around behind a building or
two before rejoining the motorway, but that just
added to the entertainment.
It was a screamingly hot day and by the time we
landed back in Kota Damansara, we were glad to
strip off the bike gear and chill for a little
while before bidding our hosts and ride
buddies farewell.
At the end of the road trip, we booked ourselves
into a fancy hotel in KL for a couple of nights,
had a bit of R&R, caught up with some KL-based
friends and did a bit of tourist stuff. It was a
great way to close out our time in Malaysia.
We came away from the trip with very fond
memories of Malaysia, its people and its roads.
Would we go back to explore some more?
For sure. Would we do it with MMG?
Without hesitation.
THE PACKAGE
The MMG package itself covered almost
all of the costs we incurred in Malaysia on
the road trip. Hotels, breakfast, lunch and
dinner were included as were the mid-
morning and mid-afternoon snacks. Fuel
was at our own expense but between the
two us of, Sarah and I spent about $60
on fuel for the whole trip. We would also
stock up on bottles of water, tea or Ribena
(Sarah’s addiction) at fuel stops, which
was also at our expense, but most bottled
drinks came in at around $1 each so that
was never going to break the bank.
We would thoroughly recommend a
riding trip in Malaysia to anyone with
a bit of riding experience under their
belts. You don’t need to have been riding
for decades to be up to the challenge,
but neither would we recommend it to
someone with less than a couple of years’
experience.
The MGG operation is slick and friendly,
you feel like friends more than guests.
The whole thing hangs together so well,
with the baulky fuel pump on the Versys
42 KIWI RIDER
being the only the only issue encountered
along the way and that was dealt with
professionally. And here’s the thing, Feizal
and Zahed are lovely blokes who enjoy
their work and they really want you to have
a good time whilst exploring their country.
And we did.
Malaysian Motorcycle Getaways (Winner
of 2015 Tourism Malaysia Award (Sports &
Recreation) can be found on Facebook or
at http:/www.ridemalaysia.com.my/ and
their 2020 tour calendar is now available on
their website. Say hi to Feizal and Zed from
us!
Disclaimer: One of these days someone
might pay us to go on holiday, but this
wasn’t it, we paid for the flights and the
tour in full. We flew Malaysian Airlines
to KL, the flights were on-time, the
staff were really good, and the food
wasn’t too bad at all. Clearing customs
and immigration in KL was easy.
As mentioned above, Grab is the local
equivalent to Uber, the service we got
was cheap and reliable.