The Malaysian Foldie issue 05, January 2014 | Page 8

My cycling kaki Patric Yee had invited me to stay at his property in the Marina Island near Lumut.

He said that we can bunk-in there and shoot straight to Pangkor.

I thought that this would be great as Lumut is about four hours drive from Subang Jaya.

We were to set out on Friday evening, head straight to Lumut via the Klang - Teluk Intan coastal road. This saves us a bit of time.

Patric and his son would meet us in Lumut.

We packed the bikes and gear early and fed the dogs before hitting the road.

By spending a night in Lumut, we would be able to make the most out of our time on Pangkor.

Traffic was light as we made our way towards Kuala Selangor via the LATAR highway.

We drove past Sekinchan, Sg Besar, Sabak Bernam and had dinner at Hutan Melintang.

I remembered that there were a few good eating places in this town.

We found a shop along the way and had claypot catfish and curried crabs.

The fare was pretty decent.

After a good fill, we drove towards Teluk Intan.

Right after Hutan Melintang, the road became narrower and darker.

I was very cautious as we headed towards the bridge linking Teluk Intan to Sitiawan.

Many years ago, this was my stomping ground.

I fished a lot in Sg Dedap.

It took us about four hours to reach Lumut town.

Patric had sent me a GPS coordinate to reach his shophouse via what'sapp.

After keying-in the numbers, I was able to find the location.