Ride Report #10: A visit to Segari Turtle Conservation Center

Since I had a long week off made a last minute decision to visit the Segari Turtle Conservation Center. Passed the sanctuary a few years back during the first visit to Sitiawan but because of tight schedule it was kept in the 'places to visit' list.

Overall journey

Left the island quite late as there were some chores to be completed. Halfway thought the ride, we had to do a unplanned pit stop at the Buki Merah R&R as the headscarf was being uncooperative with the helmet. Other than that the ride on the highway was a boring expressway ride until the Changkat Jering turnoff.

Bukit Merah rest stop

From here the scenery changed to the old trunk roads riding pass small towns and palm oil estate. It was a lovely ride with a nice cloudy weather. As we were approaching the sanctuary, there was a major road work and the detour made the ride a bit more interesting with a mixture of off road riding.

Ride Repo #4: Exploring snippets of Perak

The group organised another ride and this time it is to Perak. I have always wanted to visit other states on the bike so I jumped at the chance to join the ride. The itinerary was to depart at Caltex Egate at 0730 hrs and meet the other riders in the mainland at Shell Juru.

 

Plan of the ride of the day

 

At Shell Juru after those who require refueling and tyre pressure check, the group had a pre-ride briefing from the organiser, William before departing to Canning Garden, Ipoh for breakfast.

A pre-ride briefing before taking off

A trip to Taiping

Taiping Prison entrance

Recently took a trip down to the historic town of Taiping with a friend. Taiping is located about 100km from my little island. The original plan was to try to leave early (0700 hrs) so that we could take the Vulcan but ended up leaving the island about 1100 hrs.

Before we left the house we got a call from the optometrist that our new specs are ready for collection and since they are along the way, we figured we might as well drop by to collect the specs before leaving. It was a good thing that we took the car instead because it was raining cats and dogs even before we left the island and parts along the highway.

Always wanted to visit MegaBike Taiping since I found out about them but was only free on Sundays and public holidays and so happens that that those are the days they are closed. Here are a few reasons why we made the trip:

1. They are open on that particular Sunday (19 May 2019)
2. We needed a short break
3. Looking for a new jacket 
4. Looking for motorcycle pants
5. They are having sales for Komine and Taichi apparels

One of the reasons we made the trip over