Honeymoon Ride to Cameron Highland

Since our earlier plan was canceled because we have to take Auni & Harraz for school holidays, we decided to go for a honeymoon ride to Cameron Highland instead. I was told one of the best routes to ride our Duke 690R is Sg. Koyan - Ringlet Road. An empty road with many corners and beautiful scenery is the best kind of route for single-cylinder supermotard type of bikes. From KL to Sg. Koyan via Raub is quite a long journey and the full exhilaration starts from the junction at Sg Koyan to Ringlet. 

We arrived at Tanah Rata quite late in the afternoon and it was a tropical storm all the way from the dam area until Tanah Rata. We were completely soaked and most of our clothes were also wet. Therefore, we don't have photos near the end before Ringlet & Tanah Rata.

We only go out the next day and the traffic was so terrible due to the school holidays. Luckily, we rode our bikes and we can just zigzag in between traffics.
BOH Sungai Palas

Tea Plantation

So many fresh crops on sale here
We went home the next day via Tapah and stop at Tanjung Malim for Yik Mun Pau
Back to KL via Tapah and PLUS Highway then to Tanjung Malim using the old road via Rawang Bypass

Our wefie shots
I'm glad for Fiza sharing my passion for road touring. She said it was her dream trip to ride a motorcycle to Cameron Highland. We are looking forward to other road trips next year in 2018. 

Location: Cameron Highlands, Pahang, Malaysia

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