Easing Into a Malaysian Bicycle Tour: Windstorms, Smash Burgers, & Finding My Gear 🚲🇲🇾

The sun feels like an angry death star, the wind is howling through my hotel window, and someone set off bombs at 3 a.m. Just another day easing into a bicycle tour around Malaysia. 🚲🌏

In this video, I’m holed up in my room in Rembau, recovering from the first couple of days of cycling and kind of sticking to my most important rule: on a long tour, the first day should only be about changing hotels. I talk about why Paddy Doyle’s bicycle tour attempt failed, the struggle of finding my camera batteries, and the physical hardships of camping that never translates on video.

But it’s not all hardship! I managed to get a great haircut using Google Translate (turns out the barber spoke Hindi, not Malay), and I found an awesome local burger joint, the “Rembau Youth Center Densuko Mokapot,” for a smash burger feast.

👇 WATCH NEXT:
▶️ The First Day of This Tour (The brutal one): https://youtu.be/WZ-2r1-5Bsc
▶️ The Second Day: https://youtu.be/48HsFDain6o

VIDEO TOPICS:
The Angry Sun & The “Death Star” Effect
The Misery That Video Can’t Capture
Waking Up to a Windstorm in Rembau
Getting a Haircut with Google Translate (Hindi Edition!)
The 3 AM Bombs (Not Fireworks!)
Exploring My “Empty” Hotel & The Water Filter Gamble
Finding the “Rembau Youth Center” & Ordering Burgers
The McDonald’s CEO Took a Fake Bite (So I Took a Real One)
Editing the First Day’s Epic 4-Hour Raw Video
My #1 Rule for Bike Touring (The “Change Hotels” Day)
The Great Battery Hunt & Packing System Refinement
Plans for Tomorrow: The Bukit Climb to Kuala Pilah

📍 LOCATION:
Rembau, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia.
Burger Joint: Densuko Mokapot/ Rembau Youth Center

#BicycleTouring #Malaysia #PlanetDoug #TravelVlog #Cycling #Rembau #BudgetTravel

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📸 GEAR LIST 📸
🎥 Action Cam: GoPro Hero 12 Black
🎥 Action Cam: GoPro Hero 9 Black
🎥 360 Cam: Insta360 X3
🎤Microphone #1: Rode Wireless Go
🎤Microphone #2: Rode Wireless Go II
📱Smartphone 1: Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Plus
📱Smartphone 2: Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus
Laptop: Asus TUF A16 Gaming Edition
Editing Program: DaVinci Resolve
Tablet: Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e
Editing App: Kinemaster for Android (Version 6)
Music Source: YouTube Audio Library

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OCEAN PLANET
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Dominik S.
Gilles D.

CITY PLANET
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Special thanks to KY for all his essential help with my day-to-day struggles, to Habibullah K. for his amazing generosity, to Andy T. for great meals and much-appreciated donations, and to Mohd Zin bin A. for his awesome regular support.

CHAPTERS
00:00 – Introduction
01:23 – The Windstorm
03:05 – Hotel & Haircut & Food
06:10 – Getting Filtered Water
07:29 – Densuko Mokapot (Burgers)
16:27 – 1st Day & Video on the Road
23:02 – Easing Into Cycling
28:33 – Misplaced Batteries
31:00 – 2nd Video Plus Next Day
34:57 – End Credits