Author: Susan Doram

I am passionate about cycling and enjoy encouraging others to ride their bicycles. I am a cycle coach and founder member and chair for Leicester Women's Velo and Founder member and club secretary for Ride on Sistas.

I love to encourage others to get active. I am an award wining personal trainer and one of Cycling UK's 100 Women in Cycling 2019.

I've been on numerous cycle tours and have encouraged others to join me. Part of my cycle touring experience has included cycling around the world for just over 2 1/2 years.

Cambodia

I arrived in Cambodia via a land border crossing.  I’ve realised that land and sea border crossings are always a culture shock for me as I am expecting a gradual transition from one country to another, but so far that hasn’t been the case.  I managed to avoid the passport control scams on the Vietnamese…… Continue reading Cambodia

The Mekong Delta, Vietnam

I arrived in Ho Chi Minh City the same day that President Trump arrived in Hanoi.  From what I understand from Vietnam’s point of view it was a positive thing as his visit makes the world more aware of Vietnam. I only cycled in the south of Vietnam – which was flat.  I had just…… Continue reading The Mekong Delta, Vietnam

Malaysian Chinese New Year

I spent the first part of Chinese New Year in Muar at Waka Lily’s hostel.  Lily, who is one of the owners, invited me to her family home for her a meal and her aunties and mum were all kind enough to give me a red packet ‘Ang Pow’.  I also ended up in one…… Continue reading Malaysian Chinese New Year

Sumatra, Indonesia

My next three weeks were spent in Sumatra.  I met Arina in Yogyakarta in Indonesia in November and she very kindly invited me to her home in Pekanbaru to see her part of Indonesia. On arrival from Kuala Lumpur to Pekanbaru I got stopped by immigration, at first they asked for my visa.  I explained…… Continue reading Sumatra, Indonesia

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

My New Year’s was spent with my friend Milissa, her husband Del and Del’s family from the UK and Malaysia.  Milissa has been lucky enough to have known me for just over 40 years.  So whilst they were on holiday in Malaysia, I hung out with them and enjoyed their family holiday, which was amazing,…… Continue reading Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Lombok to Muar

I flew from Bangkok, Thailand to Lombok, Indonesia mid-September which was about 6 weeks after Lombok had experienced really bad earthquakes in the north of the island. I had booked my flight weeks before the earthquakes which was why I was flying to Lombok. The south of the island had not been affected by the…… Continue reading Lombok to Muar

Thailand

My first night was spent in Satun with a Warmshowers host and his family. My second night was spent 40k outside a city called Trang. My host was participating in a 10k run, he invited me to join him, so I walked the 4k fun run 🏃🏿‍♀️ 😊. It was a big turn out. My next…… Continue reading Thailand

Langkawi, Malaysia

I spent nearly 6 weeks in Langkawi, Malaysia. Langkawi is a small island off the Malaysian and Thai coast and it’s known for being duty free. So I was initially only going to stay a few days as I thought that it was going to be really rowdy because of the cheap booze. It was…… Continue reading Langkawi, Malaysia

Penang

I surprised myself and got to Penang about two weeks earlier than I expected. I’ve been enjoying riding in Malaysia so I guess I was hoping that the whole experience would last longer than it did. So I ended up spending two weeks in Penang relaxing and cycling around the island. There’s loads of street…… Continue reading Penang