Southern Thailand | GlobeRiders Indochina Expedition

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From Vietnam to Singapore, traveling over 8,000 miles in 71 days through 6 countries, GlobeRiders IndoChina Expedition covers the motorcycle travel experience of a lifetime. The GlobeRiders team are some of the first ever to travel in Vietnam with foreign registered motorcycles. Follow their adventure as they travel through extremes in weather and terrain, and discover the rich and diverse cultures of Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, and Malaysia. After 71 days on the road, their epic journey finishes up in Singapore. EPISODE 6 - SOUTHERN THAILAND & MALAYSIA • Tiger Temple • River Kwai/Floating Market • Thai Fishing • Monkey Mountain • Penang Island • Charcoal Factory • Cameron Highlands • Taman Negra • Kuala Lumpur • Singapore
Kanchanaburi province in western Thailand is covered by forested mountains.
The roads like these make travel easy as we head south to Singapore.
Today's first destination an animal rescue center called Tiger Temple
where Buddhist monks take care of orphan tigers.
Many many moons ago I saw in a magazine some monks with tigers
and I think just the images they were really stuck with me for a long while.
And then all of a sudden here we are in Thailand
and somebody said you got to see Tiger Temple.
Try to stay out of his reach, don't stay very close.
There are few places in the world where you can pet a live tiger
but this Buddhist temple in Thailand is one of them.
These are pretty big animals.
Those cubs uh first ones we saw were like five months old or four months old
and then that one there he's playing with that block of wood he's seven months old.
You can just go right up to them and pet them and have fun with them
with those claws you don't want to play too much with these guys.
They're very calm and stuff but still the claws are very sharp.
They received their first cub in 1999.
Since then the temple has become the home of many adopted Indo-Chinese tigers.
These tigers are all they're not tame but they're imprinted on humans
so they can never be released back to the wild.
But what they want to do is build a farm or a protected area
where they can protect the tigers but raise them
without imprinting on humans so they can be released back into the wild.
When the abbot arrives the cats are let out of their cages
and brought down to a quarry to bathe and stretch out in the sun.
They're docile after their midday meal unlike the hundreds of tourists
that come for pictures and a chance to pet a fully grown live tiger.
Before modern roads were carved through the jungle
traveling through this part of the world wasn't that easy.
During World War II the invading Japanese
decided that they wanted to build a railway from Thailand to Burma
so they rounded up all the POWs they could find
and began construction of the infamous Burma Railway.
The Thais call it the Death Railway.
The Japanese engineers predicted it would take them five years to build this
and they did it in 16 months.
Over 200,000 people died building this thing.
They just worked people to death.
At Hellfire Pass the largest rock cutting on the railway
was a particularly difficult section to build
and many lives were lost in the process.
Today a memorial museum built by the Australians
commemorates the sacrifices of the allied POWs
killed during the construction of the Death Railway.
Undoubtedly the most famous part of the Death Railway
is this black iron bridge.
Made famous in several Hollywood movies and books
the bridge over the River Kwai still stands today
although it had to be rebuilt several times during the war.
As we get closer to Bangkok
canals become an important part of the transportation infrastructure.
Inside the network of canals
one of Thailand's most colorful floating markets.
You see here we are surrounded by boats.
We are on one of the canals at the floating market
like 100 kilometers from Bangkok.
On board the hundreds of wooden boats
a cornucopia of produce
from mangoes to melons, coconuts
and the ever-popular fried bananas.
We have this long stick with a bucket at the end
so when she do a sale
she use the bucket for transportation of goods and money.
The character and color of the past
still lives in this historic old market
and it's definitely on the tourist map.
In fact the number of sightseers
far exceeds the number of local vendors on the canals.
The best way to see the market
on board one of the hundreds of small wooden boats
that cruise up and down the canals.
So Chris is going to get us some coconut pancake here.
It's just freshly made on the boat.
Very good.
We've been riding up in the mountains here in Thailand
for quite some time
and it's kind of nice to come down to the coast.
We are here in the outlet of a river
going into the coast
and it's a shipyard we came by
and thought hey let's drop by.
It's always good people to meet in a shipyard.
They are changing the propellers.
I see they are fixing holes and patches
and they are painting them in beautiful color
and we're going to continue down the coast.
It's going to be nice.
I'm looking forward to some beach time.
So you stay tuned
and you will see some white guys with brown arms.
That's us.
Although big resorts draw thousands to the sandy beaches
fishing is still an important part of the economy
here in the Gulf of Thailand.
Thailand's oldest beach resort
was once just a small fishing village.
Now it's a major destination
famous for its seafood.
Yeah we arrived at another exciting destination
on this Globe Riders Indochina Tour.
Never stopping the excitement
because I get excited when I see fish
and we are south of Bangkok
like 200-300 kilometers
and I tell you I'm screaming a little here
because the ice crusher is going a big speed.
All the fishermen come into this fishing village
and they have squid
they have fish
they have crab
and they put it in big yellow buckets
and the buckets slide off the boat
and then they start sorting on big sorting tables.
Guys sorting the different species of fish
then the vendors or the purchasers come
they come from the restaurants
and they pick up the buckets
weigh them
pay for it
and you have in the background
over at the other side here
you have fishing vessels
just laying waiting to go out
probably at night.
They are washing themselves the guys
some are done by the boat
and they're just scrubbing along.
If you look at the muscles on those guys
you don't find much fat there
it's just pure muscle
that's hard work
hand scrubbing the boat
getting off all the algaes and stuff.
Then it was a little fight up here
two drunk guys
and that's part of life I think
when you live so many guys together
you get into some fist fights and stuff
I just love this atmosphere
it's bustling and hustling
everything's going on
it's like a micro society of fishermen
so concentrated
and you can see it all here
so I'm gonna go further down
and look for a good lunch place now
because we're out for lunch today.
Kids swimming here.
There's the squid
like the fishermen's below that night
that's good big squid
but this is the same as we got in Cambodia
there's kind of soft shell
you can actually feel it here
compared to the other rock crab
but it's a beauty
look at that girl
no it's a boy.
On top of Monkey Mountain
the view to Hua Hin.
At its base
the reason the mountain gets its name.
I think he's looking at the GPS
for position for more
he's going to mark this as a waypoint
there we go
it's wet here
the weather is coming and going
and it was fun though
meeting the poor starving monkeys
they had a bunch of bananas
and I'm sure it's not their last for the day
although you know Monday
it might be kind of a slim pickings for them today
the rain and everything
but they found a nice place here at the temple
so I guess they are relying on tourists
and we are relying on getting salt
so I think we are gonna head out here
and see if we can find some more rain
we heard it's flooding
so what's happening here
it's going into the rainy season
south of Bangkok
and that's where we are heading
Rubber tree plantations are a common sight
in the southern part of Thailand
currently the country's the largest producer of rubber
with a production volume of 3 million tons
on plantations like these
rubber trees are grown
and then tapped for their sap
which is harvested and processed
to produce high quality latex
I see the white stuff
and I've seen it come off the tree into the bowl
and then they mix it with water and some acid
and then they get like a cake paste out of it
very similar to what my mom did
when she was making bread and stuff in the form
they take the form
throw it over on a ceramic table
and start beating it with a stick
to make a pattern
and to make it thin flat even
and from there
that mat goes into a machine
that just squeezes out the water or air bubbles
or whatever to get it even
and it goes for a second time
and then they even imprint a name on it
and I guess it's the owner of the plantation's name
because the next process is to hang it up
and that's what caught our attention
as we were riding along here
and that goes on to be used
in all kinds of natural rubber products
Helge and Chris's final discovery of the day
the dangerous job of coconut splitting
What we're doing here is taking the husk of the coconut
and I tell you that knife it's so sharp
I tried a little
I totally failed
and to be honest I'm scared of it
I don't want to cut my hand or nothing
and this thing is sharp
I thought I could shave myself with it
I'm not kidding you
That was great
Now I know what coconut is doing
and it's so great to see where it comes from
how it's open
I'm not going to dare to open one
I'm going to go and buy another one at Central Market
but this is good
I learned a lot
It was a great experience
That's what traveling is about
Stopping, learning stuff
not just zooming by
So I met this fellow here along the road
that he wants me to eat this
I break off
You
I know you
I just had lunch
so I'm not going to eat this worm
It's good
I like it
No, you get strong
They say you get very strong after
That was very juicy and it came out
No, I'm out of here
Bye
I don't want to even talk to you
After crossing the border from Thailand
we're heading through Malaysia
a Muslim country with a significant Indian and Chinese population
With few exceptions
the BMW motorcycles have performed reliably
and received the cleaning they deserve
Then it's time to board a ferry for Penang Island
our first stop in Malaysia
Well, we're crossing the strait here
We're headed over to Penang Island
And we're going to stay in Georgetown, I think tonight
So old colonial city
And yeah, we're going to land here pretty quick
So let's go take a look about
Penang Island
Highly urbanized, modern
and one of the first centers of population in Malaysia
We'll explore the island further tomorrow
Tonight, the legendary food
Gurney Drive is the place to sample Malaysian street food
A multi-ethnic blend of Malay, Indian and Chinese cuisine
Malaysia's food capital does much to earn its reputation
The food here is cheap, great tasting
and might even be served by a famous dancing vendor
The historic capital of the island, Georgetown
features row upon row of 100-year-old shop houses and colonial villas
which give the city its distinctive atmosphere
Exploring the back roads of this historic seafaring town
the Chinese influence is particularly apparent
On the waterfront, another enclave of the Chinese diaspora in Malaysia
The Chu Jetty
A community of fishermen, shopkeepers and families
living above the water on a long pier
Once a haven for pirates who plundered ships passing through the straits of Malacca
Penang Island is now a place where Burmese sailors stop and resupply
So this ship came in from Burma
and with whatever they brought
and then they are now getting supplies for the crew and stuff
and they are going to go back
and he claimed that only four hours to Burma
That's not too far from here
So we are now here about 200 meters above the sea level
We have about 250 types of fruit trees in our farm
So in one place, you can see different types of fruit from different countries
It's not a commercial farm
And then most of the fruit from the tropical area
Because normally in Malaysia, we only have one season all year round, summer
So that's the Malaysian weather, very special
So the name is nutmeg
So nutmeg is a fruit and then at the same time, people use it as a spice
The seed is inside
So we took the seed, we dry it and then use it as a spice
All right
And then also they make it into candy
And then something special about nutmeg
In the whole Malaysia, only in Penang
You can get the nutmeg just in Penang
Okay, I'll let you smell and then you tell me the name
Oh, vanilla
So after you dry, they become brown color
Cinnamon
Yes
Cinnamon, yeah
So this is what the cinnamon tree looks like
So cinnamon, you don't need to cut the tree, just from the bark or the skin
So you took the bark, you dry it and then use it as a spice
So after that, the bark will come again
You can cut again and again
Day 58
We're leaving the island of Penang
But not about to sit on another ferry
This time, we're taking the bridge
All eight and a half miles of it
The third longest in the world
Back on the Malaysian mainland
We're in search of a factory that produces charcoal
Out of mangrove trees
We're about to find out just how interesting charcoal can be
Mangrove is a special kind of trees
They are mainly found in the tropical countries only, all right
Because mangrove trees live in the water
But it cannot be used for furniture
Neither can you use it for any other purposes
It's very good for the charcoal business
Now looking in front of you
It's these canals, these rivers
Where during the high tides
The men will bring in the wood within the boats
And you can see in front of you
You see the ladies are debarking it
After debarking, the wood is carried into the factory
So as to produce better quality of charcoal
And it's done by laborers
And you find that again, no machineries helping them
So they will carry the wood, which is about 20, 40, 60 kilos
For one wood to be brought into the factory
Look at that, good
Look at that, look at that
It's all water, it's all water
Yeah, this is heavy
You said 80 percent water
That's right, that's right
Gentlemen, beautiful kilns I have
Been built so nicely by the experts
Now this wood, after they have debarked it
They are then carrying into the factory
And they'll be putting into the kilns
Vertically standing upright
So as to allow the circulation of the heat going on in the kiln
So that the heat will turn the wood into charcoal
From the top to the bottom
And once the smoke gets dry
My supervisor will know that it is dry
And it has turned into charcoal
He will then close up everything
And we wait for another eight days
Before we take out the charcoal
Which I'm going to show you in a short while time
Gentlemen, look at that
Look at the water, we're collecting this water
Fantastic, look at that
The smoke goes up there, right
And comes down here
This will, if you spread this information to America
To your people or to other parts of the world
They will be amazed by the way we do the job here
By the way that you find
Very unique, very old-fashioned, very traditional
This is the water, look at the water
Special water from the mangrove trees
Which you don't find in other places
And if this wood, this can be used as a fertilizer
For the plants, for the fruit trees
For cleaning your drains
And it's very good
And you find that the Japanese are crazy people
They use this to take their bath
To clean their body
And I was told some of them use it to drink
So as to reduce their hypertension
And it's beautiful, look at this water
Fantastic, look at that
It has a good smell too
So I would say this industry is something special
And everything has been used up
So once the water has been drained away
They become the black, shining charcoal
And the lorry will come and bring this wood
To distribute to various parts of the customers
And from the 40 tons of the green wood
We only collect 10 tons of charcoal in one clean
And it's a beautiful charcoal, black, black, shining
And it's the best in the world
I want to show you that this is the beautiful
Black, shining charcoal
After my explanation of the big fire, small fire
That wood, mangrove trees
Has now become this black piece of charcoal
There are many uses of this charcoal
Some are the household people use for cooking
And some of them are used in the most restaurants
And charcoal powder also can be used in the tablet form
For this windy stomach, such kind of thing
So that's why charcoal is always a good product to be used
Do you know what?
When I was traveling in Africa
The best advice for traveling
Was to get charcoal tablets
When you have a bad stomach
You just take
And I had a ton of them
I had like several hundred
And another good thing that was
When you travel, we have charcoal tablets
People always ask us
Do you have medication for me?
I have this and this
And charcoal is very innocent
But it's wrapped in a nice thing
So I always give away charcoal tablets
And it cured everything
This is the only method
Very old, very traditional
No other methods it's used
Because we find that all the while
We have been doing it
Producing the best charcoal in this manner
So there's no way we should change it
Because it will cause us more expenses
We still have to use the old method
To produce the best charcoal in the world
So here we are
Up in commercialized Cameron Highland
It's like, it's pretty cool though
You have all these greenhouses
It's a zone where they can grow everything
Tomatoes, strawberries, sweet potatoes, cauliflower
Beautiful stuff we've seen along the road
And people obviously come from far away
For the weekend
It's Saturday here, a lot of traffic
I was here 16 years ago
And perhaps a little more commercialized
I don't remember too much of it
But I saw the butterfly farm I went to last time
Tomorrow I want to go back
But right now I'm gonna go and get the warm shower
After I unpacked my stuff
And that's Cameron Highlands in Malaysia
Up at four and a half thousand feet
Very nice ride
I mean the roads just are still super
Very, very good
Yeah, it's got down to 64 degrees
64?
Yeah, it's warm
But we're back up to about 70 now
But yeah, so
Actually put on the heated grips
That's a first for this trip
It's nothing like a good foam bath
After a long day on the road
I'm gonna be the hottest guy on the block
With this good smelling suit
The suit doesn't get this treatment every day
But you know, sometimes you have to get it
We are really roughing it
Another day at the office I'm telling you
It's tough being a globe rider
Okay, pretty good
Turned out okay
After cleaning up, a steam pot
A specialty of the region
And a good night's rest
Before getting up early to explore the Cameron Highlands
After the morning fog burns off
A spectacular view of the highlands
The Cameron Highlands were named
After a British surveyor who discovered the area in 1885
Today, it's Malaysia's largest tea producing region
This owner started the plantation way in 1929
And step by step actually
They got three plantations in Cameron Highlands
And one more plantation in Lowlands
So included these four tea plantations
The owner do have 1200 hectares
And in this area they do have 234 hectares
So one day they do produce 5.5 million cups of tea
That's a lot of tea
They produce 4 million
Where do they serve those?
So they are cutting tea here
And they are exporting most or it's for domestic?
And domestic, it's still not enough
Oh really?
So in Malaysia, they drink so much tea?
Yeah, but some of the teas
When they decide to send it out of this country
Japan, right?
Okay
Afghanistan, Malaysia, all over the places
Once they pluck tea leaves in this certain area
Every three weeks, they're back to the same place
To pluck the tea leaves
So it's not the season for tea
It's just all year round
Vegetables, flowers, strawberries, tea all year round
So all year round, they used to be plucking
Then this is the size of the leaves
In the early days, you see
Most of the tea pickers, the Indians
And most of them are ladies
So they are very strong ladies
They do carry about 30 to 40 kilos
Right top to the head
They walk to the main place
And you see nowadays, short of labels
And most of the Indians will move away from here
Because the children's grown up, out to the city
Once they're back, they brought the parents away from here
Short of labels
That's why now we do have
A lot of the foreign workers
Like Indonesian, we do have
Bangladesh, yeah
And some of the Indians still
Generally used to stay here
We do have about 180 to nearly 200 over workers
In this tea plantation
And you see, the owner will provide them quarters down there
Did you see the blue houses around here?
Like in one unit, they do have two families
And down there, they do have sundry shops
Those who like to get the stuff, they can get them
And they do have an Indian temple
Holy Family Chapel for the Christians
Small mosque for the Muslims
Nursery, primary school
They do have a clinic also
A small community for the workers
With so many people, it's like a little village in itself
Yeah
So what is the price now on tea?
Is it very competitive?
Is it a good market for tea?
Or is it slow?
How is the competition?
It's a very good market for the tea
Is it?
Very good market for the tea
Very good market
That's good
Very good market for the tea
On top of the highlands, a spectacular forest
Filled with moss-covered trees and plants
That only grow in high elevations
A paradise for hikers
But that wasn't always the case
Because in the early days, nobody wanted to go deep into the forest
Because at that time, we got a lot of animals also
Tiger, we got wild boar, deers
A lot of animals
Like early days, I dare not to go in also
But now, because the people are closer and closer to the forest
We got a lot of jungle trekking
To walk into the track to see how it looks like
Just about everything grows in the Cameron Highlands
A horticultural heaven
With flower-filled greenhouses, butterfly gardens
And a climate that's perfect for growing vegetables
They're growing about 32, 33 types of vegetables here
And also a lot of flowers where they used to grow
And all these flowers and vegetables sending all over Malaysia
Also the flowers sending to Hong Kong, Japan and Taiwan
And also some of the places which newly they introduced
Like they introduced the rose garden
And also butterfly farm
And most of the locals, they love strawberries
Coming and going in every direction
Battered and abused, venerable old land rovers
The vehicle of choice for farmers in the highlands
Farmers all are using land rovers here
Because four-wheel drive lasting
They can use in the off-road
That's why they're using land rovers
And then also you can see beside to the door
Some of the land rovers are written CH
CH stands for Cameron Highlands
Because farmers using four-wheel drive
They not afford to pay more road tax
Because four-wheel drive, the road tax is high
So they go to the road transport and ask to reduce the road tax
We do using the land rovers for the farming here
So only you can drive in Cameron Highlands
That's why they're written CH
Although much of the Malaysian rainforest
Has been chopped down to make way for palm plantations
Taman Negara National Park
Is one of the biggest protected areas
Given to Malaysia by the British in 1939
The park is the premier ecotourism destination in Malaysia
It's the oldest rainforest in the world
It's over like 130 million years old
But what's really unique about it
It's really been unaffected by like
The ice ages didn't affect it
There's no like volcanic activity or anything
So things that are here have been here a long, long time
Batek Aborigines were the first human occupants to live here
A short boat ride up the river
Brings us to one of their settlements
For a brief introduction to their culture
This is the way how
Five hours hiking and here we finally are coming
Living in here
There is this tribe we call Batek
This settlement is about seven families
So the population of these people in here
In Taman Negara
It says just about
Almost 200
In whole Malaysia
There is not much of their population
Yeah in here
These are the tribe which is still doing
Of the living in a traditional from before until now
But what we look here is a bit modern
Where they get their t-shirts
Then they get the pants
Which is given by the people
Those who make a visit here
Just a donation for them
Because they got no time
No good facilities to go out to the town and the cities
And they can't read
They can't write
Usually they go hunting
From the men will go hunting
And the women will look for the wild yams
In this closed area of the settlement
To prepare to do the preparations
For the men when they come back
They use blow pipes with the darts
And then also the tips of the darts
With the poison
That is they take the sap from the tree
We call it Antiaris toxicaria tree
And it will do a cardiac
Which is stop the blood from it goes nervous
So the fingers is shaping the dart balancer
Even though in the modern days
We still use this leaf
So these are their weapons
It's a blow pipes
So these blow pipes
If they make a blow
With this long of blow pipes
It can go 60 to 70 meters
And these are the darts
Which is made up from the palm mint leaves
If I puncture myself
Would I drop down too?
You will slip here
Because it goes to your blood vessel
I would sleep a long time?
Yeah
The outer part is just a cover
So the inner part is the barrel
This is the barrel
So this one acts as an extra support then for
Just a cover to make sure
This barrel is always straight
So if they go hunting
They put the dart inside here
One simple short hard blow
And the dart goes
You can see it come out from this blow pipe
So what's the future for these people?
Is this way of life going to continue?
Or is the government going to come in
And try to educate them?
What the government wishes is to educate them
But to change their habitat for this tribe
It's not that easy
Because they are human too
They have thinking
In my opinion
It's good that when they are here
To look after this forest
Which is they also can become part of our informer
Especially in this national park
Because if there's any illegal poaching
And illegal cutting down trees
So they are the one which will inform the government side
From this Taman Negara
So they move everywhere in this forest
It's their cities
They don't get lost
Without the assistance of a good guide
We would be lost in the jungles of Taman Negara
So we're heading back to more familiar territory
Our motorcycles
And the ride to another jungle
The urban jungle of Kuala Lumpur
Rising out of the lowlands
Like a gleaming pair of needles
The Petronas Twin Towers
Are the preeminent symbol of the capital of Malaysia
Well we're here at the Petronas Twin Towers
Isn't that great?
What a landmark it is
And what a landmark it is on our journey
It is, it's really kind of a big landmark for Malaysia
It's a big national point of pride for them too
Boy those are big buildings
They used to be the tallest building in the world
Until a couple of years ago
But it's all stainless steel
It's really neat
It looks kind of futuristic
On this trip we met people that live in the hill tribes
They live up in the mountains
They live primitively
So we've gone from one extreme to the other
We've been on a bumpy road
Where shock absorbers go left and right
And we had had the most beautiful roads
Probably the last two countries here
Thailand, Malaysia
Just made a trip kind of going from the more
I don't want to say primitive
But the more difficult areas
And now it's getting easier and easier
We still have two, three days left to Singapore
And we're going to celebrate there
But we came to a landmark
We've done over 13,000 kilometers
What is that?
Eight, nine thousand miles
And we are almost there
We just have to make it the last days
Kuala Lumpur is the very definition of cosmopolitan Malaysia
A dense sophisticated metropolis on the move
But there's a different part of the city
Hidden within its heart
That defines Malay life in the capital
Kampong Baru, an urban village
In the heart of the city
Despite containing some of the most valuable real estate
In the entire city
It's become a holdout against modern development
And holds a special place
In Malay culture and politics
Well, we just came into this little village here
In the middle of Kuala Lumpur
Which is the capital of Malaysia
It's a super modern city
And now in the middle of all of that
The urban jungle
You have this little village
It looks like you are in the countryside
Hello
Oh, can you smell this?
Oh la la
It's lunchtime
But it's so nice, you know
We've been out in the city
It's all motorways, highways
Very organised, very clean
And here all of a sudden
You feel like you're in the middle of the village
Really nice
Hello ladies
Hello
The people here are friendly
You can taste all kinds of Malay food
You can see the houses
Malay houses
So you can truly find the Malay culture
The food
What they like
Real Malaysian
Hello
We like this place
I think this is one of the things
If you come here
And you don't talk to the locals
You would have no idea that this place existed
I would have just driven by
If you didn't have somebody tell us that
Hey you guys
You need to see the secret village here in Kuala Lumpur
I would have just missed it
Because it's just a little place
This has been a meeting place for Indians
That practice Hindu
This guy's only like a year old
But the whole temple site's like 500 years old
But it's kind of interesting
This statue
It was dedicated in January of 2006
But during the dedication ceremonies
They had a helicopter that hovered overhead
And poured like milk and holy water over the statue
And it's kind of interesting
If you look they've got the steps are all numbered
So it's what 272 steps I think
And in each step you say a little prayer
And get rid of some sins
So this big big temple here
And actually there's the whole complex has what 10 temples
Bunch of caves around here
Lots of monkeys
On the way out of the city
We discovered an unusual cemetery
Nirvana Memorial Park
Designed to be the ultimate resting place
It features everything
From an urn container
Which is the longest dragon in Malaysia
To a pet cemetery
You see graves in the traditional way
But what's different
From what we don't have in Western culture
We don't have pictures of people
Which I think is kind of neat
Because you walk around and see it
And you kind of put the face to literally to the place
There's even a special place
Reserved for artists and musicians
Like this Malaysian pop star
He's born 10th of February 52
In Penang, Malaysia
And his height is five seven and a half
Favorite food
Onion, omelette
Favorite pet is a poodle
And his idol is Bruce Lee
And interesting enough
Bruce Lee is actually buried in Seattle
Where we come from
In the background you hear a song that's playing now
It's one of his songs
And if you look to your right here
You will see that there's
Looks like the key of the piano
That goes around
And more pictures of him
It's quite a nice setting
And quite a memorial to a famous artist
It's different from what we would do
But hey, I think this is pretty cool
One finger
You're gonna spread it
Yeah now
Okay
Okay, here we go
Okay, let's see if we can get this going
Yeah, thank you very much
Very good
Okay, thank you, sir
Thank you
Thank you, you're welcome
I'm looking for some Christmas gifts
So let's see what they have here
I don't know how it fits on
No, you're on me
You have to show me
Like that?
I would be good
You think the girl will go for me?
No, I'm not gonna buy shoes
Shoes you don't buy for a woman
You get in trouble
I like this one
This one is better
It's blue for water
You know
In your bathtub it would look beautiful
Yeah
If you think this go nice with me
Yeah, very nice
Yeah
I knew it
Score
I get 10% you said, yeah?
You know, it's really heavy
I think you need to make your decision soon here
Christmas shopping
I hate Christmas shopping
You know what?
I just did Christmas shopping
I see slippers
Those are so ugly
I would like them
Frogs here
And then we got frog guts over here
A couple of frog heads
There's a head
Cannot look
That is bad
You kill them?
I'm so sorry guys
The future is not looking very good for you
Are they originals?
Copies?
Yeah
We will buy many watches from you
We make good deal, okay?
I'll give you seven for this
So we got one Rolex, one bike
Who are you going to get that from, Chris?
I don't know
It'll be somebody special
I'm buying a Rolex for three dollars
And don't think I'm fooling anybody here
Because this is a Rolex
Three dollars
You said it's 100% copy
Oh, it's 100% copy
Okay, so you can get the 100% copy
Or you can get 10% copy
I take the 10% copy
Thank you very much
I see this before
In America, they don't use
And I try one time
Oh, it's so good
No, it's true
I start drooling
It's like, you know, it's almost like sex
Having one of these cleaning your ear
So I'm gonna get one
You know, I try this
And it's like, oh, so good
It is good
You know, it just shows how stupid I am
He's very, very sweet
Very nice
And he said 40
He actually meant four
And I gave him 50
And I would luckily have paid 40
Just how stupid I am
But he was very honest
Well, communication
Good man
I got them for 30 cents each
Malai
So it was nothing
Cheap gifts for my friends
So here is the local juice being made
They are taking sugarcane
And the guy makes fresh sugarcane
By squeezing through this machine
Right in from the field
And that's such a local drink here in this area
The only reason I wouldn't drink it here
Because the women here have ice
And that ice is probably made from local water
And that's what's gonna get you sick when you travel
Can I get one cup?
No ice
Okay
It's been a great day shopping
And we got a lot
Look here
It's gonna be the best Christmas ever
So you have a good night
We see you tomorrow
It's gonna be another day
And I'm broke
Can I borrow some money?
Our journey across Southeast Asia is now complete
We've come a long ways
Over 8,000 miles
Through six different countries
Last day, last point
Actually it's kind of comical
We had to push the last bit
I kind of felt stupid
Because there were tourists looking over here
We come with these big bikes
And we are pushing them
Next to that, we are standing here
We are in one piece
That's what counts
And it really feels good
It feels like an achievement
We made it to here
It's a very impressive city
Kind of sterile
It's not too much to my liking
I like the jungle, the back roads
So we really thank you
Hope it has been inspiring for you
And I hope you feel energized
To go out and do something yourself
Wherever you want to go
It's all up to you
It's not about money
It's more about time and mindset
So we wish you the best of luck
And if you want to follow us
Go to globe riders.com
And we hope to meet you down the road
With another Globe Rider Expedition
Thank you for watching
