Americans find a Hidden Beach in Malaysia. Then they Ride a MOTORCYCLE through the WAVES 🇲🇾 [SE E36]

Americans find a Hidden Beach in Malaysia. Then they Ride a MOTORCYCLE through the WAVES 🇲🇾 [SE E36]

Previously on “Two Up and Overloaded” – It was our first day on the road in East Malaysia,  making our way across the huge state of Sarawak   on a small and squished motorcycle, a  KTM 250 Adventure that we had rented. This new motorcycle we had, it had  power, it had suspension, it’s KTM,  

So we felt at home, but it was squished. Not the  motorcycle itself, but cramped this way. Us on it.   And I didn’t have a top box on it, but our luggage  situation solely consisted of the back bag,   a tank bag, and our backpacks which we always  ride with. And even with that,  

It was quite squished. My backpack was like way  up high, and I was feeling very uncomfortable. As we settled in for the night into the  town of Sibu, we knew that if we were   going to be traveling every day for a month  on this motorcycle, something had to change.

This is the story of us transitioning   from being overloaded to slightly  minimalistic. Minimalistic plus. Hi! You’re so sweet. Hey everyone! Nice to have you here. We are  Tim, and Marisa Notier. I ride in the front.  

And I’m in the rear. We travel the world and  we pack too much gear. Oh, all the places we’ll   go! Through rain and through sleet and through  mud and through snow. Oh, all the things we’ll  

See! We’ve been to a country or two. Or three!  Oh, all the fun we’ve had! To have you along,   would make us real glad. So give us a like, and  hit subscribe to join us along our epic ride. [This episode is dedicated to our Virtual Support Vehicle Patrons.]

[Join for as little as $1 a month. See link in the description below.] [Southeast Asia Journey – Day 117] So we stayed at this really nice  hotel that night, but it had one   weird quirky thing about it—the window. It had  a window, which was great. It let in light,  

But it faced this concrete wall right there.  It had to have been an addition at   some point because we were definitely looking  out at what used to be its roof. Good morning,   everyone. We are once again getting on the road on  our KTM 250, heading to Brunei. We’re not going to  

Quite get there yet, it’s still going to be a long  day with a lot of miles. This is a huge island,   but we’re going to get that much closer to  Brunei, which is really, really exciting. Oh, the view from our window is amazing. Oh  my goodness! Wow. Mold spores! Mold spores.  

Oh my God, The Last of Us. We are in The Last  of Us. Yeah, but it was a very good hotel,   a very good hotel room. We got lots of rest,  which we really needed after, you know,  

After you haven’t been riding for a long time  and then you start riding again, it’s a little   bit rough that first day. You need to  get back in the saddle, your butt needs to kind of  

Adjust itself. So that was a problem. But the  biggest problem that we had is that we are very,   very squished on this motorcycle. And it’s mostly  because all of our luggage is in the back bag,  

So it’s like huge, and the way the rack is,  it’s way up high so it pushes me forward. So today we’ve been trying to pack it so that  it is not as pushed forward, and I’m taking   some stuff out of my backpack. We’re  trying to experiment here to make sure that  

It’s just a little bit more comfortable because I  was squished. So we’ll see if that works today.   For us to both be comfortable, I had to try to  shimmy the back bag back a little bit further.  

Okay, so this is what we’ve come up with for the  back bag. We want it to be as far back as possible   so that my backpack and my back isn’t hitting  it way up here. So Tim did a really good job of  

Pushing everything back. But the other thing was  there are these little bags on top of the back   bag that we use, one for our shoes and one for our  rain gear. And so you were genius-ly able to kind  

Of push them on the back end of the back bag so  that I had more space for myself and my backpack.   The backpack on her back was going smack against  the back bag, so I moved the shoe bag to the back  

Of the back bag so that her back wouldn’t go smack…  In the back. In the back. So that’s that. Alright,   we’re going to go. But again, there was not  a lot of like places to grab from. Yeah,  

This just had like a sport bike tail sticking  up in the sky with nothing to tie it down to. You   didn’t tie it to the muffler? I didn’t tie it to…  You know, I could have tied it to the wheel,  

But that wouldn’t have worked for very long.  With elastic, it’d be perfect. That’s true.   With enough elastic… You’re on to something. That’s  why I bring her along. So much better! I have so much room now! But once I got  on the motorcycle, I immediately felt less  

Squished and much better. But our luggage setup  problems on this motorcycle were far from over. So much better with this back bag with all  the things kind of pushed back. Good. It   feels really good. I had more room because Marisa had more room,  so the trio of man, woman, and machine were quite   happy. Yes! We passed this cool Chinese temple  thing on the right. It was huge. It did look  

Really cool. Yeah, but there was no U-turn place  to get back to it, and we’d had such a   long day the day before. I didn’t really feel  like making a bunch of pit stops. Mental note  

To maybe on the way back if I saw it, we’d pull  in there. I also noticed as we were going along   that we were passing these very modern-style  long houses. It’s almost like motels…  But permanently lived in. Yeah, apartments,  sometimes on stilts. But the main thing about it  

Is you have just one long structure, usually made  out of concrete but occasionally you’ll see some   wood involved, and it’ll just be rows of doors  leading to the separate individual apartments. And I get your motel analogy now. Yeah.  Like the ground level, one floor. Yeah.  

But raised up. Yes, and this is based off  of the long houses that the indigenous   people of Borneo would build. So they’re just  taking that idea, which is a great concept of   communal living with your own private space  as well, and applying it to the modern world. [Bintulu – Malaysia]

In the town of Bintulu, we made  a lunch stop at just a random   place that we found. No sugar. [Kopi kosong.] No sugar, no milk. [Tidak gula.] Saya tidak mau kopi. [I don’t want coffee.] Hello! What’s your name, my friend? My name’s  Scott. Scott. Hey, it’s a good name. Tim.  

Gosh, everyone here is so friendly. We’ve  been experiencing this all throughout   Indonesia and then here in East Malaysia  as well. But people are just great. They   all want to say hi. Yeah, big smiles. Yeah.  All right. We’re getting some mee goreng. No,  

It’s bihoon, which is tiny noodles fried with  chicken. Oh, they have dumplings? Oh,   they have bao. Maybe I’ll get some of that  too. Yeah. So they had these little food   items called “pao.” I had known them  more as like baozi in Chinese. Um,  

They’re like steamed buns. Yeah, go with steamed  bread, not “food item.” We ate a “food item.” All right, so this is pau. Do you  remember what it means? Uh, satchel.   Yes. Apparently, pau means satchel, which  makes sense. And it’s a steamed bread with  

Wonderful things on the inside. And this  one is sweet barbecue chicken. But yeah,   baozi is what they’re called. They’re steamed buns,  and they usually have, hopefully, if you’re lucky,   you find one with some like barbecue chicken.  Yeah. Or some other stuff. Majority  

Of them are like bean paste, which is not… A  sweet version. Not necessarily good… It’s good.   Yeah, Great Brittish Baking Show is like, “Oh…”  “Mung bean paste, again!” This part… not as flavorful. But when we went back to the motorcycle after  lunch, we saw that the Mosko Moto bag was  

Kind of drooping to one side. And  again, just the tilt of the motorcycle,   even with our little block, we needed a bigger block to  put the kickstand on. And then we needed a better   way of tying the bag to the  motorcycle so it wouldn’t droop over. Yeah,  

And the other thing is that back bag is nice and  wide. It’s really our only luggage. We have to fit   everything in there. So that’s great. But the  little tiny rack is like this wide. So you’re  

Bouncing this whole wide thing on something like  this. And it’s just bound to fall to either side.   So my brain, I like to think of potential  solutions. We just needed a better base to   put the bag somewhere to give Marisa the room to  make sure the bag was stable, and all that goodness.  

As we went along towards the town of Miri, we did  hit some inevitable Southeast Asian rainstorms. I saw that we were right on the coast  and the ocean… I didn’t know what ocean it was,   it was like right there somewhere.  I saw a little road that looked  

All beat up and nasty going to the  left towards the ocean, and by God,   I take every little beat up nasty road that looks  like it potentially goes to the ocean. And we did. And we bumped down this little sandy knoll  ridge from where the asphalt turned into  

Sand, and skidded our way to… the what ocean? You’re  the nerd. The South China Sea! South China Sea. [Kampung Beraya Beach – 4.2086˙ North 113.8950˙ East] Wow. I got down to where the water compacted  the sand, and it was firm, and I  

Wanted to ride up and down the beach with the  beautiful sun setting. And I   love riding on beaches. It was smooth riding.  Yeah, we had a little photo shoot with nature. That is amazing. That’s a very cool picture. Stay right there. Ah, where we were loving it! It was amazing.   All right, so we made it to one of the Seas,  we’re not even sure. Yeah, I don’t know  if it’s the South China Sea or what,   but this is a beautiful beautiful beach. Yeah.

And this beach, there was nobody there!  Yeah. Nobody! I rented it for you,   I didn’t want to say anything. There  were no structures, there was no nothing.   And it was pristine and perfect,  and it was just us and the crabs.  

And we’re on a rent’s motorcycle, so you know I  was riding in the… the surf. It was   awesome. So we want to dedicate this beach riding  experience that we had to Emmaus Moto Tours. Emmaus Moto Tours takes people on the BDRs, which  are the Backcountry Discovery routes. They’re some  

Of the best roads in the United States. They  are incredible riding experiences, and you get   a lovely tour so you won’t get lost. This  was our own BDR, this was our Beach Discovery   Route, and the first time we had been offroad on our  KTM. Yes! Emmaus Moto Tours does a great job  

Of guiding you, bringing you to amazing places.  So be sure to check out EmmausMotoTours.com and   check out their whole lineup of all the BDRs  they offer. It’s a guaranteed fabulous time. Good job! Whoo-hoo! And as we were pulling into Miri, this town  is kind of like a beach resort area. A lot  

Of people come over from the nearby country of  Brunei, and so it had all these lovely houses   along the sea. And the sun was setting  right behind the waves. It was gorgeous. We’re off to dinner. So that night, we had  our dinner and went back to the hotel and  

Went to sleep dreaming of that wonderful beach. [no motorcycle parking] Next time on two up and overloaded,   we visit the bizarre and mysterious  country of Brunei and come right up   to the golden gates of one of the richest  men on Earth. There’s a guy right here,  

Can we just take a picture? And also,  I make a very serious riding mistake. Usually, I’m the one to make mistakes. That should be  my line. But that’s all in the next episode.   So we hope that you enjoyed this episode, and  if you did, please give us a thumbs up and hit  

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And we’ll leave a link in the description below.  So thanks for all the support out there, guys,   and we can’t wait to see you next time.  Bye! Peace. But that back bag is heavy,   and you’re the one who always has to  carry it up the floors. Because of these guys.  

They know why out there. Someone’s TV screen just  cracked, couldn’t handle it. Put those away. Gosh…   Any motel though, I think that the  Malaysian community are far less likely to   have crime and annoyance and…  Way more karaoke machines though. Oh my God,  

I don’t know what would be worse. Wow, blew my  mind. It’s got to be karaoke every night in one   of the rooms at least of those long houses. Yeah. 

We came to East Malaysia to find hidden gems, but we didn’t think we’d stumble upon this beautiful beach on our second day on the road.

A secluded paradise at sunset – just for us. Is Malaysia truly heaven on earth? After watching our experience on this beach, you can decide for yourself… 😉

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