While Fishermans Wharf is the least attractive/most touristy part of San Francisco it is a wonderful place to pick up a bicycle for the day and enjoy the natural delights of northern California.

You can tailor your day to suit your level of fitness, a group of four of us (two keen cyclists and two not so keen) cycled a gentle 15 miles over the space of a warm February day.

The route can take you across the very impressive Golden Gate Bridge and down a lovely fast hill into the beautiful town of Sausalito. Stop for lunch and get some great sandwiches from the deli - head on around the bays stopping sporadically to enjoy the view and feel self righteous about the exercise being taken and end up at Tiburon.

Board the Blue and Gold ferry and head back across the harbour past Alcatraz. Cycle back to the hire place, return bicycle while smiling, go for a beer - a practically perfect day.

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The Batu Caves are a series of limestone caves that you can see in the distance from any high point in KL. About 15 miles out of town they were given to Hindu pilgrims as a place to pay homage to Lord Murugan. The scale is amazing, even if the steps up to the entrance do leave you gasping for breath! Turn up in February to witness Thaipusam, a festival where devotees and penitents carry offerings of milk and honey to the caves. Some penitents go further and suspend the offerings from their skin; using hooks and skewers to attach the heavy pots. Gangs of angry looking monkeys will try and pinch your food - so keep your wits about you. It is a stunning and humbling place with a fascinating history

Get the bus from outside the HSBC in Little India - it costs about 3 RM (about 20p)- although I would not try to explain which bus stop it is as we ran around for an hour trying to find it!

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