A Singaporean cyclist who was stranded in a Malaysian kampung with a punctured bicycle tyre was greeted by locals who spent hours trying to repair his bicycle and even drove him to a campsite for the night.
A video of the encounter was posted on Instagram by user @injaee, documenting the cyclist’s journey from Malaysia back to Singapore.
The video opens with the cyclist recounting how his tyre was punctured twice as he was reaching Kota Tinggi, a town in Johor, Malaysia.
“I was out of solutions,” the cyclist wrote in the on-screen caption. “I didn’t even have a reservation for a campsite, and the sun was setting.”
After walking about 3km to the nearest village, he met a local resident named Faz, whom he described as someone who “knows everyone in the kampung”.
Faz repeatedly called a family friend who owns a campsite, eventually securing him a spot for the night.
Two-hour repair attempt
Another resident, Isa, then sat down with the cyclist and spent two hours attempting to fix the bicycle. He made multiple trips back home to retrieve tools, but the tyre could not be repaired.
