Hatyai 19-22 March 09

Hatyai 19 to 22 March 09
Start GP Esso 0300hrs
Reached Tapah R&R 0730hrs
The rest missed the last top up before entering Sadao border-thailand.
We booked our room at CTC (a bus terminal with some food, money changer, fill up white thai white card for RM1, book hatyai room too) RM88 per nite. Lodging RM176.
But the petrol consumption is RM200 upwards alone since we were travelling 160-200kmh
Took $500, $400 change to baht. $100 into RM. In the end, back in Malaysia, changed 4000baht. Reach home still have RM300.

Sing Golden Place Hotel beside a river. Nice clean room w air con, both shower area and bath tub, wifi free. Walk in 890baht per day.


Upon reaching the hotel, hayabusa ceased fire due to over heating.
Our Room 502.

Dinner had Fried Pig trotter, oyster egg, tou mian, tom yam soup for 1100 baht for 6 persons.

Supper is 100baht broken bird nest and 500 baht blood bird nest.

Went to hotel cafe for coffee and milo before sleep. 95 baht.

Next morning while everyone still sleeping, we went out w our GPS and map.

Near our hotel, the car park captain recommended this place for Bak Ku Tea.

Ordered Tea King, 4 eggs, coffee and tea. Total 340baht.

Bak Ku Tea place near Daichi hotel which charged lodging for 650baht.

After breakfast, we went looking for the railway station.

Lock the location, we proceed to look for the sticker place. Need to make sticker for DR200SE and addition piece on the rear of Fcuk Spyder. Total 70baht. KSM we paid 50baht.

Reach back hotel to sleep. Late lunch wanted to go see the market. Found out the market only open in the morning and night.

Rode around looking for food, stop and had fried seafood noodle. With desserts and noodles total 190baht.

Siamese Cat

After Hilltop Budda place, we went for dinner near Hatyai Merlin place. Owner don't speak either English or Chinese. Use Body Language to order food.

Pig Stomach soup, century egg (pink colour=century egg not salted; ordered wrongly), fried cat fish, tou mian, spicy frog leg-ordered turn out to be green curry frog!

Green Curry Frog- Fainted

Fried Cat Fish- very tasty

Soup and century eggs

The stall.

Froggies

These Oyster as big MC palm. Tempted to order but cannot afford to go toilet on our way back.

All in 320baht w cokes.

The local green mandrain oranges were very sweet. 60baht per kg.

Gave the rest our location but they don't know how to come. After waiting for 45 min, we meet up with them @ Lee Gardens. Decided to go back had coffee plus milo and call it a nite. Next day need to move off early.

21 March 09, 0800am had our hotel breakfast costing us 284baht for 2 person.

The group split up into 3, we went off first 10am. Another bike (Hayabusa) left 11am. GS and GSX left noon.

On our way back, near Tapah our rear tyre had a nail on it. We plugged it and top up air before leaving Rawang R&R point.

GS and GSX caught w us @ Seremban. Where we also met another group of Transalph STX rider from Betong 1900hrs.

On return journey we only travelling 100, 110,120 kmh. Save alot of fuel. After Seremban top up, it should last us till GP Esso.
Coffee break @ Machap. Top up GP Esso, met up with another group who went for supper. Reach home 0100hrs 22 March 09.

Koh Samui,Surathani, Hatyai, 3NCR 19-27Oct08

Koh Samui, Sura Thani, Hatyai 3 Nation Charity Ride
19 Oct to 27 Oct 08

19 Oct 08 0300hrs Start journey
19 Oct 08 1200hrs Sadao Border-Thailand
19 Oct 08 1300hrs Hatyai Town 70km from border. Take lunch and check into hotel.
20 Oct 08 0930hrs check out of Golden Crown Hotel.
20 Oct 08 1030hrs Rode up to ferry point to Koh Samui
20 Oct 08 1430hrs Ferry Point
20 Oct 08 1730hrs Koh Samui
21 Oct 08 0700hrs Bus-Catamaran to Koh Nangyuan
21 Oct 08 1000hrs Koh Nangyuan snokelling, buffet lunch 1400hrs Catamaran back to Koh Samui
22 Oct 08 0900hrs Breakfast - tour around Koh Samui, Chaweng view point, Lamai beach-rocks, ATV, Hilltop lunch, Snake Farm.
23 Oct 08 0900hrs Breakfast and make bike license plate number.
23 Oct 08 1130hrs Move off to Ferry point to Sura thani.
23 Oct 08 1500hrs 54km to Sura thani town. Check in Thousand Island Resort Hotel.
24 Oct 08 0900hrs Breakfast @ hotel. Rode around the Sura thani town.
24 Oct 08 1800hrs Meet up w the 3NCR guys, buffet dinner @ hotel.
25 Oct 08 0900hrs Fall in at the hotel 1030hrs move off to Old Folk home.
25 Oct 08 1200hrs Check out and travel 350km to Hatyai.
25 Oct 08 1730hrs Check in Golden Crown. Dinner and Massage.
26 Oct 08 OTOT till 1300hrs check out hotel.
26 Oct 08 1400hrs Sadao Border.
27 Oct 08 0130 hrs reach home.
Hotel lodging, ferry, snoozing $350x2
Cash Changed $1,200

http://www.hadyaigoldencrown.com
Hill top Budda place Hatyai

180 deg viewpoint of Songkran and hatyai






Giant Golden Budda Muniplex

All our bikes parked together

Dinner @ chinese resturant their special Fried Pig Trotter!!

20 Oct 08 Breakfast Dim Sum and Bak Ku Tea paid 150baht per person

After breakfast rode to Ferry point. There was a special baby seat on the bike.

Cargo Carrying Ferry- pink colour cage is the pig compressed.

http://www.samui-finder.com/en/koh-samui-info/how-to-travel-to-samui/seatran-ferry-time-table/
2 hours ferry journey to Koh Samui

Everyone sleeping away

Evening time 20 Oct 08 reach Koh Samui.

Our Bike Parked.

This was what's available at 7 eleven near the resort Pandora.
For long stay, laundry goes by kg. Bike rental everywhere, KSR 300baht per day.

http://www.pandora-samui.com

The pool, steam room. Our room costed 1400baht per day off peak.

The pool has jacuzzi too. Lemon grass soap to wash salt and it is also mosquito repellant.

Air con room but no blanket!! No internet access- got cheaped.

21 Oct 08 0800hrs take small bus to ferry terminal to take Catamaran to Koh Nangyuan.

Snokelling packet cost 1800baht per person included light breakfast( bread and coffee) and buffet lunch. All in swim gear already.

http://www.lomprayah.com/

http://www.nangyuan.com

Suntanning on the deck. Very windy despite the hot temperature of at least 40 deg C

2 hours on the Catamaran. It stoped at Koh Phangan and Koh Tao along the way.

Koh Nangyuan- eco friendly place. No one suppose to throw plastic items here.
40 deg C ambient-very hot.


Arrival Koh Nangyuan

Kissing fish; if u jump into the water- they swam near u and kiss u!

Getting snokelling gears and life jacket. Didn't want to swim but it was simply too hot to stay on the deck.

Buffet Lunch after snokelling.

Island Connection

Departure Koh Nangyuan, our friend hat interested 2 sexy french girls.

22 Oct 08 After american breakfast we rode round Koh Samui

Back at the hotel washed t-shirt hang out to sun. The owner were very nice, raining time they hang our cloth back in our room.

This is Chaweng Beach View Point

The rain started coming (SE monsoon)

Group photo in rain coats

Chaweng Beach in morning

We proceed rode to Lamai beach to see the Grandfather and Grandmother rock.

Shop owners charged us for parking the bikes 10baht each.

Grandfather rock.

Grandmother rock

Further south we went to ATV. 800baht for 1/2 hours-so expensive.

After the ATV, we rode up to the Hilltop for lunch. Each person about 400baht.

View is fanastic so is the price tag.

After lunch, we went over to snake farm 300baht per person. We didn't go instead chat with the owner and found out outside Lamai beach, there is a snokelling island called Koh Tan. Per person w lunch is 1000baht.

Also mentioned of the Naga fireballs 14 Oct 08 annually. The Mengkor river faithfully shoot fireball into the sky from the river.

Before go back to hotel to relax, we rode to Mermaid temple. There are alot of temples and budda place here.



That night we went to Korean BBQ for 99 baht each for dinner.

After breakfast, we moved off to Ferry Point. After 1/2hr of rain, the whole place is flooded.

We took out our wet socks and boot to sun on deck, while we slept the 2 hours journey.

We had our maggi noodle 20baht w hot dog on boat.

Upon reaching the resort, Thousand Island Resort it cost 800baht poolside room.

We ate the resturant - ordered seafood hor fun.

24 Oct 08, after hotel breakfast for 90baht. We rode round Sura thani town.

Sura Thani was known for red salted egg and oyster.

Dinner we had a buffet w the 3NCR guys. It seem there were more than 300 bikes.

Dinner flower crap, oyster, soup, satay and some local dishes.

http://www.roikoh.com/

Hotel view

The 3 Nation Charity Ride.

This lady own a GS1200 whcih cost 1.2million baht. She learnt 6months riding only.

Thai police on Harley Davidson doing the escort.

Koh Samui Rider

The old folk home where the money go to.

They were dancing to greet us.

They left the group by noon and headed for Hatyai for another night Golden Crown hotel.

Took Tutu to Tesco for shopping. Found the large thailand map for 90baht.

Importance info: if cannot bring so much clothing 3D worth, dry fit shirts, jeans send for laundry, undies polyster made. Reasons being, u may have them wash and dry in time. These material are quick dry.
Soap, shampoo, powder was tagged reasonable. Need then buy from TESCO nearby.