We are very blessed to be invited to attend the Udon Thani International air and Big Bike Show....
both the pilot and biker from 3 nation was invited, and we responded. 18 of us will be taking overlander bike and 10 other planes from Johor Flying club, Singapore flying club
as you know we are 550 Km away from our first stop in Hatyaai. Riding from the tip to tip of thailand
most of us have a very tight schedule and we only have limited time to make this trip happening.
having to consider 4400 km of land to cover and given 6 nights for retrun is truly tiring
so we opted for some assistant while, we took an over night ride from Kuala Lumpur to Hatyai (assisted by Lorry to transfers our bikes to Bangkok the following day) in order to give us ample time of rest and continue from bangkok (1000km)
we rode all the way from Bangkok to Udon Thani 580 KM
we started our journey in meeting in one of the famous Rest area (rawang)
every high powered machine is geared up for this trip
petrol and tire check
lighting and control check
windscreen and visor detail by optimum optiseal prior journey start for better visual and anti water resistant
opening prayer
marshal
getting ready for 550 km
this is going for 5000 extra km than us, will explain as we go on
our packed of leader
to cover this ,..........most south to most north east
on this
my luggage
mr kong our official photographer and he is so dedicated shot all the way through thick and thin and thouand of shot....I will get some good quality of pic from him later
lets go....at 0100
the second additional 5000km
go
we make 3 stop before reaching Sadao border 478 Km
too tired at 5.30am & 2 more bike adjoining us, which arrive earlier at northern state
fuel up for the last time before paying hefty petrol in thailand
2 more adjoining us at the border
welcome to thailand 0730
i didnt come this far for MC D
waited another hour to get double entry as some bike will be heading on to laos
stop to declare our vehicle
our marshal
we were inform the tempreture
the toot toot is smaller than our 4 wheel add together
finally at 1030
2 heavy weight
my faithful
time to load our bike
for the next 4 hours we load 18 bike and had our lunch at 1500
view of Hatyai from our hotel room
some went for reflexology
joking me ....I come 550 km for Malaysia Tea????
roadside hawker offer great array of local delicacies
cant resist this cute little cart
guess what i see.....dog is the driver
christmas deco is blinking on the street
yummy huge prawn
more fried chicken
quail
fruits stall
local sovenior???????? for shut down
finally our 3 tier tea
some local delight
yummy fresh sea food
desert stall -
usuall disco but I am too early
so i decided to stay for unplug
preparing to BKK
our mascort
debriefing began....as we have 18 bike accompanied by 5 Thailand Marshall = 23 roaming on the highway all the way to Udon Thani
safety is our main objective
thats me
just in case u cant read......
NEED MORE Baht for Petrol.....to be continue