From today onwards, distance is no longer an inhibiting factor to me.The trip to Cluny Park cheered me up, cleared my mind. I managed to grab 2-3 hours of sleep before setting off to GP Esso, where a narry of Phantom Knights waited to send us off.
*pic removed...refer to link*Mileage clocked to and fro GP Esso was
1819.7km, making any of those trips before seem like a mere pittance compared to this.Pictures available at:http://www.picturesky.com/thumbnails.php?album=4469and JJBubble's album at:http://www.picturesky.com/thumbnails.php?album=4461We set off at a comfortable pace of 130km/h since it was raining, but by the time we arrived at Ayer Kerok, the rain had abated somewhat and we were able to increase our speed to 150-160km/h, arriving in the viscinity of KL in under 3 1/2 hours. I think when I've upgraded, KL on weekends could become a regularity for me, given the relatively short travelling time taken to get there.
It was daybreak by the time we arrived at the Thai border, and I could finally change my visor to my tinted one; the clear one that WeiZ bought for me was over large, and allowed wind to gush in from the gaps, drying out my eyes so I couldn't see properly. The 1st thing I noted about the country was how it's places all sounded somewhat vulgar. 'Whoao Khao Municipality Park' for instance?
We arrived at Carrefour for a meal, and our 1st Thai dish was an utter disappointment; Dad had told me that Thai food far surpassed Malaysian food, but the fish maw soup at Pharng Kang Foodcourt tasted like shit. A deceptively docile looking vegetable in yellow gravy turned out to be one of the spiciest dishes I've ever taken, and it stung my ulcer. We booked into the hotel at 9:30, after the crummy meal, making the travelling time 9 hours, as we left at 12:30am.
I slept till 3:30pm, and went with WeiZ to eat shark's fin soup and bird's nest soup. I haven't eaten the latter since God-knows-when, and it struck me that Hatyai was really a place where one could pamper himself. I met StaroceanX there, and he brought me to the market and Lee Garden to shop, where I found a myraid things I could get for ZW. I went for a traditional full body massage at the parlour where StaroceanX's wife used to work, and she introduced us to her ex-colleagues. The massage was rather comfy, but the girl didn't have much strength leh...and so the shiok only lasted for as long as the massage lasted. After which, we went for a sumptious seafood spread with Alan and his wife. We went to Paragon after that, a disco sort of thing that Ah Horng (Alan's wife) claimed to have a 'sexy show' at 10:30pm. The show involved a few thai girls wearing precious little, singing a mixture of thai, mandarin and english songs. Some were really very beautiful, but we suspected that they could've been transversites. Performers who'd earned the favour of the audience would receive a string of beads that they hung around their neck.
I was very impressed with the Thai people. So courteous, always smiling and going 'sawardi-kup'...and yet they can be fierce when they need to be. It's just sad that such a cordial race of people have to turn to the sex trade in order to thrive. Such a pity.
The stupid thing was I paid 300 baht to use the toilet there. I'm way too sick to think of how I should put it in words so I'll probably edit this if and when I feel like it.
We had a sumptious tim sum breakfast the next morning, and had a foot massage and manicure before leaving. But the return trip was to prove to be a nightmare which started with my master cylinder going down whilst riding through heavy rain when water entered my spark coil. Conditions steadily degenerated, with unfortunate events occuring one after another, events that I shan't elaborate on yet as the parties involved wish to keep it low key. But the events resulted in the 9 hour road trip stretching till 19 hours. Caught in the perpetual rain and without enough sleep, I succumbed to the chill and am now feeling like fuck.
Argh...I'm too sick to coherently piece the words together...so that's it for now.
Riding hard, fast, safely AND taking a few corners.
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