Mae Hong Son (3rd Time) : Hua Hin - Mae Sot

Heyya..

On the second day of my Ramadhan 3rd Solo Ride to Mae Hong Son's 1864 Corners, i started with great breakfast provided by Colonnade Hotel in Hua Hin.. the breakfast was taken placed at Tom & Tom coffee shop..

The ride to Mae Sot is only 700 km from Hua Hin.. i planned my ride would take at least 7 hours to complete and my average speed always be 130 kmph and i might do couple of rest & re-fueling stops in between..

Then went to Hua Hin Train Station which was located 1 km away from Colonnade Hotel.. I have been to the train station for few times but never took a photo with my bike..

I started my journey to Mae Sot at 9.00 am from Hua Hin.. I knew i started a bit late after taking photos at Hua Hin Train Station..

So i started my ride via Phet Kassem on Route 4 after i exited Cha-Am.. As i rode to the North, there's a signage pointing Bangkok and Samut Songkhram on Route 35..

On Samut Songkhram's Route 35, it leads to Samut Sangkhon and Bangkok City via Bangkok's outer ring road, Kanchana Phisek of Route 9.. The traffic gets heavier and heavier as i am riding along the Route 35..

As i am approaching Bangkok city, i had to exit the Route 35, near Thanon Rama II.. There is a big blue Motor Highway lights and toll booths at the end of Route 35.. before the toll booths, there is an exit junction of Route 35, which connects to Kanchana Phisek's Route 9 and took that exit.. The distance from Samut Songkhram / Phet Kasem interchange to Thanon Rama II is merely 75 km..

Along the Kanchana Phisek Route 9, this is where i have to be aware of all the road / route signs.. it's a bit tricky as there are many interchange junctions and i must be aware of the building traffic.. sometimes the route signs could be blocked by huge lorries and busses on the slow lane.. therefore i just need to be alert of the signboards while riding in between cars through Bangkok traffic..

Finally, after 82 km riding along Kanchana Phisek of Route 9, i reached the AH1-Route 32 - Route 1 huge interchange also known as Pratunam Phra-In interchange.. Then i proceeded to ride on AH1-Route 32 highway and Ayutthaya town interchange is not very far.. only 23 km from the Kanchana Phisek interchange..

I planned to go to Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya town for a coffee break and few photo shots of Ayutthaya.. It has been almost 2 and half hours of riding and i have covered 300 km of distance from Hua Hin..

After 30-minute coffee break, i started my ride back on Route 1 towards the North.. I had a lunch break at PTT Kamhaeng Phet before headed to Tak.. The distance from Ayutthaya to Tak is merely 340 km..

As i was approaching Tak town along the Route 1, there is a T-Junction which leads to Mae Sot, Route 105..

I ended my ride in Mae Sot as the 1864 Corners will start from Mae Sot to Mae Hong Son.. On Route 105, the distance is approximately 80 km to Mae Sot from Tak junction..

The 80 km of riding is the "warm-up" ride of Mae Hong Son's 1864 Corners where the Route 105 starts to be hilly and full of corners in the mountains.. This is very encouraging as it builds up the riding spirit after the long, straight and boring 700 km of riding from Hua Hin to Tak.. 

I made a room booking via Agoda.com for the best hotel in Mae Sot.. it is called Centara Mae Sot Hill Resort.. It has nice, big and clean room,  swimming pool and serves a huge spread of breakfast buffet.. It costs RM120.00 per night..

It has a nice music bar where i could chill listening to music, updating my blog and drink..

Ride in Style.. HooRahh!!

Mae Hong Son (3rd Time) : KL - Hua Hin

Heyya..

During the first week of Ramadhan (July 2013), I rode my new Harley Davidson Road Glide to Mae Hong Son's 1864 Corners in Thailand.. It was my Third Time of riding to the infamous 1864 Corners also known as A Thousand Corners..

At that time, i just picked up my new Road Glide within 2 weeks.. i really wanted to prove how good my Harley Davidson Road Glide Custom FLTRX would handle in 1864 Corners.. it is normal routine for me to ride to Mae Hong Son's 1864 Corners every time i buy a new bike.. The first time i rode solo to Mae Hong Son with Kawasaki KLR 650 Redbull.. a few months later, i sold the KLR 650 and bought the BMW GS Adventure and went to Mae Hong Son.

The trip to Mae Hong Son with my new Road Glide was also done solo..

The route:
KL - Hua Hin -Mae Sot - Mae Hong Son - Chiang Mai - Ayutthaya - Pak Chong (Nakhon Ratchasima) - Chumphon - Trang - KL


KL - Hua Hin

I left KL at 3.00 am... i reached Gunung Semanggol (Bukit Merah) RnR for refueling and did another refueling at Changlun, then rode straight to the border. Surprisingly during early Ramadhan month, the queue at Thai Border Control was not busy.. it took me only 20 minutes for the immigration and customs process..

I  needed to remind myself that the journey on the first day always had to be hard and far... very far.. Kuala Lumpur to Hua Hin, the distance is more than 1,300 km.. I had to remind myself that i was riding a Harley Davidson.. not a BMW GS Adventure..

Hence, there will be more refueling stops and slightly slower average riding speed compare with the GS Adventure.. Subsequently, I would be spending more time on the road..

I stopped for my first coffee break at Amazon Cafe @ Phatthalung PTT Station for large Espresson Yen which costs 55 Baht.. By the way, Phatthalung Amazon Cafe is my routine coffee stop..




Since i hadn't had breakfast, i decided to have breakfast at Thung Song's PTT Station.. There, i met my girlfriend's uncle, P'Ell, who runs a custom bike shop in Trang.. He and his Exciting (Trang) Bike Club were heading to Nakhon Si Thammarat for Bike Week..

 

The weather was hot and good for the Dunlop tires.. Riding the Road Glide, with music blasting loud, really made me wanna ride for a longer journey..

Always had the idea for bringing my Macbook Air to update my blog.. but i ended up updating it 2 months later.. Lmao!

i I finally reached Hua Hin at Colonnade Hotel at 3.00 pm... what a great achievement for my Road Glide for covering more than 1,300 km on its first long distance run with the average speed of ~145 km/h.. What a ride!!

Checked-in at Colonnade Hotel, jumped into swimming pool... then headed for dinner at MK Restaurant nearby..

Next day ride, i was gonna be riding from Hua Hin to Mae Sot via Bangkok's Route 32 and Route 9, then a coffee break at Ayutthaya..

Ride in Style.. HooRahh!!

Five Armies Pre-Ride : KL - Khao Lak - Chumphon - Koh Samui - KL

Heyya..

I will be babysitting and leading a group of Harley Davidson baggers (Five Armies) tomorrow morning.. we shall be leaving on Thursday and coming back on Sunday..

The ride will be from KL - Khao Lak (1,000 km) on day 1..

Khao Lak - Chumphon via amazing and beautiful Route 401 (300 km) on Day 2..

Chumphon - Koh Samui (250 km) on Day 3..

Koh Samui - KL (850km) on Day 4..

Few of them may be staying in Dannok after Koh Samui..

Our machines are Road Glide, Street Glide, Road King, Dyna and Moto Guzzi..


Continue reading:
Five Armies Pre-Ride : KL - Khao Lak - Chumphon - Koh Samui - KL
Five Armies Day 1: KL - Khao Lak, Phang Nga
Five Armies Day 2: Khao Lak - Chumphon
Five Armies Day 3: Chumphon - Koh Samui


Ride in Style.. Hoorahh!!

You've got to love this.. Big Ass - Lom Plian Tit

ใบไม้หล่น เมื่อลมพัดผ่าน
Bai mai lon meua lom put pahn
The leaves fall when the wind blows
เป็นสัญญาน แห่งความผันเปลี่ยน
Pen sunyahn haeng kwahm pun plian
It’s the signal of change
ทุกๆ สิ่งคือความหมุนเวียน ไม่เที่ยงแท้
Took took sing keu kwahm moon wian mai tiang tae
Everything is an uncertain circulation
ทำทุกอย่างให้ดีที่สุด เพียงเพื่อฉุดให้เธอไม่ไป
Tum took yahng hai dee tee soot piang peua choot hai tur mai pai
I did everything to the best of my ability, just to pull you back and not let you go
ในที่สุดก็คงต้องหยุด และยอมแพ้
Nai tee soot gor kong dtaung yoot lae yaum pae
But in the end, I had to stop and give up

ใจของคนหนอคน
Jai kaung kon nor kon
The human heart
ก็ไม่รู้จะห้ามยังไง ให้ลมไม่เปลี่ยนทิศ
Gor mai roo ja hahm yung ngai hai lom mai plian tit
Doesn’t know how to stop the wind from changing direction
และชีวิตชีวิตจะห้ามยังไงให้เธอไม่ไป ไม่มีทาง
Lae cheewit ja hahm yung ngai hai tur mai pai mai mee tahng
And life, how to stop life and not let you leave? There’s no way

(*) เรามาไกลเท่านี้ก็ดีเหลือเกิน
Rao mah glai tao nee gor dee leua gern
Us coming this far was more than good
ขอบใจนะที่เคยมีกัน
Kaup jai na tee koey mee gun
Thank you for ever being mine
มันถึงเวลายอมรับความจริง
Mun teung welah yaum rup kwahm jing
It’s time to accept the truth
เรามาไกลเท่านี้ ก็เกินที่ฝัน ตั้งเท่าไร
Rao mah glai tao nee gor gern tee fun dtung tao rai
Us coming this far was more than I dreamed, whatever the lengths
เมื่อชีวิตคือความเป็นไป
Meua cheewit keu kwahm pen pai
When life is existence
สุดท้ายก็ต้องจากกัน เท่านั้นเอง
Soot tai gor dtaung jahk gun tao nun eng
In the end, we must separate, that’s it

ชีวิตหนึ่งกำลังเริ่มใหม่ ชีวิตหนึ่งกำลังว่างเปล่า
Cheewit neung gumlung rerm mai cheewit neung gumlung wahng plao
One life is starting over, one life is emptying out
ความรู้สึกช่างทรมาณและโหดร้าย
Kwahm roo seuk chahng toramahn lae hoht rai
Feelings are tortuous and cruel
ทำได้เพียงแต่ยอมรับมัน แม้ต้องเจ็บจะยอมเข้าใจ
Tum dai piang dtae yaum rup mun mae dtaung jep ja yaum kao jai
All I can do is accept it, even though I must hurt, I’ll consent to understand
คงไม่มีอะไรเหมือนเดิม อีกต่อไป
Kong mai mee arai meuan derm eek dtor pai
That nothing will be the same anymore

ใจของคนหนอคน
Jai kaung kon nor kon
The human heart
เมื่อสุดท้ายจะห้ามยังไง สายลมย่อมเปลี่ยนทิศ
Meua soot tai ja hahm yung ngai sai lom yaum plian tit
In the end, how can it forbid the wind from changing direction?
และชีวิตชีวิตจะห้ามยังไงก็ต้องเปลี่ยนไป ไม่ต่างกัน
Lae cheewit ja hahm yung ngai gor dtaung plian pai mai dtahng gun
And life, how to stop life? It must change, no matter what

(*)

ผ่านพบเพียงมาเพื่อจากกัน เท่านั้นเอง
Pahn pob piang mah peua jahk gun tao nun eng
We met, only to separate, that’s all

Solo Ride to Mae Hong Son ( 3rd Time )

Heyya..

Tomorrow i will be riding to Mae Hong Son, Solo as usual... this is gonna be my 3rd, i repeat, THIRD time riding to Mae Hong Son..

I have changed my destinations this time..

KL - Hua Hin - Mae Sot - Mae Hong Son - Pai - Phitsanulok - Pak Chong - Chumphon - Trang - KL

it will take 9 Days / 8 Nights..

I might be sleeping in Pai or Chiang Rai..
Pai is very close to Mae Hong Son.. so i might just stop for brunch there and sleep in Chiang Rai, The Love City.. :P

I have included Phitsanulok into my programme as i have passed the town once when i was riding to Boten, China - Laos border..
This time, i'm thinking to spend a night there and meet my Chiang Mai friend, who is working at Inter Hospital in Phitsanulok..

I will also ride to Pak Chong in Nakhon Ratchasima to meet my old friends at Chokchai Farm and also dating with Chokchai PR Girls.. they are really fineeeeeee girls.. Phewwitt!! :P

On the way back to KL, i will stop at Chumphon as i never stay in Chumphon beach before.. i just wanna add at least a beach-break in this Solo Ride..

Finally, i will spend a night at Trang.. the usual thing to do.. :P



Ride in Style.. HooRahh!!

2013 - Changing Road Glide Rear Tyre, Dunlop D407

Heyya..

I was at Sunny Cycle few days ago to change the Rear Tyre of my Road GLide..