The Road Trip of Xgrind & AngKuGuay: Day 1

AngKuGuay and me, together with DaBitch and Quizesilver, moved off to Gelang Petah Petronas Petrol Kiosk where they will send us off. There we get our stuffs ready and once prepped, we moved off at 1am sharp, an hour behind our original schedule.

Night riding is never AKG’s preferred choice of riding, but as we need to coordinate the train schedule at Hattyai, night riding is the only way where we won’t have too much waiting time. Nevertheless, the road up was light in traffic and weather is very cooling. And we rode thru the night till dawn, when we continued till we reach the Thai border. Along the way, we stopped at the following locations for breaks and petrol:

• Pagoh

• Bukit Malin

• Bukit Tangang

• Napoh

However getting thru the customs isn’t exactly smooth. AKG went to check on the procedures while I keep watch of our belongings. We got our passports stamped but we were told that we were supposed to do our customs process at another counter. Wa, damn confusing, and it added to our frustrated mood due to lack of sleep on the previous night. What makes things worse is the rainy weather in Southern Thailand: Wet boots, wet helmets, wet jackets…you get the picture.

When we finally reached Hattyai, another challenge faced before us: find the railway station. We were lost the moment we entered the town. While getting lost while touring makes riding trips, doing it in wet weather isn’t. Still clueless, we decided to stop by a Chinese eatery shop and ordered lunch, as well as asking for directions. Alas, the boss couldn’t give a clear direct so we took out the N95, hoping the GPS will guide us there. True enough, in a short while, we found the station and AKG went in to get the tickets while I look after the bikes. After a while, we rode into he station (YES, you heard it right.) so that the crew can load them up into the train.

We were skeptical at first but what we saw really made our jaws dropped. They managed to lift up the 2 bikes with their bare hands! Check the photos/video to believe.

Ok, now sitting in the comfort of a air-con train cabin typing this blog entry and hope I can update more often when I can get some updates.

Meanwhile, that sums up for Day 1

Both bikes waiting for loading at the train station

See how they load up AKG's Busa without scratching the fairing....jaws dropped!