Pai Tio Krabi part 1

Pai Tio is Makan Angin in Thai.

Always short of time, short space to pack up but never short of road to ride with great friends. Its time for the annual trip again to Thailand which by the way, started in 2009 when 4 Maverick Busas made that trip to Phuket (photo). Originally, the sheer fun of travelling through a smorgasbord of good food, has prompted us this trip.

Maverick Busas in Phuket May 09.

Planning it out took heavy consideration wether not to bring my better half along for the sake of safety, lonely kids at home and the long journey comfort. Off course it includes buying saddlebags, riding attires, disclocks etc :-). Finally, we decided to go..together. In less than one day later I got all the wifey attires - Kushitani pants and Fieldsheer boots.

And off we go at 6.40am that Saturday morning 19th Feb. 3 bikes proceeded to our first checkpoint - the Sg Muda RnR where we were joint by another 10 other bikes mostly from KL.

At first checkpoint- Sg Muda RnR

It was then made up of 2 GTR's, 4 Busas, 2 ZX14's, 2 1000rr's, 1 R1, 1 FJR, 1 Monster600. Indeed they made loud rumble! The feeling at that time was, are we going to have a safe trip and would it be complicated to manage the convoy.

The ride was brisk but relaxing going up the PLUS highway. I could always see the lead guy a.k.a Abang Haji, Uncle Busa(common to the forumers) or the King as one put it :-). Our stoppovers were at Changlun (nasi jugung Changlun or breakfast, insurance and money changer), Wang Kelian Caltex (2nd last one) and Wang Kelian Immigration checkpoint.

Got time for a bike display too (Gurun RnR)

One very interesting part about getting to Wang Kelian border post is the 5km of snaking road leading to it. Not only, the corners are super sharp, they go up/down hill off camber with full 180 degrees u turns at times. Many downshifted to their 2nd gear for fear of stalling and killing the engine abruptly.

Mock up glamour shot while refuelling near the border

Alternate way to pose - and have no idea its going to end up in a blog (Kecik2 kaki naik basikal, sekolah menangah pantang nampak moto, bila dah berumur nak jadi budak2 balik, camni la posingnya)

Wang Kelian Border Post

Travelling in a group larger than 5 motorcycles requires more than expected refuelling schedules. Stoppages can be unpredictable. On top of that, other human needs -bio,smoking breaks and bike breakdowns amounts to considerable delays. Contingency time must be set aside which I normally include when guessing an ETA. This time my guess was right.It was not until 12:50pm that we started our trip back again in Thailand.

......................... to be continued..........(yawn)