28th April 2012... my birthday....
Dulu-dulu ada gak terima bunga kat ofis time birthday but I told Roohii toksah dok bazir duit lah. Memang la seronok dpt bunga tapi dah le mahal satu hal, peh tu cam tiap tahun mcm expected je so jadi mcm kurang trillnya. Yg syok tu bila tiba-tiba, out of the blue bunga tu tiba kat ofis (hinting mode!).
Anyway itu bukan cerita yg nak dituliskan. Ni nak cerita adventure yg Xena buat birthday tahun 2012....
Bersama geng GBB, we went for a biking trip to Kanchanaburi. Mana itu? Haaaa sila tgk peta di bawah...
We started our journey Friday 27th April, my birthday eve. Tayar golek kul 5pm dari R&R Rawang and we stopped over kat kat Juru for dinner. Sambung perjalanan ke Hatyai and sampai kurang pukul 11 lebih. Ada yg flat terus tidur, ada yg ke 7-Eleven, ada yg mengurut! Roohi and me went out to buy drinks (panas sangat and and the local prepaid simcards.
The next morning (yes my birthday!) we took off to continue our journey. Had breakfast at the so-called R&R area, makan maggie in the cup, roti and coffee. Then the journey begins! This part of the journey was the most challenging one. Normally people will stopover Cha-am or Hu Hin for a night and the next day continue the journey to Kanchanaburi. But because we had only 5 1/2 days for this trip, we thought we have do it in a day!
Patthalung - Surat Thani: errr boleh tahan gak ek... Tapi ok lagi... still maintain vogue....
Pitstop - makan buah and minum apa yg patut... Red Bull!
Chaam-Petchaburi - masa ni dah mula nak keluar air mata lah kan... badan dah penat, perut dah lapar. Finally we stopped for early dinner. Dah mula nak patah semangat tapi mujur ada kawan-kawan yang memberi semangat... pekena sepinggang nasi goreng ikan masin, ceria semula! hahahaha
Kegirangan!!!! (Walaupun sebelum tu nak nangis la jugak!!!)
Esok paginya, awal pagi kami dah bangun tidur sebab nak kejarkan naik keretapi atas Death Railway tu... sesudah subuh kami dah keghabat tuktuk pegi ke stesen keretapi. This was an experience jugak la... Best!
Peh tu kami pusing-pusing gi muzium la, cari t-shirt la, tapi cuaca amatnya la panas. Rupa-rupanya tengah musim panas...
Today we start our journey back to the south. Before leaving Kanchanaburi, we stop by the War Cemetary, paying our respects to the dead. There are the Christian cemetary, a muslim cemetary and a chinese cemetary, all near to each other.
Paying our respects, the gentlemen way...
Paying our respects, the ladies way...
Air kelapa di waktu panas, heaven!
Berposing for the last time kat Death Railway before proceeding back south....
The original plan was to stopover at Hatyai, and the next day back to KL so that we have Wednesday as rest day. But somehow or rather, the plan changed! The new plan was to stopover Surat Thani, then next day to Koh Samui for 1 night, then next day back to KL straight from Koh Samui. I was a bit not very favorable to this idea but the rest of the gang were thrilled. So, I had no choice but to follow, after all we did 1000km in a day, what is it to this new plan, right?
So we continued our journey, but because of the strong wind on the highway, we had to stopover at Chaam, it was too dangerous to continue to Surat Thani. Not a bad decision as it is also a nice place to stay. It is near the seaside and lots of local are there spending their holiday there (it was a public holiday in Thailand at that time!). That night we went to the Hua Hin Night Market.
Sesudah subuh kami teruskan perjalanan kami to Koh Samui. Stopped at Chumpon for early lunch and by the time we reached Koh Samui it was late afternoon. Another unregretable decision! I totally fell in love with Koh Samui! GBB dah plan tuk pegi ke sini lagi in the next trip... can't wait for that!!!
This league of the journey was quite challenging. We got 900km to do and it was already on our fifth day. Physically and mentally, we were tired by now. However, as we entered Malaysia, we considered ourselves home already.... A few times I dozed off on the bike, especially from Simpang Pulai to KL... dangerous I know, but I just could keep myself awake. We finally reached home about 10pm.
It was a journey I would not forget and it was definitely a birthday treat that I will cherish for the rest of my life. Thanks GBB for the company and it was and will always be a good trip when it comes to you guys!! GBB Rocks!!!
Looking forward to many-many adverture with Roohii.... insyaAllah....
~content Xena~
