Monday, 13 June 2016

Koh Samui - Free&Easy Ride (Part 1)

26-May-2016

For this free and easy ride, total participants slightly more than 20 person, with 14 bikes, and 2 cars...
Due to different working schedule, and the first night at will be free and easy as well, we had divided into 3 groups.

1st group, only me and another friend, decided to depart early, around 4:30pm (rushing to get duty free cigarette, as if not mistaken closed at 7:00pm).
2nd group, 6 bikes departed around 5:00pm, direct to Florida hotel, Hatyai.
3rd group, 6 bikes departed around 6:00pm, meet up with group 1 @ Danok.

Of course, after completed all the related documents at border, me and my friend decided to hang out around Danok, while waiting for the last group.























During having few drinks, the sky is not cooperate at all, the sky is crying. After waiting, and drinking, and waiting, and drinking, the last group arrived at border around 8:00pm (due to raining, and massive jam at border). 8 bikes departed to Florida hotel, Hatyai.
Arrived at Florida hotel around 9:00pm, checked in, refresh ourself, and went for dinner. If not wrongly remembered, the hotel cost us 690baht per night. Even though Hatyai full of attraction, but due to facts that we have to depart 6:00am (now I will use Thailand time), had to rest early after the dinner.

More write up after this...

Koh Samui - Free&Easy Ride

Back from Koh Samui, after busy with the hands on task, and few video editing (of course with some laziness), till now only update via this blog.

Based on the first draft of maps/routing, we had decided to slightly changed the routing to mostly (70%) highway straight road.























As compared to previous, this route will cause us slightly 30~40km more, but easier to manage...

Due to the facts that we wanna catch up with the early ferry from DonSak, all decided to overnight at Hatyai, and depart the next morning. More write up after this...


Monday, 16 May 2016

Santai Ride to Koh Samui (Pre-ride)

After trip back from Phuket early of April, again, we have planned for next destination...
Few discussion, and referring to calendar, week 22, end of May 2016 is the start of school holiday... therefore, decided....

Have to do some homework before start our journey, as usual...























Thanks to Google Maps again, I had roughly plot the routing.

Further checking on the ferry schedule, which referred me to this site;
http://www.seatranferry.com/en/services/timetable.php

We decided to stay overnight at Hatyai, and depart the next morning, in order to board the ferry before noon. So, most probably the hotel in Hatyai will be Florida hotel.
http://www.floridahatyai.com/

In Koh Samui, alot of friends recommend to stay at Chaweng area, and found this good review apartment;
http://boonjumnong-samui.com/

Most of the preparation done, now can't wait for the day to come...

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