Koh Samui - Free&Easy Ride (Part 2)

27-May-2016

All of us gathered at the carpark around 6:50am, and after few briefing, we departed from Hatyai around 7:15am.
During the planning of this trip, we already can foresee the group will be separate into at least 2 group, group "laju" and group "slow". Anyhow, we already briefed before departure that first pitstop will be around 150km from the hotel.

First pitstop, Phatthalung

After the first pitstop, the first group begin to slightly add more pressure on their throttle, and we decided to meet up only @ the jetty, not stopping at the same pitstop.

With much help from the Google Maps navigation, second group managed to arrive @ Raja ferry jetty around 10:50am, and no sign of the 1st group...

Even though there was ferry awaiting to go into Koh Samui, but without the fast group arrival, we decided to skip and wait for the next ferry. After almost 45mins of waiting, the fast group arrived. Their leader (which had been to Koh Samui almost 5 times) lost, and they had went for extra miles to arrive. Sadly to say, the ferry which previously awaiting, had sailed off, few minutes before their arrival, therefore, all of us (14 bikes) had no choice but wait for another 1hr for next ferry. (puihhh, kononnya geng laju, arrowhead pandai jalan siam, dah banyak kali sampai dah, sesat gak.... end up semua kena delay almost 2 hrs).

The cost of ferry ticket, for 1 rider + big bike is 230 Baht, and if with pillion, additional 130 Baht.

After much waiting at the jetty, finally we manage to board around 2:00pm....

The ferry journey took us 1.5 hrs, and decided to take a short nap....
More write up after this...

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...