40 days, 166, Foshan.Rain rain rain,rain like cats and dogs forced me to stop several times on the road, but I complete my journey anyway.
After check in,I go to a convenience store to top up my phone, because me and the owner don't know how to recharge China Unicom number,both of us spend a long time to recharge. When we thought everything is settle but it turn out the amount still the same after I go back to hotel,so I go back to the store.After an hour we try to fix,finally we realised that we canceled the earlier top up and now must top up again, ha ha.
2010年8月24日 星期二
day39-smooth day
39 days, 189km, Enping. Nothing happened today,smooth journey.
the county of hot spring
nice and tradition Chinese breakfast
the county of hot spring
nice and tradition Chinese breakfast
day38-troublesome day
38 days, 150km, dian bai town. Troubled day.My seat was loose and I found out my bike become so hard to move after I repair my seat.I thought it was because of the wind and uphill,but the truth is my rear brake stuck。When I ride about 100 km,I found a 2/3 missing road sign,and it show that I should go straight,but after 25km I found that the missing 2/3 road sign have a very important message,the direction I go is to expressway,that mean bike is not allowed and I should turn right when I saw the sign just now.So,I must turn back,wrong way for 50km,but my front wheel puncture at the same time,what the.....!
Because running out of time and the next stop still have a long distance, so today I just ride 150km then stop at dian bai town. I disappointed again because there is no place to online…
Because running out of time and the next stop still have a long distance, so today I just ride 150km then stop at dian bai town. I disappointed again because there is no place to online…
day 37-something happen but ok
37 days, 166km,Zhanjiang. Today face some trouble,lost my way again but is ok,settled.Raining on my way but I still reach Zhanjiang.
Found that there are a lot of pirate shop here, I found one of the KFC and McDonald's mix pirate shop,MFC, which is not in selling Western food, but Chinese food.
MFC here
tasteless fried rice and tasteless soup
Found that there are a lot of pirate shop here, I found one of the KFC and McDonald's mix pirate shop,MFC, which is not in selling Western food, but Chinese food.
MFC here
tasteless fried rice and tasteless soup
day 35-wine
35 days, 130km,Hepu.Smooth journey,nothing happen.
By the way,I bought a special local product of GuangXi,Wine Dong Yuan Jia.Pearl,manatee and wine is special product of GuangXi,but I can only afford the wine,so that is what I bought.
By the way,I bought a special local product of GuangXi,Wine Dong Yuan Jia.Pearl,manatee and wine is special product of GuangXi,but I can only afford the wine,so that is what I bought.
day 34-my nationality
day 34,54km, Fangchenggang.Go in China today and found that the immigration of China and Vietnam got a big difference. Air conditioners in China but fans in Vietnam,computer operate in China but man operate in Vietnam,there is an obvious contrast.
Chinese people are very surprise and curios a Malaysian like me can speak Chinese and sometime better than they are because in their mind,we Malaysian can't speak Chinese.Again,if I didn't say that I am Malaysians,people here will take me as a Chinese, and there is also an uncle who asked me come from which part of north China,haha.....
Lock broken,time for my third lock.My lock before become rusty although I have put lubricant.
I thought I can a take advantage to upload my blog since I take a short distance but surprisingly found out that China ban blogspot,sweat.....
bye bye Vietnam
hello China
Chinese people are very surprise and curios a Malaysian like me can speak Chinese and sometime better than they are because in their mind,we Malaysian can't speak Chinese.Again,if I didn't say that I am Malaysians,people here will take me as a Chinese, and there is also an uncle who asked me come from which part of north China,haha.....
Lock broken,time for my third lock.My lock before become rusty although I have put lubricant.
I thought I can a take advantage to upload my blog since I take a short distance but surprisingly found out that China ban blogspot,sweat.....
bye bye Vietnam
hello China
day 32-mud man
day-32, Mong Cai, 175 km. Super hard journey,I have to go through endless mountain roads which is mostly unpaved and there is raining, God! I become a mud man when I reached Mong Cai.......
mud man leg
mud man leg
day 32-What the.......
32 days, Ha Long city, 190 kilometers.Wrong way for almost 60 kilometers today,make a easy journey suddenly become a nightmare journey. At first,my GPS show me a way just only 123 km, but don't know why I entered a small village, and later I realised that I should take the way which is 3 km away from the village. Well, after spent a lot of effort to get back to the way, but when I having my meal after 70 km,the waiter told me that I taken a wrong way and I have to go further.I suprised and immediately check my GPS and I realise the original 123 km changed into 235 km, what the heck? ! Waiter told me to turn around and go for 25 kilometers to go to Ha Long city.
With no choice ,I forced to turn back. When I arrived Ha Long Bay,the day already start to dark, so I cant see the beauty of Ha Long Bay and there is no time to stay here one day,so regret.
harbor to tour Ha Long Bay
With no choice ,I forced to turn back. When I arrived Ha Long Bay,the day already start to dark, so I cant see the beauty of Ha Long Bay and there is no time to stay here one day,so regret.
harbor to tour Ha Long Bay
day 31-bear centre
day 31，ride 70 km north to vinh yen to visit Vietnam Bear Rescue Centre which is establish by Animal Asia Foundation in Tamdao National Park.In order to feel the motorbike empire,I rented a bike.
Riding a motor make me feel like back to the high school time,enjoy riding motorbike with all my friend all day long.When I reach there,nurse Carolyn,bear manager Pernille and education officer Chinh welcome me and took me to tour around the center and make a detailed explanation.
Centre got admin office,raising field,isolation center, medical room, transition center and the education center is under construction. Because of the Vietnamese Government's assistance,bear that been rescued from bear farm in Vietnam will be sent to the center or other animal rescue organizations which near to the bear farm.They also no need to worry about the expense and land problem.
About the fund,they have the Dragon Foundation in Hong Kong which donated 235,000 U.S. dollars.Beside that,AAF long-term fund-raising for the center make it no problem about the fund.
The Centre currently has 58 bear,mostly moon bear and some sun bear.New bear will have medical examination when arrival, if necessary,it will have to do surgery. Bear will be quarantine for 45 days in order to confirm it is not infected.
Because of the bears are solitary animal,they will fight each other if they suddenly live together.But the center did not have enough space for bear to have solitary life,so the centre have to make the bear adapt to social life. This is a very difficult steps,great patience is needed but luckily the centre dint face to much problem compare to China centre.
For safety reasons, I am not allowed have close contact with the bear,so I can only visit the bear from the outside of the cage.Although these bears are young, but they looks bigger and taller than me.
Carolyn told me that because of the hot weather, so the bear are all looked very lazy, most of them hiding in the rearing room to sleep.
Chinh told me that the education center is currently under construction and plans to have education program at the school nearby,in order to let the students learn from early about the importance of caring wild animals.
a beautiful temple i saw on the way.
Riding a motor make me feel like back to the high school time,enjoy riding motorbike with all my friend all day long.When I reach there,nurse Carolyn,bear manager Pernille and education officer Chinh welcome me and took me to tour around the center and make a detailed explanation.
Centre got admin office,raising field,isolation center, medical room, transition center and the education center is under construction. Because of the Vietnamese Government's assistance,bear that been rescued from bear farm in Vietnam will be sent to the center or other animal rescue organizations which near to the bear farm.They also no need to worry about the expense and land problem.
About the fund,they have the Dragon Foundation in Hong Kong which donated 235,000 U.S. dollars.Beside that,AAF long-term fund-raising for the center make it no problem about the fund.
The Centre currently has 58 bear,mostly moon bear and some sun bear.New bear will have medical examination when arrival, if necessary,it will have to do surgery. Bear will be quarantine for 45 days in order to confirm it is not infected.
Because of the bears are solitary animal,they will fight each other if they suddenly live together.But the center did not have enough space for bear to have solitary life,so the centre have to make the bear adapt to social life. This is a very difficult steps,great patience is needed but luckily the centre dint face to much problem compare to China centre.
For safety reasons, I am not allowed have close contact with the bear,so I can only visit the bear from the outside of the cage.Although these bears are young, but they looks bigger and taller than me.
Carolyn told me that because of the hot weather, so the bear are all looked very lazy, most of them hiding in the rearing room to sleep.
Chinh told me that the education center is currently under construction and plans to have education program at the school nearby,in order to let the students learn from early about the importance of caring wild animals.
a beautiful temple i saw on the way.
day 30-Hanoi Fun
I visited Ven Miao (Temple of Literature),also known as Imperial College in Hanoi.It is a typical Chinese architecture and most of the construction finished when 17th century by Dynasty Lye.
the entrance
inside of the temple
There is a plaque given by Emperor Kangxi from China that mean "Eternally Educator "hang at the main hall which is full of Confucius altar."Scholars monument" is one of the temple's selling points.Emperor will erect a monument in the temple after every time of the national test in the past until the year 1779 the last national exam.It is about 110 times.It is to show the emperor's attention on the talent and also a way to encourage the people.There is still 82 monument keep in the temple , each marked the examination time, the inscription of writers,sculptor and name list of scholars .The monument not only got great historical value and also value in art of calligraphy and sculpture arts.
Luckily，I met a wedding group are taking photo in the temple,they are so sweet and wish them happily ever after.
Next station is Ho Chi Minh's Mausoleum and this is the final resting place of the great leader of Vietnam.The guard will have a marching ceremony when they change their shift but unfortunately I miss it.There is also a very strict rules on dress and behavior apply and photography is forbidden here.
One Pillar Pagoda was built in 1049 in the Yi Dynasty. There is a legend said that King Lye Tai Zu got no children although married for a long time,until one day the Queen dream a Goddess that hold a baby and stand on a stage in lotus pool.Queen have pregnant soon after the dream.The King built the pagoda in order to appreciate the Goddess.Because of the legend,a lot of people who want a son will go to temple to pray.
Vietnam Military History Museum shows the equip been used or captured from enemy, you can walk all the way to understand the bitterness of the Vietnamese history.Like the other museum,this museum just praise the government and defile the enemy.But beside of that,the museum still got it's value to visit. However, my camera run out of battery when I visit the museum,so I miss a lot of nice picture.
Hoan Kiem Lake is the scenic spot in Hanoi and you can see local people take a walk here, practicing tai chi or engage in other activities. There is a Turtle Tower(Thap Rua)in the middle of the lake.There is also a temple nearby.
There is a lot of legend about Hoan Kiem Lake, but all of them related with how Lye Thai To get sacred sword and use it against the Ming Dynasty (1418-1428 years). When the rule of the Ming dynasty was finally overthrown by Lye Thai To,he then go back to Hoan Kiem Lake and returned the sword to sacred turtle.
Lastly is the water puppet show,a unique traditional folk opera stage.Performers stay behind curtain and manipulating the puppets to performance on the pool surface.There is legendary stories and professional folk band been performed , but because it is Vietnamese, so I don't know what are they talking about.
the entrance
inside of the temple
There is a plaque given by Emperor Kangxi from China that mean "Eternally Educator "hang at the main hall which is full of Confucius altar."Scholars monument" is one of the temple's selling points.Emperor will erect a monument in the temple after every time of the national test in the past until the year 1779 the last national exam.It is about 110 times.It is to show the emperor's attention on the talent and also a way to encourage the people.There is still 82 monument keep in the temple , each marked the examination time, the inscription of writers,sculptor and name list of scholars .The monument not only got great historical value and also value in art of calligraphy and sculpture arts.
Luckily，I met a wedding group are taking photo in the temple,they are so sweet and wish them happily ever after.
Next station is Ho Chi Minh's Mausoleum and this is the final resting place of the great leader of Vietnam.The guard will have a marching ceremony when they change their shift but unfortunately I miss it.There is also a very strict rules on dress and behavior apply and photography is forbidden here.
One Pillar Pagoda was built in 1049 in the Yi Dynasty. There is a legend said that King Lye Tai Zu got no children although married for a long time,until one day the Queen dream a Goddess that hold a baby and stand on a stage in lotus pool.Queen have pregnant soon after the dream.The King built the pagoda in order to appreciate the Goddess.Because of the legend,a lot of people who want a son will go to temple to pray.
Vietnam Military History Museum shows the equip been used or captured from enemy, you can walk all the way to understand the bitterness of the Vietnamese history.Like the other museum,this museum just praise the government and defile the enemy.But beside of that,the museum still got it's value to visit. However, my camera run out of battery when I visit the museum,so I miss a lot of nice picture.
Hoan Kiem Lake is the scenic spot in Hanoi and you can see local people take a walk here, practicing tai chi or engage in other activities. There is a Turtle Tower(Thap Rua)in the middle of the lake.There is also a temple nearby.
There is a lot of legend about Hoan Kiem Lake, but all of them related with how Lye Thai To get sacred sword and use it against the Ming Dynasty (1418-1428 years). When the rule of the Ming dynasty was finally overthrown by Lye Thai To,he then go back to Hoan Kiem Lake and returned the sword to sacred turtle.
Lastly is the water puppet show,a unique traditional folk opera stage.Performers stay behind curtain and manipulating the puppets to performance on the pool surface.There is legendary stories and professional folk band been performed , but because it is Vietnamese, so I don't know what are they talking about.
2010年8月2日 星期一
day 29-surpise meet
29 days, Hanoi. Never expect a dramatic meet in foreign country. My previous hotel staff broke my seat but don't wanna be responsible for that, so I am very unhappy, and find other hotels.
Don't know why, I clearly saw a lot of the hotel feel good, complaints, but is there an voice told me don't make a quick decision. I follow this voice and go around in city. Well,at a corner I meet a girl walking on the street with a camera and that caught my eye.Why she is familiar?
Mei Yun?Lee Mei Yun,my friend?OMG,What a surprise!
We shout each other in the street and give each other a warm hug, the people near by also feel happy for us.She travel here with her uncle and surprise to meet me. Later, she invited me to her hotel and stay with her and her uncle (because they accidentally book two different hotels, so they will be moved other hotel next day)
Don't know why, I clearly saw a lot of the hotel feel good, complaints, but is there an voice told me don't make a quick decision. I follow this voice and go around in city. Well,at a corner I meet a girl walking on the street with a camera and that caught my eye.Why she is familiar?
Mei Yun?Lee Mei Yun,my friend?OMG,What a surprise!
We shout each other in the street and give each other a warm hug, the people near by also feel happy for us.She travel here with her uncle and surprise to meet me. Later, she invited me to her hotel and stay with her and her uncle (because they accidentally book two different hotels, so they will be moved other hotel next day)
2010年8月1日 星期日
day 28-change a seat because of you
28 days - still in Hanoi. I found my bike seat been damaged when I was ready to out for breakfast, it been torn off a piece but been "fix" by tape. I realised that this must be "masterpiece" of the hotel staff, so I try to reason with the receptionist .
Well,there is sometime you cant even get what you want although you are right, at least when there is language barrier. I spoke English,he spoke Vietnamese,talking to nothing.In the end I gave up, buy a new seat myself.
So,I have a tour in Hanoi,to find a reliable bike shop, but also to see and feel Hanoi.Life is leisure here,you can always see people having high tea (in fact they are having coffee, Vietnamese just love coffee ) or gambling, you can also see a group of people playing Chinese Chess.
Transport system here is chaotic. Traffic lights here is useless, traffic law is just something not exist, as long as you're not blocking the way, you can drive whatever you like.So you can see a lot of "Superman" here. By the way, motorbike here is insanely crowded like a bee colony.
Finally I saw a bike shop (people here often ride a bike,but they have low concept of maintenance and quality bike).I bought a seat for almost 60 ringgit but the owner is not very good at installing seat.The height and gradient of the seat is just not suitable, so I have to tune it myself.
I am now in a wifi coffee shop that don't have their own network but have to share the next shop network, and even food on the menu also have to order from the restaurant neat by, and the air conditioner is out of function.
I din't say that the cafe is funny or it was bad,so you guy don't think too much,haha
Well,there is sometime you cant even get what you want although you are right, at least when there is language barrier. I spoke English,he spoke Vietnamese,talking to nothing.In the end I gave up, buy a new seat myself.
So,I have a tour in Hanoi,to find a reliable bike shop, but also to see and feel Hanoi.Life is leisure here,you can always see people having high tea (in fact they are having coffee, Vietnamese just love coffee ) or gambling, you can also see a group of people playing Chinese Chess.
Transport system here is chaotic. Traffic lights here is useless, traffic law is just something not exist, as long as you're not blocking the way, you can drive whatever you like.So you can see a lot of "Superman" here. By the way, motorbike here is insanely crowded like a bee colony.
Finally I saw a bike shop (people here often ride a bike,but they have low concept of maintenance and quality bike).I bought a seat for almost 60 ringgit but the owner is not very good at installing seat.The height and gradient of the seat is just not suitable, so I have to tune it myself.
I am now in a wifi coffee shop that don't have their own network but have to share the next shop network, and even food on the menu also have to order from the restaurant neat by, and the air conditioner is out of function.
I din't say that the cafe is funny or it was bad,so you guy don't think too much,haha
2010年7月29日 星期四
day27-accident
days27, 152 km, Hanoi. Today not very smooth, along the way to Hanoi,there is a lot of them damaged, roads covered with gravel and potholes,smoke and dust everywhere.
When I come down from a hill road, there is a aunt suddenly come out from nowhere and she shock me,so I emergency brake but because of the road covered with gravel, so i fall, but fortunately nothing serious,just some scratch at my leg.
The aunt want to rush to the lorry that pick her to work,that why she dint check out the way, but she did not apologize with me,just let me sit at there then just go away,what the........
When almost 110 km , I suddenly feel unwell, feeling dizzy and body become very heavy, breathing becomes fast , so I quickly stop at the nearby store for half an hour, let my body rest before continue my journey.Fortunately no serious problem, I think maybe the weather is too hot.
kamen rider look
dust everywhere in Hanoi
When I come down from a hill road, there is a aunt suddenly come out from nowhere and she shock me,so I emergency brake but because of the road covered with gravel, so i fall, but fortunately nothing serious,just some scratch at my leg.
The aunt want to rush to the lorry that pick her to work,that why she dint check out the way, but she did not apologize with me,just let me sit at there then just go away,what the........
When almost 110 km , I suddenly feel unwell, feeling dizzy and body become very heavy, breathing becomes fast , so I quickly stop at the nearby store for half an hour, let my body rest before continue my journey.Fortunately no serious problem, I think maybe the weather is too hot.
kamen rider look
dust everywhere in Hanoi
2010年7月28日 星期三
day 26-funny dub
day26 -142 km, thonh hoa. smooth day, wind is not strong, not many slopes, smooth to complete the route.
The dub of Vietnam is really funny , just to explain, don't have any feelings at all, so no matter what show, there is just one voice, no matter what is the gender of the role.
So, today I see beautiful actresses flirting with a actor by a masculine voice.I also saw a very masculine Don interrogation of prisoners with female voice and the male prisoner shouted for help with female voice
Ah ...... What a weird picture, I laugh when i on way to thanh hoa.
Malaysia dub is consider ok if compare here,at least we din mistake the gender.
The dub of Vietnam is really funny , just to explain, don't have any feelings at all, so no matter what show, there is just one voice, no matter what is the gender of the role.
So, today I see beautiful actresses flirting with a actor by a masculine voice.I also saw a very masculine Don interrogation of prisoners with female voice and the male prisoner shouted for help with female voice
Ah ...... What a weird picture, I laugh when i on way to thanh hoa.
Malaysia dub is consider ok if compare here,at least we din mistake the gender.
2010年7月27日 星期二
day 25-rest
day 25, raining heavily for almost 4 hours today,so I can't continue my journey, one day off.
day 24-interesting day
day 24 , 199 km, vinh. Windy and rainy day make me tired, but something happened today is very interesting.
When I rode 120 kilometers something, there are 2 Vietnamese youth named vid and gu riding a motor and show up beside me and suggest to drag me for a few miles. According to common sense, friendly in sudden must be something behind, I wanted to refuse, but an idea suddenly show in my mind, why not take this opportunity to see what they will do? So I agreed to their good intentions.
Along the way, gu talked a lot with me, but I could not understand a word. In the end, he hinted that I buy them a drink or directly give some money as a reward.After i consider, I agreed to drink with them, at the same time i calculate the worst situation and way to escape.
When they took me to a home-style restaurant,two of their friends appear suddenly, i been cautious and looked around for escape routes. They seem don't have any special moves, so we drink and chat happily. Although we have the language barrier, but we still try to use body language to understand each other.
To be safe, I also snapped pictures of them (they refuse when the beginning , but I used my reporter skill to pursuit them , and finally they compromise, ha ha), and exchanged mobile phone numbers.
While we drink,come another two of their friends, I am worried that something might be happen, so i tell them that it is late and i have to continue my journey,so i quickly paid the owner.Gu then also come aside us and pursuit the owner to take more money from me but the owner refuse to do so.
When I leave,Gu insisted to gift me his hat, and one of his friends to give me a cigarette as a greeting gift.
After I leave,I actually think if they try to do something bad,I don't know whether i can successfully get away, ha ha .... incidentally, I saw a girl looked like Zhang Ziyi but unfortunately there is no chance to take her photo.
Vid(left)and Gu
owner and her grandson
the hat they gave me
When I rode 120 kilometers something, there are 2 Vietnamese youth named vid and gu riding a motor and show up beside me and suggest to drag me for a few miles. According to common sense, friendly in sudden must be something behind, I wanted to refuse, but an idea suddenly show in my mind, why not take this opportunity to see what they will do? So I agreed to their good intentions.
Along the way, gu talked a lot with me, but I could not understand a word. In the end, he hinted that I buy them a drink or directly give some money as a reward.After i consider, I agreed to drink with them, at the same time i calculate the worst situation and way to escape.
When they took me to a home-style restaurant,two of their friends appear suddenly, i been cautious and looked around for escape routes. They seem don't have any special moves, so we drink and chat happily. Although we have the language barrier, but we still try to use body language to understand each other.
To be safe, I also snapped pictures of them (they refuse when the beginning , but I used my reporter skill to pursuit them , and finally they compromise, ha ha), and exchanged mobile phone numbers.
While we drink,come another two of their friends, I am worried that something might be happen, so i tell them that it is late and i have to continue my journey,so i quickly paid the owner.Gu then also come aside us and pursuit the owner to take more money from me but the owner refuse to do so.
When I leave,Gu insisted to gift me his hat, and one of his friends to give me a cigarette as a greeting gift.
After I leave,I actually think if they try to do something bad,I don't know whether i can successfully get away, ha ha .... incidentally, I saw a girl looked like Zhang Ziyi but unfortunately there is no chance to take her photo.
Vid(left)and Gu
owner and her grandson
the hat they gave me
2010年7月25日 星期日
days 23-still hate
days 23,100km,Dong Hoi.Smooth journey.Meet some friendly hawkers make me feel very warm, but there are a lot of rude Vietnamese made me feel disgusted.
In their eyes, as if tourists are inferior creatures, they have been shouting to me, and said some strange words then laughing (I am sure they are not speaking Viet but is the kind of kids language, wawabulawiwwawa ,something like that). Moreover, they seem to think that tourists must be extort by them, I refused a tourist hawkers for business but then she scold me, really unacceptable.
In their eyes, as if tourists are inferior creatures, they have been shouting to me, and said some strange words then laughing (I am sure they are not speaking Viet but is the kind of kids language, wawabulawiwwawa ,something like that). Moreover, they seem to think that tourists must be extort by them, I refused a tourist hawkers for business but then she scold me, really unacceptable.
days22 -i hate vietnam
days22 , 166 km, Vietnam dong ha. a lot of unexpected thing happen ,a screw of my bike rack had broken at the start of 5 kilometers, I reluctantly use a branch temporarily,and hope my bike can hang on to the next town sepon but after I ride 10 km,the branches also broken.
When I was troubled to find the right branches ,there is a bus pass by , I get to the bus till sepon to repair my bike.The driver also kindly introduced me to a reputable motorbike shop.
Continue after the repair and get pass to Vietnam.I thought that will be a easy ride after leaving Laos, because according the map, from the beginning of Vietnam border,Lao Bao to dDong Ha is plain,so it should be a good ride. Unexpectedly, after 3 km,I have to ride for 10 km uphill road to the peak! ! ! ! And the gradient of 6%!!! God!
Finally go to the peak,and enjoy 10 kilometers of downhill, I began another nightmare, it is another more than 1000 meters above sea level of hill.......
I actually don't quite like the Vietnamese, because the traffic is very bad here. 85km from LaoBao to DongHa, I could only see a set of traffic lights, and I cant see any in Dong Ha.
Beside that,drivers here are rude, no manners at all. There is a bus driver want to get pass me, he horn me to make way for him, so I moved to the road shoulder, giving him a lot of space, but he was still continue to come near me, causing me almost crash,most terrible thing isthe bus conducter stare at me. I get angry and immediately shouted at him, there is plenty space at the other side, get the fxxk off n leave me alone (I'm sure there is no cars on the other side)
there is also a bad lorry driver,laugh and left after he splash the smoke on me.
In fact, there is a lot of good people here,just a small group of them give us,visitors a bad impression .I meet two volunteers from charity restaurant,and they told me be careful, also said that there are 60% of hawkers will extort toursist.
If more such people here, I might like the Vietnam.
When I was troubled to find the right branches ,there is a bus pass by , I get to the bus till sepon to repair my bike.The driver also kindly introduced me to a reputable motorbike shop.
Continue after the repair and get pass to Vietnam.I thought that will be a easy ride after leaving Laos, because according the map, from the beginning of Vietnam border,Lao Bao to dDong Ha is plain,so it should be a good ride. Unexpectedly, after 3 km,I have to ride for 10 km uphill road to the peak! ! ! ! And the gradient of 6%!!! God!
Finally go to the peak,and enjoy 10 kilometers of downhill, I began another nightmare, it is another more than 1000 meters above sea level of hill.......
I actually don't quite like the Vietnamese, because the traffic is very bad here. 85km from LaoBao to DongHa, I could only see a set of traffic lights, and I cant see any in Dong Ha.
Beside that,drivers here are rude, no manners at all. There is a bus driver want to get pass me, he horn me to make way for him, so I moved to the road shoulder, giving him a lot of space, but he was still continue to come near me, causing me almost crash,most terrible thing isthe bus conducter stare at me. I get angry and immediately shouted at him, there is plenty space at the other side, get the fxxk off n leave me alone (I'm sure there is no cars on the other side)
there is also a bad lorry driver,laugh and left after he splash the smoke on me.
In fact, there is a lot of good people here,just a small group of them give us,visitors a bad impression .I meet two volunteers from charity restaurant,and they told me be careful, also said that there are 60% of hawkers will extort toursist.
If more such people here, I might like the Vietnam.
21-Challenging hill road
Day 21 , 166km.Muang Phin now.Ride in Laos really challenging.Almost 95% of it are hill road , make me so tired.
Ppl here salute biker,they will cheer n greet u when they meet u.Perhaps because tourists are long-term source of income here.
Laos is really a poor country,i cant even c a proper town since i leave savan.
Ppl here salute biker,they will cheer n greet u when they meet u.Perhaps because tourists are long-term source of income here.
Laos is really a poor country,i cant even c a proper town since i leave savan.
day 20-excited day
day20,130km,savannakhet,Laos now.smooth journey.there is a petrol station owner very suprise to know my journey,n he treat me water n we also take photo.one of his friend,an aunty intro me to a cute girl,n say "u 2,sam sam,flend,lop lop"
u guy knw wat she mean?i jz laugh n say nth.
bcz of bike cant cross the thai-laos 2nd friendship bridge,so i have to wait some1 to give me a ride.luckily with the help of the imigrate officer,a guy name Lay give me a ride,thks a lot.
no need for me to worry about lodging at here because there is a dozen of guest house at here u can choose,n i pick a guest house tat the boss can speak chinese,so good ,haha
u guy knw wat she mean?i jz laugh n say nth.
bcz of bike cant cross the thai-laos 2nd friendship bridge,so i have to wait some1 to give me a ride.luckily with the help of the imigrate officer,a guy name Lay give me a ride,thks a lot.
no need for me to worry about lodging at here because there is a dozen of guest house at here u can choose,n i pick a guest house tat the boss can speak chinese,so good ,haha
day19-my nationality
day19-143km,yasothon now.i now get 2 nationality,either thai or philipine.gt 2 aunty very suprise when they know i can speak english,then they talk to some1 beside,i dun know wat but something like "i thought he is a thai " or "he really look like a thai",then they ask"are u from philiphine?",so sweat......
day18-terrible hotel
day18-180,surin now.smooth journey,nothing happen.i now stay at the worst hotel since i in thailand,banglo no 45 hotel,not clean plus no key,OMG!!!even worst than guest house,haha...
most of the surin's cyber cafe server down,make me so hard to on9.
i will go yasothon tomorrow.
most of the surin's cyber cafe server down,make me so hard to on9.
i will go yasothon tomorrow.
2010年7月19日 星期一
day17-wonder
day17-nakhon ratchasima.handphone finally back in work,but the technician told me that he din fix my phone,jz let the water dry out itself,so free of charge.
if so,why dont you give me back my phone when 17 but keeping it?for fun?
if so,why dont you give me back my phone when 17 but keeping it?for fun?
day 16-dissapoint
day 16-nakhon ratchasima.totally dissapointed.....the technician tell me that i can only take back my phone when 19,wat a joke,does he know how much time he watse?
day15-suprise meet
day15,nakhon ratchasima.meet a italy guy,Bossco,in my guest house,and suprise to know tat he stay in the same hotel with me in saraburi,wat a suprise.
he is touring around in South East Asia with a bike,he is been to Vietnam,Laos,Combodia,Thailand and he plan to go to Malaysia too.
what i do today is tour and eat around.Nakhon Ratchasima,also name as Korat,is a historical city and you can still see the stone gate and the Thao Suranaree Monument.For the monument,you can see a lot of people worship everyday,and i m lucky to attend the buddist ceremony here too.
personal opinion,Korat is a very nice city to live,peace n quite,most important thing is the traffic smooth here.
but i need to stay for 1 more day because the shop din repair my phone yet......
he is touring around in South East Asia with a bike,he is been to Vietnam,Laos,Combodia,Thailand and he plan to go to Malaysia too.
what i do today is tour and eat around.Nakhon Ratchasima,also name as Korat,is a historical city and you can still see the stone gate and the Thao Suranaree Monument.For the monument,you can see a lot of people worship everyday,and i m lucky to attend the buddist ceremony here too.
personal opinion,Korat is a very nice city to live,peace n quite,most important thing is the traffic smooth here.
but i need to stay for 1 more day because the shop din repair my phone yet......
2010年7月16日 星期五
day 14-lucky day
day 14,164km,nakhon ratchasima.lucky day,just like heaven compare last night.a lorry driver Mit,buy me lunch n send me for 70 km,he is so nice.
and the tourist centre here is nice,they welcome men give me a t-shirt to show their support.
my canon camera is so strong,he just back to work afterone day,like nothing happen,but my handphone need to be repair,so will stay 1 day here.
and the tourist centre here is nice,they welcome men give me a t-shirt to show their support.
my canon camera is so strong,he just back to work afterone day,like nothing happen,but my handphone need to be repair,so will stay 1 day here.
day 13-disaster
day 13,156km,sariburi.totally disaster,mess trafic of bangkok defeat my gps.no enter,route change,road in repair,bla bla bla make me have to find a new route myself and it watse me almost 4 hr to get out from bangkok.
unfortunately,there is a heavy rain and the worse is my so call water proof bag become water bag,bye bye my camera and hand phone.hope that the dry out can help.
without my hp,i lose my gps n i have to ask for the proper direction and you know what,1 question can get a dozen of answer,north south east west, u name it.the funny thing is,they all are taxi or tuk tuk driver.
another 2 hour watse......
and yeah,my rear tyre punctured,wohoo~repair repair......
n i lost the hat that father cheah gave me......so sorry......
unfortunately,there is a heavy rain and the worse is my so call water proof bag become water bag,bye bye my camera and hand phone.hope that the dry out can help.
without my hp,i lose my gps n i have to ask for the proper direction and you know what,1 question can get a dozen of answer,north south east west, u name it.the funny thing is,they all are taxi or tuk tuk driver.
another 2 hour watse......
and yeah,my rear tyre punctured,wohoo~repair repair......
n i lost the hat that father cheah gave me......so sorry......
day 12-bangkok now
day 12,55km(in bangkok),visit Thai Society for the Conservation of Wild Animals and also SCAD animal shelter.they r nice n share alot of animal caring exp with me,thks alot.
actually,there is alot of difficulty to run a animal shelter,accroding the exp,they need alot of money for the "no kill n care all" shelter,and it always come toa failure.
what they do is take care some really serious case stray dogs and cat,the other will be send back the teritory after surgery.
shelter cant keep too many dogs in 1 area,bcz their nature make them fight to be the dominator of the area,so if too much dogs will make them fight everyday.
The SCAD shelter need to move away from the origin place because the neighbour complain about the dog bark,another difficulty for the shelter,good luck for them.
anyway,bangkok is a special city,new n old,rich n poor is jz across a street n u will feel the total diff.
n the traffic here is more terrible than pg n kl,wat a mess.......
but the people are nice,they reach me alot of thai word,make me easier to communicate here.
actually,there is alot of difficulty to run a animal shelter,accroding the exp,they need alot of money for the "no kill n care all" shelter,and it always come toa failure.
what they do is take care some really serious case stray dogs and cat,the other will be send back the teritory after surgery.
shelter cant keep too many dogs in 1 area,bcz their nature make them fight to be the dominator of the area,so if too much dogs will make them fight everyday.
The SCAD shelter need to move away from the origin place because the neighbour complain about the dog bark,another difficulty for the shelter,good luck for them.
anyway,bangkok is a special city,new n old,rich n poor is jz across a street n u will feel the total diff.
n the traffic here is more terrible than pg n kl,wat a mess.......
but the people are nice,they reach me alot of thai word,make me easier to communicate here.
day 11-almost been cheated
day11,124km,bangkok now.smooth day,my atm card return to normal,so i can withdraw money easily.actually i am staying outside bangkok city,which call Bang Pakok.
i found out ppl here like to "chop" toursit,everything also expensive for foreigner,haiz........
when i go in to the 1st hotel,there is just 480 baht top price in the price list,but when the staff knw that i m a foreigner,she just say the room is 640 baht,WTH......
i found another hotel that is stick to the price,although is alittle bit expensive,but is better for being cheated.
once again,so hard to online here!!!!!
i found out ppl here like to "chop" toursit,everything also expensive for foreigner,haiz........
when i go in to the 1st hotel,there is just 480 baht top price in the price list,but when the staff knw that i m a foreigner,she just say the room is 640 baht,WTH......
i found another hotel that is stick to the price,although is alittle bit expensive,but is better for being cheated.
once again,so hard to online here!!!!!
day 10-suprise meet
day 10,156km,phetchaburi now.happy day,meet Father Cheah Chee Moon on the road side.He cycle from Chiang Rai to Singapore twice before for Agape Children Home and he is on his way back home to Chang Rai now.
suprise that he know me,cz he saw my signboard in penang.after a good chat,he give me his hat for support,but i got nothing to return,so sorry.
and here is so difficult to find a place to online,frust......
suprise that he know me,cz he saw my signboard in penang.after a good chat,he give me his hat for support,but i got nothing to return,so sorry.
and here is so difficult to find a place to online,frust......
day 9-tour in prachuap
day 9,i m touring in prachuap.there is alot of nice temple here,like Wat Ko Lak,The "monkey temple", Wat Thammikaram.There are many monkeys live in the temple and a monkey fountain statue can b found around here.
I din go to this temple because i dont want to buy the food to bribe the monkey.They are acting like bandit and u will b surrounded by the monkey if u dont have any food for them.
the beach is beautiful,but unfortunately it start to rain when i wanna have my visit at the beach.
Here got alot of fresh and inexpensive seafood,there are many stalls set up each evening near the fishing pier along the beach. i like the night market here,alot of nice food n i try some of them,taste special,like the sweet potato,thai pork satay,and many more,just like a heaven for a people who like nice food.
oh ya,prachuap is just 10 km away from the Burmese border at Dansingkhorn,if u are interested,u can go to ahve a vist too.
I din go to this temple because i dont want to buy the food to bribe the monkey.They are acting like bandit and u will b surrounded by the monkey if u dont have any food for them.
the beach is beautiful,but unfortunately it start to rain when i wanna have my visit at the beach.
Here got alot of fresh and inexpensive seafood,there are many stalls set up each evening near the fishing pier along the beach. i like the night market here,alot of nice food n i try some of them,taste special,like the sweet potato,thai pork satay,and many more,just like a heaven for a people who like nice food.
oh ya,prachuap is just 10 km away from the Burmese border at Dansingkhorn,if u are interested,u can go to ahve a vist too.
day8-nice beach
day8, 174km, prachuap khri khan. Smooth but tired.The wavy road way made me very tired, legs shaking now(i think i will be champion if there is a leg shaking ompetition) ...... Shall i continue 2mr? phetchaburi 154, Bangkok 351, shall i go?
However,just now i saw a beach named noi bay and it is damn beautiful, so I decided to stay for one more day, and have fun at the beach tomorrow ~ and also
the historical park.
However,just now i saw a beach named noi bay and it is damn beautiful, so I decided to stay for one more day, and have fun at the beach tomorrow ~ and also
the historical park.
day 7-be strong my patner
day 7-196 km,chumphon now.don'tknow my bike can stand for how much longer.....when i cycle almost 169km,the brake stuck,OMG!!! luckily when i try to repair there is a district officer name Toi willing to give me a ride to chumphon and send me to a guest house.thks^^
and thks the bicycle shop owner to fix my bike and tune my gear.
my partner,please be strong,we still got a long journey to go.......
and thks the bicycle shop owner to fix my bike and tune my gear.
my partner,please be strong,we still got a long journey to go.......
day 6-rest
day 6-rest n blogging in hotel.jz knw that my hotel fee is not 680 baht 2 days but 680 per day,what the......due to language prob,again........
2010年7月8日 星期四
Day 5-diarrheal
Day 5,156 km ,surat thani now. I got diarrheal after I ride for almost 70 km, crazy for looking toilet and continue my ride. Luckily got an uncle send me for almost half journey, thks for that.
Stay in Siam Thani Hotel now, and I will rest 1 day here to recover my body.
Stay in Siam Thani Hotel now, and I will rest 1 day here to recover my body.
Day 4-tired
Day 4,196 km,thung song now. Kinda frustrate today because the wrong info from the GPS make me have to go for further 31km to thung song and most of the journey is uphill road.
According to the plan,I should have rest at phattalung ,but when the time i reach is js about 2 pm,i think is a little bit early,so i decide to go chulaphon(which is a medium city acrroding gps, and it just 55 km away)
who know the place is totally a different story, i cant even claim the place as a town,it is just a small village.i got no choice but to go 31 km further to thung song,and the terrible thing is,most of the 31 km is a uphill road,OMG!!!!
But the night market in thung song is really awesome,they got a lot of special food been sold including bugs feast. I try a lot of food, such as smoky beef, fried cricket, kaya pancake,blablabla.
3rd day-sorry,dunno thai
3rd day, 102 kilometers ,Hat Yai. After breakfast and farewell with my family and relatives , I started my trip with Mac.
Although Mac just ride for 6,7 km because the damage of his bike, he continue to escort me with his parent to the Thai border, really thank him for his support.
I am surprise that when I enjoy my lunch at Padang Besar, I been recognized by the owner. He praised my courage and take photo with me ,kinda shy.
Along the way, I found a lot of good Buddhist temple ,if you guy are interested in such building should have a visit here.
In Hat Yai, I spent nearly an hours to find hotel and restaurant that got wifi, thanks to Thai people don’t know English and I don’t know the Thai.
There is a funny thing is they take me as one of them, they just give me a Thai menu without hesitate, and just realised that I am a foreigner after I look confused.
Sorry, I do not know English.
Sorry, I can not speak Thai.
Our dialogue.
However, Hat Yai really is a special city, day and night is completely different. During the day you'll love her simple, but at night, but you find her horny side. Beside Ambassador Hotel that I stay, there is no less than four of the vice establishments, each has a pimp, one of them would like to do business with me,OMG, fortunately I run away quickly.
Although Mac just ride for 6,7 km because the damage of his bike, he continue to escort me with his parent to the Thai border, really thank him for his support.
I am surprise that when I enjoy my lunch at Padang Besar, I been recognized by the owner. He praised my courage and take photo with me ,kinda shy.
Along the way, I found a lot of good Buddhist temple ,if you guy are interested in such building should have a visit here.
In Hat Yai, I spent nearly an hours to find hotel and restaurant that got wifi, thanks to Thai people don’t know English and I don’t know the Thai.
There is a funny thing is they take me as one of them, they just give me a Thai menu without hesitate, and just realised that I am a foreigner after I look confused.
Sorry, I do not know English.
Sorry, I can not speak Thai.
Our dialogue.
However, Hat Yai really is a special city, day and night is completely different. During the day you'll love her simple, but at night, but you find her horny side. Beside Ambassador Hotel that I stay, there is no less than four of the vice establishments, each has a pimp, one of them would like to do business with me,OMG, fortunately I run away quickly.
2010年7月7日 星期三
day 2-preparation
2nd day, at my hometown Perlis, but I choose not to travel today,just to stay the day with my girlfriend and family and a group of friends .
Well, a friend's request, I will roughly sketch out the equip I bring along this journey.
1. Bike.
2. Helmet. For safety reasons, but I mostly didn’t wear because of the wether.
3. Pants. bike pants and daily change of pants.
4. Clothes. Common sportswear garments for cycle use, also with a few daily changes clothes.
5. Shoes. With the bike shoes and a pair of sandals, I wear sandals most of the times ,and I found out bike shoes is kind a waste to bring.
6. Medicine. Must, for urgent use.
7. Maintenance tools and spare tire. Very important, to handle specific case, also always pay attention to tire pressure, so it won’t puncture easily.
8. Camera and laptop. Snap the view in my journey and update my status.
9. Backpack and purse. Because of solo ride n without someone to take care my stuff, so I can keep valuables into the bag to take away, purse also allow me to put commonly used item such as mobile, wallet and other small objects.
10. Tents and sleeping bags. I think can buy later, because Thailand got city along the way, hardly can use.
thks to mac for helped me checking my bike.
2010年7月5日 星期一
D-1,Begin of Dream
From a sudden thought to achieve my dream, it take me 3 month, and the way seem so fantastic. July 3, 8:30 am, from Juru, Autocity,I began fantasy journey.
I never thought that, there will be so many people to support me, that really touching me.
Police escort also more than I expected , it make me feel like I am a VIP.
Of course, I also never thought that there will be more than 30 riders from Laksamana cycling club and TUDM cycling club will accompany me to Sungai Petani.
Be frank, ride together with these expert riders is really killing me but at the same time, they taught me a lot and because of them, I just found out that my bike haven’t tune up , no wonder I feel difficult when I ride.
With their help, I tune up my bike at a Sungai Petani bike shop, and it is really good to ride after that. Without them, I probably may be exhausted at the halfway, once again thank you guys.
In fact, there is one person I must thank, my buddy, Mac Gan. He help me to prepare since the day I decided my journey, and escort me all the way back to Kangar. In fact, I know he's tired, no less than I am. Brother, thank you.
However, I still can’t break the curse, I can’t ride back to Kangar ,not even once, there must b something happen. When I reach Alor Setar, Mac's mother call us and tell us Kangar had rained heavily, she remind us to be careful, and at the same time Alor Star began to rain.
In order about the safety and my health, Mac insist on using a car to send me back. Although I would like to insist, but when it starts to rain, I take the suggest of Mac, and this has become one regret in my trip.
Ps: because of my carelessness, I lost the red packets that billie and gary gave me, I really sorry about that , but I will put my efforts in my journey, as my apologize.
2010年5月24日 星期一
Finally,I made my decision
Without caring what people say
Yes, I decided, to ride alone to Taiwan,and yes,u are right,by a bicycle,I will make it to Taiwan.
When I tell this idea, most of the people are shocked, and even my buddy that always support me in everything in my life told me to give up the idea, but I just smile, because I know their opposition will only make me stronger, and of course they know about this.
This is life,my man!And this is what I am talking about!Adventure!
Life is a journey that been fulfill by adventure and we shall make it high!
Do not limit yourself, do not turn your back on your future,if u wan it then just go for it without hesitate!
Once again,wish me luck,thank u^^
Without caring what people say
Yes, I decided, to ride alone to Taiwan,and yes,u are right,by a bicycle,I will make it to Taiwan.
When I tell this idea, most of the people are shocked, and even my buddy that always support me in everything in my life told me to give up the idea, but I just smile, because I know their opposition will only make me stronger, and of course they know about this.
This is life,my man!And this is what I am talking about!Adventure!
Life is a journey that been fulfill by adventure and we shall make it high!
Do not limit yourself, do not turn your back on your future,if u wan it then just go for it without hesitate!
Once again,wish me luck,thank u^^
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