What in today?

22 Aug 2010








A day in the farm. The usual stuffs.Sometime things do go wrong tho still time to ride around

Johor Trip

23 August 2010








In early June 2010, 3 riders, 3 different type of motorcycles rode to South Johore from Kuala Lumpur. The centre piece of the ride was Meeting fellow bikers from Pahang in Johor. On the return leg, we stopped at some historical sites. The most important to share is the British WW2 Bunker along the Rompin primary road. Still strong and useable though looked very tired from the weather.

Good ride with good company of Nolan and Soldier. Amzah

Trip

21 August 2010

I have been silence for a long time. To open my blog the computer seems to need for a WD 40. Ho ho! Anyway, I am not at all forgotten about updating this blog. No reason but only have to say I am lazy as there are not much traveling stories to tell. You know what, over the span of 6 months ago I have been busy sorting out my small farm in Perak. Good excuse? You tell me.
As anxious as every biker preparing for a long trip, me no difference. Next month I will jump-start my RTW dream by covering the UK, Ireland and some parts of Europe. The rough plan is to tour Highland Scotland and Ireland before ride into France,Spain, Portugal, Italy, Germany, Holland and back to UK b4 return to Malaysia.
Budget. This is always every rider Q n A. I estimated to spend about RM25K. Hmmm..quite on a high side? Dunno but I am going for a shoe-string budget.
Thats a short update to get me into second, third, fourth and fifth gear on my Camel. Wake up Camel, it riding time!!

Daily travel to Pelita Academy

18 February 2010

Salam to all. Guess what, the Chinese New Year (Year of the Tiger) celebration has just passed us by. To my Chinese friends all over the world, may I wish you a belated Happy Chinese New Year. More good health and prosperity. As the electronic takes the place of snail mail, it was quite a job to get New Year cards to send!Alas! the snail mail still, in my mind rules the everlasting mode of remembering someone. So, keep the snail mail going yeah?

Back to travelling. Daily every morning I travel some 100km away from the busy capital of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, to a small hill side town called Kuala Kubu Bahru (KKB), at the foot of the Fraser hill resort, to attend the STCW class at the Pelita Academy. KKB,as glamorously called is an old British Army town during the Colonial days. The rows of shops remained the same; built in the 1940 plus. Passing through some thick undeveloped secondary forest and government toll lands, the early morning is always cool, fresh air and foggy. The winding roads to KKB make it more exciting to ride your bike. But, some stretch is quite undulating and marked with potholes. Worse, very often I find water buffaloes and herd of cattles lying on the road! You know why, the road provides warm temperature over the nite. I am going to miss this environment once my course is over. Safe ride.

Camel n Red Spot

3 February 2010






After a year alone, Camel has found a new company the Red Spot (Honda CBR 929). Alas! Camel is for real long distance runner while Red Spot routine ride if you like. Meanwhile, my maritime studies with Pelita Akademi continues. Pics above, Camel in his stable at home, me and Red Sport somewhere in a quite village and my fellows study mates. Study and sport riding blend well for me. Cherio!

New Edition to the Stable

16 January 2010

Salam to all. This year marks a new beginning of this travelling blog. The RTW prep for this year focuses on timeline and alternative routes. In general, on average I am phasing out the trip into various countries to be visited; i.e stay of within 3-4 weeks per country. That being the case, I will plan to cover 6 countries (Thai, Nepal, India, Pakistan, Iran and Turkey) in 6 months before entering Europe. For Europe it is passing through as quickly as possible before ending the 1st phase of the RTW in the UK.
BTW, I have add another "Camel" to my stable. The Red Sport. Honda CBR 929. A quick look below:



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Makkah Trip

27 Dec 2009

May I wish you all a belated Merry Christmas and next week a Happy New Year 2010. Yes, a year older for everyone and its getting nearer. You guess what I mean.Back to my main topic. On 12 Dec 09, I safely returned from Saudi Arabia. Guess what, after 44 days in the holy land, each time I pray the feeling of distance from Kaabah and sadness is difficult to mention. Of course the best part is to come home and life must go on.
28 Dec 09 - At Kelana Jaya, Kuala Lumpur we arrived before sundown,already the were huge crowds overflow the small waiting area. Families, relatives, friends waiting to bid farewell for their love ones. As though they never coming back again. It was drizzling that day. I met for the first time my room-mate to be .Mr Khalis Nasir or simply Pak Khalis. The rush hour to check-in was madness! Hey! Why push and jump line? Aiyo! Is this the normal way? Confused. Anyway, we finally get on the bus and we are on way to the airport. By 0100, the 747 took off and the journey begins.....