TOUR OF SIAM 2012 (DAY1, 2, & 3)

Day 1
Saturday,3 March 2012
Kuala Lumpur > Kangar

Day 2
Sunday, 4 March 2012
Kangar > Prachuap Khiri Khan

Day 3
Prachuap Khiri Khan > Nakhon Sawan

At the start of the journey we encountered some problem and not taking any chances we detoured back to Ah Wei's workshop at USJ. After confident that the problem was solved, we started our journey again at 5.30pm. We arrived Changlun quite late and decided to put up a night at Kangar, Perlis.

After breakfast, we drove to Changlun and purchased Thailand car insurance and proceed to the border. Border crossing was fast, as few vehicles at both CIQ. The journey started now and we had our first stop at PTT for cup of Amazon Coffee before heading to Chumphon. Stop for lunch at PTT in Thong Song town. Here they have the halal restaurant (N08*09'27.4" E099*39'58.0"). Proceed to Prachuap Khiri Khan and arrived at Had Thong Hotel (N11*48'17.2"E099*47'56.1") around 8.30pm. Here I am always facinated to watch the sunrise from the balcony of my room every time I stayd there.

Had breakfast at the hotel and continue our journey. Our next destination is Damneon Saduak, the famous floating market. As we were travelling along the route we spotted a signboard stated Sam Phan Nam Floating Market (N12*30'04.1"E099*54'56.0"), Hua Hin and decided to visit the place. we found that the area was newly open and not much we can see the place is not open for business, maybe we are to early ...... not wanting to waste time we proceed to our main destination. Arrived at Damneon Saduak Floating Market (N13*31'12.8"E099*57'31.2")before noon. The market start business from 8.00am - 12.00noon. From Damneon Saduak we travel to Nakhon Sawan and spend a night there. We found a Kareem Restauant (N15*41'58.6"E100*07'06.8") which served simple local dishes and happened to be next to the hotel we stayed... Asia Nakhon Sawan Hotel (N15*41'58.0"E100*07'05.3").

For more pictures please

https://photos.app.goo.gl/qo98JruV03q3OtJ73

Charity drive to Pos Tohoi, Gua Musang (25 - 28 Nov 2011)

For our charity drive we chose Pos Simpor, a orang asli settlement in Gua Musang, to receive the basic daily requirements. Encik Shamsul, a regular in visiting orang asli settlements, led the expedition organized by NGO and 4x4 gang.

With eleven(11)4x4 vehicles, we started our journey approximately at 9.00pm and re-group at R&R Behrang. 2 vehicles were overloaded and we had to redistribute some of the items to other vehicles. We then stopped at Simpang Pulai for re-fuelling and supper. When nearing to Lojing, we experienced thick fog with poor visibility and decided to stop. Coincidently one of our colleague was exhausted and rested, while some made coffee to keep awake and warm.




We reached Masjid Gua Musang in time for subuh prayers. After freshening up, we were called for a briefing. After breakfast we continued 60km to our destination, Pos Simpor. The journey itself was very challenging, the road leading to Pos Simpor was slippery uphill and downhill. A few days before our expedition it rained heavily and that explained the slippery road. Nevertheless all had a good time polishing up their skills on handling off roading.






We were about 20km to Pos Simpor when we met Jabatan Kesihatan staff who informed us that the road leading to Pos Simphor was impassable. Even with equipped vehicles they had to wait for 2 nights to come down. We still had another 20km to reach Pos Simpor and had a discussion with our group on the next plan. Everyone agreed when Encik Shamsul proposed for us to visit Pos Tohoi, a settlement which we passed through earlier. We made a u turn and proceed our journey to Pos Tohoi which houses 120 families with a population of 500 people.





It was Saturday late afternoon when we finally reached Pos Tohoi. Everyone sighed with relief, tired but determined to carry out the charity work. After arranging the vehicles, we unloaded the contributions to an allocated spot. While that was happening, some help setup the kitchen and cooked a simple dinner for the volunteers. Saturday night was wet, cold and after dinner most of us slept early to catch up on sleep and rest after a long tiring day.

Sunday was bright and sunny and a celebration day at the settlement. The orang asli were feted to coqcodok for breakfast(fried anchovies balls). After breakfast, our group packed ready the contributions and later the volunteers and orang asli assembled at the school hall to give away the packed donations. In the late afternoon, some of the volunteers visited their homes and had sessions with the children while other volunteers helped out to cook nasi beryani ayam for the special dinner. The orang asli were early and waited patiently for dinner time scheduled at 6.00pm. It was sheer satisfaction to see them enjoying dinner and felt really good to be able to be with them.






On Monday morning, we had early breakfast and dished out food to orang asli during breakfast. After eating, some volunteers and orang asli went round to ensure the areas are cleaned and rid of rubbish. Others packed and loaded their belongings onto the vehicles as we had to travel quite a distance back to Kuala Lumpur. Before we departed, we took photographs for memories and bade them farewell. We hope that some day we will be back to visit them again.



For more photos .......
https://picasaweb.google.com/PAKMID/CharityDriveToPosTohoi2528Nov2011TheBeginning

https://picasaweb.google.com/PAKMID/CharityDriveToPosTohoiGuaMusang2528Nov2011AndTheJourneyBegin

https://picasaweb.google.com/PAKMID/CharityDriveToPosTohoiGuaMusang2528Nov2011MakingThru40KmOffRoading

https://picasaweb.google.com/PAKMID/CharityDriveToPosTohoiGuaMusang2528Nov2011OrangKampongGetTogether

https://picasaweb.google.com/PAKMID/CharityDriveToPosTohoiGuaMusang2528Nov2011DinnerWithOrangKampong

https://picasaweb.google.com/PAKMID/CharityDriveToPosTohoiGuaMusang2528Nov2011TillWeMeetAgain

Ulu Bernam 09 - 10 October 2010

It was much awaited trip after Ramadhan and Hari Raya holidays and was sure a memorable one.


A large signage was posted prohibiting 4x4 vehicles to enter the usual route and we had to find alternative route to go in. Luck was on our side as we were given permission by the resort's owner to cross the river and proceed to our destination. The resort's participants watched anxiously as each of the four vehicles took turns to cross to the other side of the river. Some resort to capturing it on camera as each vehicle glided its way in the river to land.
















The route was pretty much the same except for the overgrown lallang and shrubs, a sign that the route has not being used for quite awhile. The second river crossing was tough as it has a soft bank with boulders in the way. One has to carefully manoeuvre the vehicle to free of the obstacle and continue journey. There were no other obstacles until we reached campsite.























We were here last year but this time around, the place is unkempt. We still made the best of it and had a good time with the gang. One of our friends actually drove all the way from Penang to join the outing and he actually had a good experience......

















Please view the link below for more photos

http://picasaweb.google.com/pakmid/UluBernam910October2010

KEMBARA - ASYIK KAMI PRIHATIN ("Kandek Sayeg Ma Nyob")

Kembara.net and Asyik FM bonded together for community service of the Orang Asli at Pos Blau, Gua Musang, Kelantan. The objective is to donate food, improve education awareness, health and spirit of helping others.

We were given a rousing traditional welcome by the Village Head and villagers and enjoyed the "sewang" and groove to the music beat.

























For more photos, please view the link below:

http://picasaweb.google.com/pakmid/KembaraAsyikKamiPrihatinPosBlauGuaMusang56Jun2010