I had planned to take a ride to Songkla lake in Thailand during the recent Deepavalli holidays as i got a few days off. Unfortunately northern Malaysia and southern Thailand suffered one of the worst storms of the last 10 years and the whole region was under water.For example Hat Yai was under upto 3 Meters of water.

So i put my plans on hold but i had to ride yesterday as there was only one day of vacation left.

The weather was gloomy and a mild drizzle persisted throughout the 2 days but the touring outfit i purchased in Switzerland really lived up to its billing.The state of Kedah was really flooded and part of the highway had to be diverted. Reached Songkla lake by 2pm and spent some time exploring.

Then i learnt that while the other parts were flooded the beachside had to deal with cyclone like weather,with large trees lying everywhere

Early morning  on the Malaysian freeway.

                                                                      Shiny for now.

                                  

Flags of the countries i've explored so far.

                                                                          Only time the sun was out.
                                 Rest stop in Ipoh. A lot of riders were out .

Winding roads up the hills.

Finally reached the border.

Quick stop for local road tax and insurance.

Streets of Dannok.

Finally reached Samila beach and found a room here.Nice garden and parking.

Room was not too bad either.

View from my balcony.

After a hot shower........a cold beer  ; )

Nice decor.

Now to survey and explore the surroundings.

Fallen trees were every where.

This fishing vessel had been blown ashore. 

These are not small trees.

Nice beach though.

The famous Samila beach mermaid.

Nice.

And the equally famous Naga.

Its quite big.

Trying to be artistic  ; )

Nice boulevard.

Bike had a long day.

Fallen trees all over  the forest.

Lots of them.

The next day i took a slow ride home as the roads were wet.

Overall a really nice ride. Saw a new place and got to explore.

Now the planing for the next destination starts

Thats half the fun.  ; )

Cheers.

Kota Kuala Linggi is an old fort on the Melaka Straits built by the Dutch a few hundred years ago.

Since i like to ride to new places , this was one of my ''to see'' places.

Left early morning and took a nice ride via the Sepang F1 Track road.From there took the coastal road from Port Dickson all the way to the fort.Spent some time exploring the ruins and left via the excellent Seremban- Port Dickson freeway. As it was a Sunday there were a lot of bikes out and 2 Porsches and a Ferrari were a sight to behold as the drivers were putting the pedal to the metal  ; )

Early morning on the freeway.

Nice sweepers on the village roads.

R&R at Port Dickson.

Hazy morning at the beach.

                                                            Finally reached the Fort.

                                          Time to walk up that hill ( i hate walking).

Almost there.

Some history.

                                               
                                                    The interior of the Fort.

                                                

                                                 Cannons on the far side.

                                                 Make loud noise - go BOOM .                                                          

                                  
                                       You can see the sea in the background.

More cannons.More BOOM.

These are facing the river inlet.

                                        Local material used for the wall.

                                         Walking on the wall proper.

                                 Looking down from the fort.You can just make out my bike
                                  at the bottom.Those abandoned ''resorts'' really spoilt the view.

''B'' roads on the way back. 

280 km total .A nice ride finally.
Cheers.

BMW Malaysia launched its Motorrad Division last night and unlike Ducati events ,all bikers were invited.

A few of my friends were supposed to meet up there but many other events on the same night due to the Moto GP weekend screwed that plan up.So only my fellow FJR rider met up there and we took in the party from the parking lot to the loft.To give credit where its due, BMW hosted a classy launch.  Food ,drinks  ,  eye candy and a club like atmosphere could make you forget that you were in their showroom.That is until you see the 2 wheeled models next to the bar   ; )

See the sexiest bike ? hint --look left

                                             A very nice RT

                                                 Adventure

30th anniversery livery

Oooooooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh 

Non Adventure 

                           

                                         Very cool ambience

Look at the screen above the bar  

Guess whats playing  : ) 

Live band 

Overall a very enjoyable evening.

Cheers.