Penang – Hat Yai (Thailand)
Georgetown, Penang – Hat Yai, Thailand 220km 34’C
Well, as it turns out, the famed Penang laksa that I so desired was found and consumed, along with a big plate of lovely char kway teow. But alas, the laksa woke me up at 1am and had me bolting to the bathroom in real hurry. Oh well. I guess it is better to have a luxurious bathroom when you need it in the middle of the night.
I woke up at 7am and headed for Hat Yai. Crossing the border into Thailand was easy this time, it was fairly quiet and only took 20 minutes of queuing and paperwork before I was free to ride into Thailand.
After 10 minutes riding, I happened to glance down, and realised that I was now wearing part of Thailand all over my jacket. A combination of a direct-hit of birdshit to the left chest, a smattering of brown dust and an overall covering of diesel particulate from a truck I’d passed earlier. Welcome to Thailand! It was just a short ride then into Hat Yai and an early check-in to the hotel where I’ll meet some of the Malaysian BMW club members tonight.
With little to do in Hat Yai, I took a stroll of the markets and enjoyed the first Pad Thai of the journey. On the walk back from the markets, some random guy walking in the opposite direction grabbed my nuts! Again, Welcome to Thailand!
Now it is time for a massage, and more food.
LOL – Thailand sounds great 🙂
C’mon be honest… the “random guy” and the masseuse were one and the same?!
I never ended up getting the massage! I wasn’t game after being groped up on the street!
Have a save trip, Luke
ERWIN
Bloody typical Luke – I was in Georgetown for work the same time you were there – sorry I didn’t realise mate, would have been good to hook up 🙁
Looks like you’re having a FANTASTIC time pal.
I always remember my old Gran’s advice when I was off on one of my murderous and highly secret Special Forces operations in darkest Africa – she said in her croaky old voice “Laurence – Don’t forget to put a new pair of undies every day now, will you” Well I took her advice, but I don’t really think she knew what she was talking about – after a week, I couldn’t get my trousers over all the underpants I was wearing…….
By the way – there have been a number of phone messages left on your Verizon desk phone from some bloke called ‘Pornsack’- said something about meeting you on a boat with 10 men or something???
Bugger! We missed that chance for a cool refreshing beverage in Georgetown. Would have been great to meet up.
I am having a great time indeed.
You are probably wondering why your previous comments never made it to print?? 🙂 Well, my grandmother reads this blog too, and the spam filter picked those up. 🙂
Stay in touch, if you are in another city I’m passing through? Although its getting remote now.