My First Tour - West Coast, South Thailand

The calendar have been made available for my first tour on the first week of May. There's the Labour Day break on Thursday and that would be perfect for a stretch of long leave including the weekend. I need to plan loads of stuffs, not just the tour stuff but also my family. I need to make sure that all routines faced minimum impact during my absence especially schooling, tuitions which will have to be dealt with by my other half. A week gone, out of the country is the least I need to spend in a year for my tour. Praised to Allah s.w.t for making it easy for all of us.

The planned tour was to take the west coast of southern Thailand. The rest of the tour buddies have probably toured these places but this is my second time crossing the Malaysian border into Thailand. 

The floor plan was to take the night train from KL to Padang Besar on 29th April (Tuesday) and start the tour straight from Padang Besar to Pak Bara the next morning, 30th April (Wednesday). That should cover a ride distance of approximately 90 km.

1st May (Thursday): A night stay in Pak Bara should be good for the legs before the second day long ride northward to Trang, 110 km.

2-3rd May (Friday and Saturday): We shall spend two nights in Trang, supposedly able to tour around the town and the popular Pak Meng Pier and beach.

3rd May (Saturday): The longest ride in the tour which shall cover 150 km from Trang to Satun (back down south). Two nights were arranged in Satun when we missed the train ticket back to KL for Sunday night.

5th May (Monday): We shall ride from Satun back to Wang Kelian and Padang Besar to catch the 6.30 p.m. train back to KL.

That should be the longest trip for me up north into neighbouring country. The whole week will be spent mostly on road. The floor plan is necessary as a guide. What's waiting for us on actual event are precious adventure.

Day 1 - Padang Besar to Pak Bara, Thailand

Day 2 - Pak Bara to Trang

Day 4 - Trang back to Satun