Bitten by The Travel Bug...

“Numbing the pain for a while will make it worse when you finally feel it...” - J.K. Rowling

(Still blistering and sore...)

It is less than 2 weeks since we came back from our Kembara Kemboja.

While some people prefer to stay in the comfort of their home and rest, our restlessness, our impassioned spirits, our love for the open road, and our desire to wonder the world have urge us to travel again. And I can’t even wait for my leg wound to heal.

Tonight, dear hubby and I will be flying Qatar Airways to Madrid via Doha and will be spending a week in Spain and another in Morocco. This is our 3rd trip to Spain but our first to Morocco. In Spain, we will be visiting Madrid, Toledo, Cardoba, Seville, Granada and Torremolinos. And in Morocco we’ll stay in Algeciraz, Tangiers, Fez, Meknes, Marrakesh and Casablanca.

This year, I am spending my 57th birthday in Madrid enroute to Casablanca… Yeay!

My Overseas Travel: munmus.blogspot.com

2012: Kembara Dana Madrasah Kemboja...

“Travel is not a reward for working, it’s an education for living...”

2012 Kembara 4NR Dana Madrasah Kemboja...

Total mileage: 6,900 km

Route taken: Malaysia - Thailand - Laos - Kambodia - Thailand - Malaysia

Bikers gang: Mus/Mun, Din/Yati, Syawal, Zali, Taufik, Kitwan, Bakar

Alhamdulillah… We are back home after a 14-day 4-nation ride for a Kembara Dana Madrasah Kemboja. The journey was from 18 Oct 2012 to 31 Oct 2012 covering more than 6,000 km. 

7 motorbikes and 7 4x4 vehicles took different routes through Thailand, Laos and Cambodia for qurban and infaq activities organized by the DMK group to be distributed to remote areas in Cambodia.

(The bikers and 4x4 team group photo)

(After solat Eidil-Adha at Masjid Kg Kendal, Cambodia)

My Overseas Travel Blog: munmus.blogspot.com

Next Trip: Spain/Morocco 2012...

Thailand: 3-Nation Charity Ride to Krabi...

"Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine..."

(5 - 6 October, 2012 in Krabi, Thailand)

Krabi 3NCR

Total mileage: 1,900 km

Route taken: KL - Hat Yai - Krabi - Hat Yai - KL

Bikers gang: Welly Advanced Bikers

This year we joined 23 other bikes in the first motorcycle event jointly organized by On The Road Magazine and Welly Advance Bikers in conjunction with the 3-Nation Charity Ride to Krabi, an annual event which has been taking place since 1994.

(A group photo before flag-off)

(Safe convoy from KL to Krabi)

(A welcome reception at Hansa JB Hotel in Hatyai)

(Meeting and event venue at Black Crab View Point)

(Bikers convoy around Krabi)

(Releasing fishes at Thalan Bay)

(Lunch at scenic Noppharat Beach)

(Two of the  Malaysian delegates...)

 
Overseas Travel Blog: munmus.blogspot.com

Next Trip: 2012 Kembara 4NR Dana Madrasah Kemboja...

Pahang: Sunday ride to Cameron Highlands...

“The journey not the arrival matters...” – T. S. Eliot


(Early to arrive at Welly's...)

(48 bikes lined up ready to roll...)

(Different makes, different colors...)

(A short briefing before the journey...)

(Waiting in line to refuel...)

(The ladies taking a break too...)

(A mishap at one sharp corner...)

(Checking on the unfortunate bike...)

(Bikers stopping to assist...)

(Stopping at a strawberry farm for fresh fruits and juice...)

(Ripe strawberries ready for harvest...)

(Sweet honey in cute bottles...)

(Slow and cautious ride home...)



Total Mileage: 520 km

Route taken: KL - Raub - Sg Koyan - Ringlet/Tanah Rata - Simpang Pulai - KL

Bikers gang: Welly Advanced Bikers

Soul Mate...

“Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.” - Robert A. Heinlein



(Pulau Tioman, a decade ago...)



We share a single soul…
Fates soft embrace
A tale many times told
Then usually laid to waste

An age-old rhyme
We all but actually hear
Cutting swiftly through time
To covet what is near

remember the soul…
it knows our name
give us all we need to know
and how it is we became

- G H Ballinger -