ROad to PONTIANAK ...Pemoda Story

CROssing BOrder  d' legal way to ............

                         ......Kalimantan Barat.........

... d' ONly entrance Border Check IN  is through ... TEBEDu ....... Malaysian Border  to a nearby town named ENTikong.....Kalimantan Barat..INdonesia ...

ASk me ????? .........................

How far to Pontianak d' capital city of Kalimantan Barat ????

Simple ...NOt Farrr.... looking at d' map ....almost similar.....

                               ......................d' road from SIbu to Kuching .......

Yess ..... d' actual route is about 314 kilometers ...... from Entikong to Pontianak ...... IF Uuu calculate..... roughtly d' least only FOUR hours..... journey ......????..

Butt ...... do NOt count.... d' accuracy of mind calculation ..... right ......

............pending ..... conditions here .......

............d' surface of Kalimantan roads ?????

                                ............................weather ...... nn .....more ......

PEModa Hardcore Bikerz ...joined Sarawakian Bikers.... 

                                ..............................at Border point..................

Kuching to Serian ...now Serian to Tebedu ......

.......almost 100 kilometers ..took about 1hour 30 minutes .......

...stopped twice at Filling Stations .............

Last at ...Tebedu...... border Petronas Filling Station ..............

                                      ............before proceeding Border Check point .....

Passports .......at Immigration counter
                     ......... custom ............. police .... nn ......transportation

                     .....for...vehicles' declaration should be ..done here........... 

At border ........easy purchase HP sim card .......or.. made a report call .......
             ....called .... to dear loved oneS ..................................................
...Husband ...at home ...I'm .... ......Mimmi.....   UUu ......OK

                    ........ONe ............of ... TWO ladies... Sarawakians ................

....MOney Business ....... money change...
.....Brunei $$ ..to Rupiah ...... Malaysian Ringgit to Rupiah...
D' REst ...... wait ... wait ..... waittttt a minute .......got rupiah already ..........

Free....POsting whenever got d' chance .....every second .....each minute ....
               whille people here still appreciating d' looks of most bikes............

Pose with Border post ......escorts ....Police....... to accompany  bikerzzzz....

Still awake ....... strong ........  happy ....nn ...cheerful ......

........times past ............. minutes ...........hours .......................................

....so ...sleep ...sleep ...sleeepppp .............................................eeepppppp.

where were .......Uuuu Haji Zaimeee .....   ?????????????

Razaaakkkkkk.. watch out ...

              ...........Uuur .... nice Harley .... DOn't  ...LOst...hold ...ah ..?????

NOt really .................tidor - tidor AYam ..............

ah.... hhh .............sure just soft ground ....eeehhhh

Sarawakians    .............. left..moved out checking point ... first .....

Ours .... so Vehicles' inspections ...... customs ...Ok ...than proceeded ...out... BUt ...... HOld..... on.

Waiting Group had to solve .........their machine ..... monster.....

.... stranded .................LEnd ... Harley mechanics ..........PLEase..

A Bit of Luck ....Raining.........  so Pg AriFfin gave ..helping hands...(look at his umbrella) .....took cover to shelther Boyzzz ....our man mechanics..
                                 so................to make motor engine running ................

 ........... so sorry ........... NO Way.............. needed more tools to repair......


ONE hour...small but great different ......as in Kalimantan Barat........... 
                    ours ......almost 3.00pm.... at day light ..................
But .. here  ........... just.....  2.00 pm  ....

................... half an hour ..passed .............nn .........
                    .................d' weather seemed NOt too kind enough .....
.................... r .....a .....i.....n....i.....n.....g...........

Hungry........????  .... of coz....... followed d' POLice Car....................
LUnch .........still nOT taken since left ENTikong .................................
First ...eating place ........ looked NIce...... ample parking space .................
...d' building ...with Minangkabau ROOF .....(iF I'm NOT wrong)......
so  clearly called .... IF Uuu looked closer ..... RODA MINANG ........

Leaving ....... once ...STOmach ...fULL ....... until .... nOt too far............
First .......refilled Station .... those to refuel .......at Pertamina .............
Our tanks still Full ............ there would be another sTOP for refuelling .....

............... so ....... gettiing darker...... Night came ................

.............. photos stopped here .....coz.... travelling at Night .....needed more precaution .....beware of poor roads' conditions .... potholes ...... earth ..... road's surface ...... seemed ......everywhere all along ...as raining kept ON pouring us........

To cut short d' story ....

.............stopped at Sungai Pinyuh ..... penyu ...

                                                                        .... as should BE ....spelt....

.....For Refuelling ........... all BIkerz....

assembled nn waited here ..... more to come..... till ..... LAte Night .....

But .... still... we had times .......... to ease ........

                ....................our 3000km Iron Butt............

Coffee shops still opened ................ late Night............


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Sungai Pinyuh .... to Pontianak ..... was just 50km ......
Night Riding........needed patience .....
                                  .................as in ... a group ...convoy .......
Arriving almost 1.00 am ......... or ..12 am midnight .................. here............

Going straight to this hotel .........
                     .........riding passed... bridges ....many streets ... junctions......
 ............ along...Jeneral Ahmad Yani Road ..... going roundabout
....nn .. turned right ......nn ..next ...LEft .... later landed ... stopped at  .........
a new block of ....building ....... behind ....
                          a popular Shopping ... MALL.................
                                  .........................here...........in .... Pntianak ....... 

ORCHARDZ HOTEL .............
                               ......Pontianak...


                    .... so .... meanwhile... LEts ... our President.... finished their discussions ...dealing to sort out things  ... with d' organizer
 ....representative
                                                                  ....IDham .....  ?????
So..think of ...to Night .....eeeh... already morning.....
                                 ................rooms to rest ..... nn ......
                 ....tomorrow ..... nn ...d ' days .... coming .........