SINGKawang ..to ...PONTIanak ..BIIBBF Riding

Coming to PONTianak ......  ...expecting ...  WHAt ...????

YEs .....LONg ..tiring journey ...offering ...LOTs of....riding......of cOz......

     ....d' THEme..............called ...BIKe FEastiVal......

.....  MOTorBIKIng Found .... mONOtonous ...... for some  ............... eeeem

......repeatinG..... all d' way ...d' same description ....  same stories .............

                      but....... wait ......... Look at d' photos ..........

...........  ZUL ......... HOG members (looking ...at Him with Harley) .....BUt..... he is a truly obedient PEMODA ..........once U knew him .... to uderstand him

OnlY ....ONE ...PEMODA .......

ALL participated Riders GOt numbers ...Numbers .......indication as tool for counting ...So..

063 .... my number actually ..........

SATurday .......JUNe 9
 ............morning breakfast ...... ready .....as early as....(two different timing ..... as shown...d' clocks on wall ......d' right clock a little FASt...... eeem...... this was ..... Kalimantan Barat's time....  ok

Backup vehicles  a few  ....reponsible for................Collecting ........
Emptied rooms  ...nn.............sure... before checked OUT ......................
              So..........X tra luggages........ to be sure all in d' car.................

 8.30am..................all ....bikers.... ready at d' Hotel DAngau ....
           Tall RAzak ....nn.. d' man with white moustach was Pa' LIm Guan....from KUching .....Yes ...considered .....strong ...aging biker of 70 years OLd....... a sporting man ..... 
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 GReen ..PAlms ....well nice ...planted.................at d Hotel  ....... .......
................ Memorial friendly ...pose................with dear BIkers.......
                     .....from both .......Bruneians ....Sarawakians....




............. rare chances ........... so..as many .... photos taken .....

    ........ Ibrahim......Mimmi  ...Tawau Lady Biker.....

 ............at .. glance ...d' scene......  surrounding d' hotel.....
People ready......mostly BIkerz...patiently waiting seated ...... 
                                                                       ......as time concerned ...
...........participants' bikes occupied most parking ground.......

Local Police came to assist with ..... cars ....bikes ..............................
                        ..............(also.... rare similarity ....to mine ...eeeh) .....
                                     

Here ....Left-right  ...........
......MImmi Sarawak ....Liing2 ... Mimmi Brunei .... Tawau Lady Biker...

.............showing series of moving views ..........
......BEGan.....  Running d'MOTOrs' engines ..........................................
............. LOts of BIg machines ....of about 300 ...or more ......bIG Bikes....???
Leaving Hotel ....followed..PEMODA  .....d' last Convoy's GRoup ..................

  .......d' route went .. to familarise last look .... SINGKawang CIty ..........

 ONce too many ..... Not surprising ...stuCK in d' mid busy street.................
          .........allowing  chances ...cameras taking... by curious bikerz...........

................. sharing d' city's scenery .................
Clearly ..SPEELs OUt............ I LOVE SINGKAWANG......
 .......here ..Tall BUildings......rare...only few to be counted.............
.... but .... small machines (motors) ...people...... commonly  seen on streets ...

.......... passing .....  city's streets .......

...............Singkawang .... KNown its popularity ............ for   many temples.......... a structure like on  d' road ..... emphised on ....... something Chinese.... regard as....powerful ...... DRAGon..... Golden Dragon...  right in d' centre of d' street ...... as a divider ....or ....a roundabout ...???

 .......Going south ......
......d' Convoy ... passed through common views ........ original GREen scenery..... plantation ....bananas ...cocunuts..... nn.. houses built on low land areas near to road side .......small local projects .... industries refering transportation ..workshops .....  schools ...   with .. students ......

.................... so our journey ...witness ............. Lives scenery....................
POlice already made known of our journey to south ......so d' police traffic REady to control.......vehicles while .....ON roads......    
BUt today...Saturday...MId Day's...surprising........another..... LIve.... real  TOUching ...scenery...

...................WEDDing DAy.........
       wah.....  look ..at d' group ....moving  ....d' Groom ...n  ..family .........

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LARGE BIllboard...... people's posters ......
.................... quite Day.........  Flags.. Indication ........supporters ...of sort

Found too much ...traffic jams ...Convoy slowing down...
............. raining ...... so to avoid Saturday traffic Jams ....d' convoy converted to turn Left to a much further inland road to...TAYan....before crossing Kapuas River to Pontianak City.....
........coincidentally ........ RED supporter Party ......   Voting time for d' people to choose their leaders....... as being informed...

............... LAte AfternOOn...
Singkawang to Pontianak ... 
          ............ just a two hours journey of  about 145 kilometer...............
Arrival at d' Location ...... directed to a confirm Hotel....as most participants to stay here .......while ... some had own choice in mind....

 ............. New large location .........huge parking space available ......ALL bike able  to be  arrangeD .....at d' edge of d' two parallel blocks of  buildings.......
(d' Location was FIrst ...used ...introduced to Bikers ......when we came here to attend... in April BIkerz Gathering ...... remember ..!!!)

 .............. at d' BIIBBF site ......... fast moving booths from Singkawang ..... were already....here following d' customers .....ready to serve ......................
                     .............  jackets ..... helmets ...caps ..... more ......................
(d' Alients' skulls ....LOOked - like .......... varities' helmets on SALE ..)


ORCHADZ HoteL ........... once here.....
Individually............. so busy selecting ROOms.......
                 .......some so LUCky ....finding  d' way....... to early...entrance....

....in short....................
............ Hotel ORCHADZ ..........
             ............new....IN this area of PoNTIANAK.....
           ....as part of d'popular  brance from other side of d' city ................
Took d' opportunity...loCAtion  very near to shopping areas.... MAll............

................. room.... sharing two Large bed........aaaaaa..     only

Finally.......settled ....... nn ...OUting ...
.... so .......at d' hotel 's compound..........another looked at ......d' booths 
                                    ......... ..selling ..MOtor's ..merchandise ............

..................... finding FOOD Court.........
............... just a nearby ...end of d' Hotel's block  .....a different sort of ... REstaurant... (d' manager ..d' owner had been  in Brunei working few years at ..... EMPire Hotel)

.............. so ..d' hotel ...convenient to all .....
................ were... U able to spot this place in POntianak......?????

 Popular MALL ...A YAni............(d'name refers to General Ahmad Yani's road ..infront of d' mall).... d' last Six - seven years.......as Far as I could remember.......i WAS HERE when it was still on construction ....!!!

Free Day ...spending times at ....
                         .....MEGA MALL AYANI
......... Pengeran Malik...Abdullah ..Haji Sarkawi ... Yakub ....Ali ....Alex ...
.......  others could be somewhere around this  mall too .......................... 
............. d' building ...so huge to serve ..........
....d' Population of POntianak...........
                    .............nearing 5millions..???

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REsTAURANT....... EATING  places...everywhere .............
 ......    coz ......business ON with ...hungry people around .........................
.............. a view of an eating place ......... somewhere in d' city's suburb ....


.............. a break for awhile ......ok