Thursday 15 January 2015

Le TOUR de BORneo 2014 ...FiNal Journey ...


Today d' final.....Le TOUR de BoRneo .......    ...... date......
                    ................... should reach home....by....22nd December...









so........ 
maps as ......   route guides........ ....... 

a summary........ 
Sunday 21 December 2014..... 1.20pm...

Planning Route....... inner coastal north..... through mountainous  Pitas Road   ...........
                              Sandakan......... to   Kudat.......... on tip top town  of Borneo   .........







Finally ............................................ 
             Kudat....  KK.......... Brunei




1.20pm
Weather....... raining









Leaving...... town with  d' help.Tawau lady biker Malinda








First early stop.......
             ........ FULL tanks.







Stop over ...... to refuel.......


                 .Raining Heavily ........................
                                            ................. soaking all d' way...........
                 







Keep ON Riding........ until to a three junction... 
                                             Tawau........ Sandakan.....KK..... Pitas..........
                                             Turned right ........to a 24 hours Filling Station.......









Earlier...... INfo .... to Sandakan Bikers  to wait at
            d' meeting place .......... Filling Station..

                        represent Sandakan Bikers..........   receiving Momento.....








a group picture................... leaving soon to Kudat




Dark Nite when ...Le TOUR de BOrneo bikers group..... passed d' route...

Pitas Road....... followed to d' right.........  a short way to Kudat..  avoiding .....without following d' road to d' left to Kundasang..........Mount Kinabalu road.......This road leads to Many corners.... hilly ..as d' roads passing mountainous range......... dividing North - North East..... at some places ........ dark .......thick forested.........rocky surroundings........ few huts ....houses...... lights only...from few passing heavy vehicles ..................

KUDAt..........  in short
                                               
                   around...Nite still   1.20am    .......... arriving d' sea side town Kudat.....

Stopping near d'  seafront......... Raining ........... again.....
                                              (so ...found a 24 hours restaurant........a hotel nearby)






UPPER DECk HOteL....... Kudat





Monday ..... December  22....2014....Final Day.......
Next morning .....ready checking out...... early.........

FULL tanks... fuel



















on d' way ...........found a suitable place.....morning  breakfast










Road to KK










Looking......left hand side............... Mount KINABALU..............


so a good idea to have a group picture with d' background.............  we 'er here..




another place another stop.......................





 

NOOn...... lunch by U own... 2 hours here ......in Kota Kinabalu........








Roadshow ...continued
Meeting another KK Sabah bikers.......... to receive ....Momento




Leaving soon KK  ...........  sorry..I was late ......aaaaa  ..........3.15pm








 ............. of coz..... U  remember d' Landmark ............ a seaside town.. Sipitang




Border .....Sabah.....Sarawak......... late day ....nearing to dark...









arriving at d' border post....7.45pm.........  
                     ................so on time .....bravo


CONgratuLatioN    ...............  bros...





well timing......... a success TOUR....... 
                               LE TOUR de BORneo 2014 ..........roadshow.






Last Not Least...... as in ....
                                           Media Permata...15 January 2015 ...














Tuesday 13 January 2015

Le TOUR de BORneo 2014 ... TAWau days







Tawau... bordering town near Kalimantan, Indonesia   .....a busy port..... fishing industry..... once ... passengers' ferry landing at d' jetty ..... lots ...purple shirt workers interrupted d' walkway.... asking luggage to be carried.... while d' fishes' smelt also bothering d' atmosphere.....here ...

Passengers..... had to walk ......where locals.. foreigners....  asked to... Q.....
                                                   ..........  line.... up for passports' checking........... so did
Le TOUR de Borneo 2014 group ... minus... TWO..... as they went ... nn.... stayed in NUNUkan d' same day ... as forwarding management to finalize  settling d' motorcycles' declaration ..... located at Nunukan office..... 


           .                                     so.......d' TWO .... slept overnite in NUNukan....


 









  at.. a glance.....
... location ...towns... route...........
             ....where....
d' Tonkang boat carrying 
             our motors should be...........









to extend .....
    ....our acknowledgement ...
Tawau Bikers sent his man with a government van to pick us to d' hotel...... eeemmm thanks... 
















at a nearby Tawau  Kopitiam... 
 ......to meet... dear bikers' brothers...


............ a group picture.... without .......... PEMODA President......











so....d' next another nite....
.... arrangement another meeting once President was here  .. at d' same meeting place.....



so formal...... x changed.... nn ...Momento.. to ....Malinda represent Tawau Bikers...



........ still in..Tawau
.........waiting.......... another day............





to kill ..times....
walked around....... made visits....... places
pictures to remember...





.......... waiting another time.... another Day.... another story..


Visit Dry Market. down town.... near d' port......... so tend to see... spend......few R$..s....
......a child U might thought..... yess... followed d' group... saying... if he could help.... rather begging.......so he was offering his service... porter BOy... a 12 years old.... talkative Miikail...Not in school in December ... his father passd away... so dependent on his mother as.... said......  .... ok ........ a sad story....  
                    ................here his picture carrying d' plastic bags....



Curry House ...... meeting place.....
Hotel.....  just .... next door

Meeting.........  meeting.....    so ..Eating........




..in short......U might ...consider...... 
Times.......flied ..past......... minutes....hours....  DAys......
Today Saturday..20 December 2014......(already THREE nites in Tawau)



Sandakan Bikers.. joined...... had SEAfood.....




















Tawau Bikers......at least helping hands to contribute solving...... out difficulties.....
               SEa FOOd dinner... still have good....jolly mood term....... avoiding stress.....







TODay....SUNday 21 December 2014.....
President stood to EXPlain..........
Briefing.... today could be...finally....as waiting as fruitfully come true....




to EXplain d' EXCuses... reasons.... could be fatal... politically...    nOt mine.......   too
                                                          ............anywhere..as heard...observed.........
Indonesian.... borders...as heard.... even President JOKOwi wanted to have clean Indonesia....
Given... slow boat took ... different route...... river instead sea route................ eeemmm
              stranded...cause Tide... sea tide at Nunukan badly effected d' boat..... eeemmm
              nO fuel ... NO gas.... LOng queue..... to fill in...............at Nunukan ............ ooooooo 
               Emergency... SEa border..Malaysia-Indonesia... nOt allowed  sea movements at nites...
              actually........  captain little or non knowledgeable  ...as qualified loads  forwarding.......
                
  proofing............. as mentioned contact Indonesia Bikers.. Police Chief in Nunukan .............
                      ...... documents not/ late to submit ...... as authorities.. port..custom etc needed..
 Tawau Bikers.... as advise... requested a Licence Agent Tawau-Nunukan to help out   d'boat using his to have d' landing right into Tawau port........
                           so a  CASE ceased.............  solved....
                            .... might more........ reasons  ........... 4 Days ..delayed....

    Sunday   ....Landing Day........ a request at a different section from d' port area....
























arrived...only to see........ almost all.. bikes......... on land.....










Rudy... Harun... were d'1st.......... to d' port.........
                              happy when all had been settled out today...... Thanks......................






collected....bikes...rode back to hotel.....  ready for d' noon ride...... 
                                                                     possibly Long hours.. Riding... 







NOT least .. a gathering... Lunch at Tawau Kopitiam.. with ..a few Tawau Bikers ...........
......in return....    nn      ........thanks .................. given out ..Momentos   ........................



...............  a group picture.......................
Ready........... to another route ...............