Adieu Thailand

As I sit in Suvarnabhumi Airport waiting for my flight back to New Delhi I look back at the one week the Helmet Stories crew spend riding around Thailand. From riding out of the madness of Bangkok to marvelling at the temples of Ayutthaya to Khao Yai where we rode on some of the best stretches of Tarmac ever. It's been a great week and we shall soon be back.

Finally Bangkok

After 7 great days on the road in Thailand we ride into Bangkok and bid an emotional adieu to our Kawasaki's.

Sanctuary of Truth

Our first stop before we ride out of Pattaya is the Sanctuary of Truth.

Highway to Pattaya

As we leave the country roads we hit the highways to Pattaya the beach is calling.

Kun Pra Kron Charn dam

We started the day by riding up to Kun Pra Kron Charn dam. Now onwards to Pattaya.

A time to ATV

We went tearing around the Thai country side on a couple of ATV's maybe it's time we got a couple our selfs and do a trip in the mountains.

Paradise Road

Can't wipe the smiles of our faces 27kms of the most awesome roads we have ever ridden on.

Roads get better

Awesome roads thought Khao Yai National Park. Nice sweeping turns with great tarmac and a grippy Ninja 650 make for a great ride.

Crotch rocket fun

Harsh seems to be enjoying the Kawasaki's and getting into the groove.

Khao Yai

We just rode into Khao Yai national park let the fun begin.

Time to eat

Helmet Stories awesome rum raisin ice cream coming up. Order your scoop quickly and obviously we have used more rum and less cream.

Fuelling up

Harsh and I are not used to these kind of bikes but we are having a ball Harsh is on a Ninja and I am on an ER-6n.
Today we are off to Khao Yai where we leave the highways and hit some country roads can't wait.

Trading in

Trading in our bikes for the local form of transportation maybe a bit more fuel efficient i should think.

Directions

Stopped at a 7eleven for directions but the language is making it hard to communicate. Someone drew me a map but apparently I am 80km from Ayutthaya .

Where am I

I have not seen any bike from the crew for a long time now. I am lost let the adventure begin

Morning Bangkok

It's a time to ride.

Ready to ride

I am flying out to meet up with Harsh in Bangkok from Delhi since I was in Chandigarh holidaying. His flight should have left by now but I just got through security and Immigration. Now I am sitting and waiting for my flight to be called with my coffee reading an article on my ride to Uttrakhand published in Xbhp magazine this month.
I think they just called my flight. So keep watching this space for more on our Thai adventure.

Where are you going now? Where will you be tomorrow?

The nice chaps at Tourism Authority of Thailand want Vir and me to promote their wonderful country as a motorcycling destination so we promptly said yes to this concluding ride of 2012.
We've been to Thailand before, shopped like crazy in Bangkok, lazed on many of sun drenched beaches on their many 'Kohs', gorged on street food fit for kings, partied till the wee hours at Khao San Street... But never before have we ridden motorcycles with any kind of purpose there.
What better then to go for a 1000-km ride over a week to catch a glimpse of the 'other' Thailand? For our first time we'll keep to Central Thailand looping around Bangkok in a wide circle. Once we get our motorcycling 'legs' in Thailand, perhaps we will do a tour in the North near Chiang Rai, something that has been on our to-do list for a while.
So come back, check the blog for our most excellent adventure in Thailand for tomorrow, it's a time to ride...