Monday 5 November 2007

Royal Malaysian Naval Base in Lumut - Part II

Next stop Navy fleet.



Mr Arie - dear organiser of this trip and his wife


Another lovely couple .....


The ship we were visiting located at the end, pictures taken along the way -










No 29. This was the one we boarded. We actually went all the way up to the Bridge Deck, and it was air-conditioned! Duh! But hey, I had to experience to know ain't it? We also visited a few other rooms but strictly no camera allowed inside the ship tho.

This ship normally sails with one of the Super Links, in fact this kind of ships were built specially for Super Link. There is a flight deck on board and the whole chopper can fold up and park inside the cargo area.








It was 12.30 noon and we were hungry. We thanked the officers and we left.
Took some other pics along the way



Chongie the poser and Peh Ling in helmet


Back to Arie's in-law place around 1.30pm - food!


Thanks to the hot sun, we managed to dry some of our stuffs =)




Arie's mom in-law is a famous caterer and her cooking is well known amongst bikers ... burp! Unfortunately for readers but fortunately for us, they tasted so much better than they seem on the picture =)


After some scrumptious helpings of food and drink and food and dessert and food, we rested awhile and changed to prepare to hit the road to KL. We left around 3.30pm.

It was around 4.30pm while we reached Bidor before entering the N/S Expressway. Check out the scary sky -



As expected, we caught in the rain and it was way too hard and too dangerous especially having a precious pillion. We stopped a couple of times and managed to meet some of them in one of the rest stations. Check out our gears - dripping wet =)





Had a drink and it was late for dinner with guest waiting at home, there was a sign of rain getting lighter so we proceeded our journey and managed to reach home at 7.15pm without getting too much rain - not that we can get more wet anyway =).

Hot meal waiting after shower. Hmmmm ... it's always about food for a Malaysian ain't it? ;)

Saturday 3 November 2007

Royal Malaysian Naval Base in Lumut - Part I

Posted 2330 hour the night before:-

Itinerary on Sunday, 4th November 2007:

* 0530 hrs - Bikers gather at Esso Station, Sg. Buloh R&R (northbound)
* 0545 hrs - Ride briefing
* 0600 hrs - Depart to Lumut
* 0715 hrs - Refuel at Bidor town
* 0815 hrs - Arrival at Arie's in-laws house, Sitiawan
* 0900 hrs - ETA at Royal Malaysian Naval Base, Lumut
* 0930 hrs - ETA at Mutiara Armada
* 1000 hrs - ETD to KD Rajawali
* 1010 hrs - ETA at KD Rajawali
* 1100 hrs - ETD to warship
* 1105 hrs - ETA at warship
* 1200 hrs - Visit around Base
* 1230 hrs - ETA at Mutiara Armada
* 1330 hrs - ETD to Arie in-laws house
* 1345 hrs - ETA at Arie's in-laws house for lunch
* 1500 hrs - ETD to KL

Posted the day after (Monday):-

Woke up 4.30am, clean up, had some light breakfast, did some routine check and off the bike we went. Stopped for petrol and tire pressure checking hence being 20 mins late for rendezvous at sg buloh, tho I wasn't the last but, sorry guys =).

Impressive! It was around 6am and 40 bikes were there.



Left the place around 6.15am and reach the first stop around 7.30am - Bidor


10 mins fuel stop was up and we continued the journey toward Setiawan. Took some pics halfway



It was drizzling all the last 20-30km to Setiawan. Surely but safely we arrived at organiser in-law's place. We were approximately 30 mins behind scheduled due to some missing bikers and rain. Anyhoo, we managed to stay touch and continued the journey. Damn that morning was wet. (I had no idea just yet =)

It was around 8.50am then -


Hmmm .... nice kuih and fried mee-hoon for breakfast. I just had teh tarik


We arrived Malaysian Military Base around 10am. Parked our bikes and left our (wet)gears at a local electrical shop(!?). Buses arrived shortly and off we went.




First stop, the most sophisticated helicopters in Malaysian Navy - Super Link series and some trainer coppers







Raj : The bottom part is actually a powerful spinning radar and what you are looking at is some sensor for ....
Arie : Huh? This morning I farted damn loud and smelly dei!!!!!


More pictures - I have also taken some interior of the choppers but I don't think it is wise to post it here, let me know if you want them tho


Notice the hook above James and myself? That thing can only hold 250kg -





We spent like 45 mins there posing, taking pictures and asking a lot of questions - a typical one from a Malaysian - How much is it ah? ;)