CAITA DAY 2 Ipoh - Hadyai

15 OCTOBER
Today,our destination is Hatyai, Thailand
We were given our lunch box, the convoy rolled out at 815, and headed to Sg Perak R&R for refuel. This is our first top up since our initial topping at 2nd Link. The average consumption was 8.39 km/l, not bad for a 3.5 SUV. We calculate the range we can expect is appox. 600 to 650 km per tankful.
We reached Batu Kayu Hitam and topped up again to prepare for the LLLOOOONG 900km tomorrow from Hatyai to Bangkok.
This time the fuel economy improved slightly to 8.48km/l
Clearing thai Customs was smoother with the Carnat then normally without. We reached the BP GRAND Hotel, Hadyai at 3pm.
After 2 hrs power nap, Harold and I ventured out to explore the shopping scene. We walked past the very first foot massage shop, and seeing the shop keeper, a pretty decent looking young lady, invitingly asked if she can massage our feet. Feeling rather tired from the drive, we decided to pamper our aching legs.. As we sat down on the reclining chairs, we had a unusual surprise.... Remember the 'topless car wash' joke? where passing motorist was enticed by the signboard offer topless carwash. After the motorist has paid and seated whilst the car are waiting to be washed, FAT 'TOPLESS' GUYS walk out of a room to wash the cars. Well, that's what happened to us. We were massaged by a coupe of transvestites. Oh goodness me.. I remarked about the topless carwash and we both laughed. About 10 mins into the massage, Harold's situation improved a little. His mussuer change and a plump girl took over. Well I just suffered in silence. OKOK the laugh is on us and hope you enjoyed it.
Tomorrow we head for BANGKOK, 900km away. The organisers have taken my suggestion to start the day earlier at 7am as we hope to reach BKK hotel by 6pm. We are expecting a hard and tiring drive because we expect to be delayed by the infamous BKK traffic jam, and after a long journey, it is not funny anymore
We had just finished our dinner at the hotel, and after this blogging, we will look for bird nest soup. YUM YUM.

Cheers
William and Harold
9pm local time