Ekachai, Adisorn and Pukkie

Khun Siva krub,Yesterday we took Adisorn for a real ride (first long distance trip).I have promised Sorn for a long time to ride with him to some nice place.Pukkie joined and witness the ride too.Thanks for the inspiration you gave me two years ago when you took me on myfirst ride to Khaoyai.Cheers.Vehicle : Adisorn Ducati Monster 800 Pukkie BMW F650 GS Ek BMW K1200RDestination : Granmonte Vineyard, Khaoyai via Prachinburi sideLunch Menu : Linguine with prawn in white wine sauce Grilled Cod fish inside vine leaves with anchovie sauce Grilled Aussie tenderloin steak topped with foe grasWine : Kirimaya chenin blanc 2004Traveloque:6:45 Riding passed the Central World Plaza (former world trade). Lots ofcars on the street. Met a big group of scooters (100s) came in couples.Ek: Some thing is wrong here... Why this Manga-sai (scooter bug) came soearly? Why lots of them are on Pra-tu-nam area early morning?Front page Bangkok Post today "Yesterday morning 6am around 200 motorcyclestook over the street in Petchburi road and organize a road racing causingtraffic to standstill...! One policeman was ran over by gangsters whilerunning.Ek: Lucky me. If the Police hold up those gangsters middle of the road, Imight get caught with those Manga-sai too...!? Hell freezed over.7:00 at the meeting pointPukkie: I never come to meeting point alone and wait for you guys to showbefore. I hate waiting.7:30 at Amazon Cafe, PTTPukkie: Where is Sorn ka?? Will he come? Walking back n forth between7-Eleven n her Bike n Cafe'7:35 Finally show up.Sorn: Can i have breakfast? So early and very hungry too!7:45 Time to go. Crossing the bridge of Huay Kwang and meet smilingPoliceman standing mid-way hands out.Ek: So early Mr. Policeman?? Probably my bad day cause i just came out ofPTT gas station 100 meters away.After s few chats, I told him i gotta leave for Khaoyai, he patted me inthe back and i left. He walked towards Pukkie and...Policeman: Are you sure you can go?? Can't say otherwise lah si? Already inthe road chai-mai-lah... Then he laughed.Pukkie: Keep on smiling.... then go.8:30 Pit Stop at Cafe' Boran (old coffee house) in Nakorn NayokOwner: Oh you ride motorcycle too..? She's been seeing us on bicycle formany times.My husband used to ride Japanese 750cc. So scare... too fast for me.Then she took her kid (very small girl) to see our bikes.Brunn...bru..unnn...!9:30 At the south entrance gate of Khaoyai National ParkTicket Woman: Three tickets sir..? Where are the rest? Why are you and yourbike alone at my booth?Aren't they coming too sir..??Ek: Yes they will come. Just the slope here is too steep to park andsomebody feet is too short for the turtle back road surface..!10:30 Pit Stop at the Park office. We were drinking Gatorade and chatting.Suddenly a local bird (Nok Ei-ang) landed in front of Sorn on Pukkie's niceand shine helmet.Sorn: This bird is very aggressive na krub. (The bird just landed in themiddle of table some 30cm from Sorn-Pukkie-me triangle) Finding nothing onPukkie's helmet, it jumped to Sorn's helmet then chit on it then fliedaway. What the H....? Leaving white/greyish mark on his helmet.12:00pm At Granmonte vineyard. All six staffs in the cellar room all comeout and watch us parking our bikes. Feel like a motorcade. Cos...No otherguests at the time. Greeting by the owner-Khun Visoot while walking to therestuarant. Long time no see.At the outside patio under the tamarind tree of the Italian restuarant:Pukkie: I can have only one glass of wine.Sorn: Me too, only one glass.Ek: How much does it cost per glass?Pukkie: A bottle cost as much as three glass. So instead of ordering three.Get one bottle then.Ek: Fine, I will take back the rest then.13:30 Still drinking until the bottle became empty. The sunlight wasovershadowed by cloud. Nice cool breeze.14:00 Sorn: Better take some nap before we head back home. So tired nowafter those ride, those food, and wine.15:00 Rain came. Got coffee and run back into the roof. Near escape fromshower.15:15 Rain stopped..! Dressing up prepared to ride back16:00-17:00 Rain, shower, storm, rain17:00-home No rain but very cloudy in the city.