5TH ANNUAL PHUKET BIKE WEEK IN SOUTHERN THAILAND
The thunderous staccato of bikes firing up in the darkness must surely have disgruntled the guests trying to sleep in the hotel that morning. A predawn exodus, though, was deemed necessary to get through the metropolis of Bangkok before the sleeping dragon of a vehicular gridlock awakened and lay in wait.
Like a para-military operation, the rumbling procession wended through the ill-lit streets and obstacles of the seemingly endless road construction that changes the appearance of the route each year. By early light, our intent was to be far beyond the labyrinth and well down the highway ahead of the heat of the day. It is a good 500 klicks down the sole artery between the north and south plied by the convoys of trucks and buses (in the left-hand lane where motorcycles are supposed to be as well) before we can escape over the mountains to the west and the scenic coastal road.
The Annual Phuket Bike Week (pronounced Poo-ket) on the island of the same name in southern Thailand has been our premier road trip of the calendar for 5 years now: Typically a journey of, including exploratory forays, which will see us across 3000 kilometers of roads.
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