Share the road?

Posted on May 6, 2012 by adi

Riders should respect other motorists if we were to earn their respect. We should ride on the left side of the road as much as possible. There are no reasons that riders to conquer the whole road.

In a cycling event, marshal should not stop the traffic too long that will anger other motorists. From my experience, it happened a few times that the flow of traffic were stopped for very long until most of the motorists were out of their vehicles with angry faces.

No one should ride like this. The whole road was not meant only for them.

Unnecessarily blocked the traffic.

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Cheap Umrah Air Ticket (Kuala Lumpur – Jeddah)

Posted on May 1, 2012 by adi

If you are adventurous enough, you can buy air tickets from Kuala Lumpur to Jeddah for umrah for less than RM1,500. Normal price is more than RM2,500.

For example, you can fly from Kuala Lumpur to Chennai India by Airasia for less than RM300. Then fly Chennai-Jeddah-Kuala Lumpur by Saudi Airlines for just USD381. After conversion, the total cost will be around RM1,400. For 10 days, accommodation, food and transport will be about RM1,000 per person based on twin sharing in Makkah and Madinah. So the whole umrah package will be just RM2,400 and also having the opportunity to explore Chennai.

Saudi Airlines and EgyptAir offer good online prices. Play around and choose multi-destination for more exciting trips.

InsyaAllah, my next trip will be Kuala Lumpur – London – Cairo – Jeddah – Kuala Lumpur by EgyptAir.

Internet is not just for facebook!

Any question, post in the comment section. For visa application, please refer here.

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MPSPK: Why fun ride?

Posted on April 30, 2012 by adi

Why fun ride? I don’t think Jamboree, which now mostly turn to JamboRace, is for me. It used to be fun. Meeting people, making friends was the objective. Enjoying the scenery and different terrain what we look forward to.

  • In fun ride, I don’t have to worry about the placing I got.
  • In fun ride, I can get my family to join
  • In fun ride, I’ll get t-shirt. I’m not excited about wearing body-fit-jersey
  • In fun ride, I’ll pay less to join.

I used to know a lot of riders when joining an event, but now I only knew a handful.

MPSPK organised a very good event. It was held at Tanjung Dawai and was joined by more than 300 riders. A good t-shirt and refreshment for just RM15. Total distance is 34km.

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Great Adventure for Birthday

Posted on April 24, 2012 by adi

This trip was planned mid of last year. April is the birthday month for me and my wife. This is sort of gift for each others.

There is nothing great about this trip except we booked nothing except the flight tickets. The trip was full of suspense. We did not know what to expect when we landed in Delhi except what we read on the net. We did not have any idea where to look for cheap hotel in Makkah and Madinah since both cities are under intense development. There were so many uncertainties.

After all the planning, Alhamdulillah, the trip was a success.

A lot more postings on this trip will come. The posting on food and places we visited in Delhi. The posting on tips of DIY-umrah and how much the food and hotel cost in Makkah and Madinah. A little of Arabic does help a lot during our trip.

The brief of our journey:

  1. Day 1 – 6 April 2012: Alor Setar – LCCT (by Airasia) – KLIA (by Bus). Sleep on airport chairs
  2. Day 2 – 7 April 2012: KLIA – Indira Gandhi International Airport (by Malaysia Arlines) – New Delhi (Metro Train) – Jamak Masjid. Check in hotel there.
  3. Day 3 – 8 April 2012: New Delhi Sight seeing and shopping
  4. Day 4 – 9 April 2012: New Delhi – Agra – Taj Mahal (by Taxi)
  5. Day 5 – 10 April 2012: New Delhi – Madinah (by Saudi Airlines)
  6. Day 6 – 11 April 2012: Madinah
  7. Day 7 – 12 April 2012: Madinah – Makkah (by Saptco Bus) – Umrah
  8. Day 8 – 13 April 2012: Makkah – Umrah
  9. Day 9 – 14 April 2012: Makkah – Umrah
  10. Day 10 – 15 April 2012: Makkah – Umrah
  11. Day 11 – 16 April 2012: Makkah – Umrah
  12. Day 12 – 17 April 2012: Makkah – Umrah
  13. Day 13 – 18 April 2012: Makkah – Umrah
  14. Day 14 – 19 April 2012: Makkah – Umrah
  15. Day 15 – 20 April 2012: Makkah – Umrah – King Abdulaziz International Airport Jeddah – KLIA (By Saudi Airlines)
  16. Day 16 – 21 April 2012: KLIA – Jalan Duta (by Taxi) – Alor Setar (by Bus)

Thanks to Mohd Adnan, Hj Arsad, Shapiah, Haslizan Hassan Omar, Sohaimee, Hasanin bin Ahmad, Md Nayan Bahari, Jagung Mas Travel, Asari Murni Travel, family and friends for making this trip possible.

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Visa for Umrah

Posted on April 5, 2012 by adi

Applying a visa for umrah is not as easy as other visa. You cannot simply apply yourself but have to go through an umrah agent. Agent in Malaysia has to engage an agent in Saudi (Muasasah). Some muasasah insist that you must have accommodation and  transportation arranged first before you can apply for visa.

I called Utas Travel and Gemilang Travel, but they only arranged visa application for the one who took up their umrah package.

At last someone told me about Jagung Mas Travel. They charged RM350 for the visa. They applied the visa as if I’m traveling in their group. For cheaper alternative, I heard someone doing it in KL for RM270.

The Visa condition: You must enter Saudi within 30 days from the date of the visa. So the earliest you can apply is 30 days before you are due to enter Saudi. Your stay in Saudi must not exceed 30 days.

After all the suspense, I finally got my umrah visa. InsyaAllah, I’ll arrive in Madinah on 10 April and travel back to Malaysia from Jeddah on 20 April.


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