Wednesday, August 3, 2011

River Crossing ?

Wait 2 hours in Denpasar Int.Airport.
Takes 4 hours flight back from Indo.Bali.
Wait for 2 hours at Lcct then another 1 hour home.
Finally 5 hours drive from Seremban to Kulim.

Well, what worth to be recorded is the last 5 hours drive.
Just after Damansara Toll, I crash into walls of rains. Wave of strong wind kept my speed down to 60-70kmh. After the heavy rain, tick mist. Then the rain again, then misty. The cycle repeated until I am out from North South Highway.

Take a small road back to kulim from Bandar Baharu. Small rain and mist kept visibility low. Half of the journey, saw opposite car flashing spot light to me. Then I saw a smoking motorcycle on my right.
"Oh shxxxxt!~" I crash into a pool of water. The road are flooded, deep. The "road" just gone. Flatten by flood that looks more like a river crossing. I can feel the impact dropping speed from about 60kmh to 20kmh. The gearbox changed gear from 3rd to 2nd ..  Without any options, I step on gas.

Water covered my head lamps ... car pushing hard. At some part, water up to car bonnet. Barely navigate base on some reflector stick that usually on road site.

Worst, what's a head is strong current always pushing me to right. With luck or the force with me, some shallow point of the tar road always allow me to navigate back. Then I notice on my left and right is just sea of moving water, not knowing what's in front. Plan for the worst, I open up my windows just in case being wash away. Not too long later, I saw lights from opposite direction! I know I am close. The lights is from a jeep stopped in front of the flood. 

Instinctively, I tough the car flashing light just to notify me on that, until I focus back to the road. There are no road lights around and if not the bike besides, it's just plan dark pool of water. Weird things is, my car interior still clean and dry ... hmmm...

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