We left my place at 6.20am, and by the time we cleared the Woodlands Customs Checkpoint, it was already 7am. We took the North-South highway and the plan was to exit at Nilai / Sepang. Traffic was brisk and well, Eric is a fast driver. I'm not going to reveal our average speed but we got within 10km of our exit by 9.30am. You can imagine the highest speed the little Audi A1 achieved during long stretches of clear traffic haha.
During the journey, we only made 1 stop for smokes and the loo. So, naturally, as fully grown male adults, we were hungry as hell. And since we were early, because the gift collection only opens at 10.30am, we had a really long 1 hour breakfast.
After a nice plate of Nasi Lemak Ayam Goreng and a glass of ice coffee, we made our way towards our destination. We knew we were close after 10 minutes of driving when we saw the entrance to the Sepang Circuit pits, but that wasn't for us. We continued further and saw this.
If you see this, where I took this photo, you're very close to the main entrance. But well, I was too focused on getting a nice shot and missed it haha. The main entrance is about 50m further down the road, from the photo. You will be able to see this landmark from pretty far away, so look out for the left filter onto the road leading to the circuit's main entrance.
Finally, we've arrived!
First stop, the customer service counter. Passed the counter officer our gift certificates and got our Adidas MotoGP 2012 jerseys, yay! Rafie, Yi Yang, I don't know your sizes so I got us all mediums haha.
Since we were already there, we took the opportunity to explore the place. Man, it is huge! It takes a while to walk from the entrance to the main grandstand and the scorching sun wasn't helping.
I'm glad we bought main grandstand tickets because the view looks really good. It's very close to the starting positions, as if we could just reach out and touch the riders.
And the back straight.
Weather didn't look too good, so we made our leave. Not before we took a final photo.
Before going back to Singapore, we wanted to have a look at the hotel we booked for our MotoGP weekend. Concorde Inn Hotel. It was just a 10-minute drive to the hotel, perfect location for MotoGP fans.
Our hotel package comes with breakfast so we went to take a look at the restaurant. We got hungry again haha. I ordered a tenderloin steak.
It wasn't cheap. 42RM, which is about SGD$17. Very close to Singapore prices, and the portion was pathetic. But hey, it's a hotel restaurant.
We finished our lunch and left the hotel around 1.40pm. Filled up the petrol tank and went back to Singapore. I opened my house door at 4.45pm haha. That night at a friend's birthday BBQ, I told them that I drove up to KL for a steak lunch and drove back, just in time for dinner haha.
2 more weeks to MotoGP week! Can't wait!
Signing off. Ride safe people.
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