Having survived the tunnel of death I reached Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan! I arrived late at night I ended up at one of the most popular Overlander hostels. I planned to stay so I could do a service on the bike. I spent a couple of days trying to get (and not necessarily succeeding)... Continue Reading →
This country was a big mystery to me, I hadn’t done much research on it and I wasn’t even sure that I would go through it when I was sitting in my comfortable computer chair at home planning my route (What I would give to sit in that chair as I write this!). Looking at... Continue Reading →
What's my plan? Long story short: Find a beach in Thailand and wait it out until I can continue through Malaysia and Indonesia. Cold beer, food and trails to ride nearby the beach would be perfect. The full story: 6.3.20 I’d planned to go to Vietnam on the 11th. On Friday the 6th March I... Continue Reading →
Laos blew me away with its amazing mountains, pretty waterfalls and most of all it’s relatively untouched by the western influence once you go outside of the tourist attractions. I arrived from Cambodia, to me there was an instance difference. The landscape was much more green and the trees had returned! First stop was the... Continue Reading →
Contents: What I was carrying & how it snappedMy 4,000km temporary fixThe long term fixThe reinforcements What I was carrying & how it snapped: As those of you that have been following me will know, I snapped my subframe in India! Yes, I was carrying too much but don’t we all?! (23 kg right on... Continue Reading →
25/11/2019 - 26/11/2019 Entry issues Entrance: TachilekExit: Huay Xai Before entering Thailand, it was known that it there could be an issue with been able to ride my bike through Thailand. About 1 month before I tried to enter Thailand, a group of other travelers tried to enter and came across a problem. When they... Continue Reading →
19/11/2019 - 25/11/2019 I was greatly looking forward to seeing Myanmar but mostly getting out of India do to reasons mentioned in the India write up. (India write up coming soon!) I had met 4 out of the 6 others that I would be traveling with by the time of the night before. The group... Continue Reading →
Memoirs Of A Motorcyclist 