27th July 2019 A fun day ride out from Chiang Mai with my friend Opal, who was testing out a brand new Suzuki SV 650. She messaged me to invite me along, seeing as I had a change of solo…
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I am often asked how I cope with riding for long hours in fairly hot temperatures (up to 46 degrees Centigrade / 115 Fahrenheit). I don’t have much in the way of fancy cooling gear, except for my mesh motorcycle…
Ghost Festival! (5th July 2019) A 1090km round trip, with 625 km’s of ghosty antics on the outbound ride (and a few days of weird happenings leading up to the trip), but once I dropped the ghosts off at Dan…
“..quick question – would you be interested and available for a small photoshoot next week? I need to take some images of the Ducati desert sled for Kevin from Dart motors.” – Project brief: easy trails and dirt. Nothing extreme. Ooh,…
This border crossing guide is based on my crossing from Chiang Khong to Huay Xai in November 2017 and also in May 2018. I have successfully crossed into Laos at this border on two occasions. The first time was with…
This border crossing guide is based on my crossing from Chong Chom to O’smach on 27th March 2019 and exiting out from Cambodia back into Thailand at the Choam / Sa-Ngam border on the 31st March 2019, based upon a…
(14th February 2019) The Chiang Rai Singha Park International Balloon Festival is a spectacular annual event, where participants from 14 countries (including the United Kingdom, United States, Switzerland, Brazil, Philippines, South Korea, Taiwan, Austria, Latvia, Germany, Italy and Japan), all…
I’ve had quite a few people ask me about fuel options when riding in Thailand, particularly rural or mountainous areas. Not so much a concern for the bigger bikes with large petrol tanks, but can be concerning when on a…
(16th November 2019) Having recently recovered from Bronchitis, I was beginning to feel the blues at having been sick for so long. I had already missed out on a fantastic rider Memorial Ride (GT.Rider) the previous weekend, so the doldrums…
Temples! There are so many interesting and unique temples in the region that it would take forever to compile them all. So for now here are some of the most interesting/remote ones I have come across. I will update each…