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Thailand Trip Reports

a trip report banner image for Phi Ta Khon Ghost Festival in Dan Sai, Thailand

Ghost Festival! (5th July 2019) A 1090km round trip, with 625 km 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…

trip report for Ducati Thailand. Desert Sled. Chiang Dao.

“..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,…

hot riding in Thailand

(9th May 2019) Hmm..seems I am possibly developing an iron butt. Not in terms of km’s per say, but in terms of hours in the saddle on tight twisty roads, on my 250cc. In fact, I sort of dislike even…

Singha Park International Balloon Festival trip report banner

(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…

a trip report for Bua Tong Sunflower Festival. Camping tent and motorcycle.

(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…

a motorcycle trip report for Phetchabun

(August 2018) Not every plan turns out golden and I have a fair few regrets on this ride, but none-the-less I have no regrets about setting off on the ride itself. If I were to wind back the clock, I…

a trip report for lamphun

(27th June 2018) For some time I had been meaning to visit both Wat Chalermprakiet and the Khun Tan Station, but somehow never got around to it. With an impending GT.Rider (fab website and forum for rider info) meetup planned in…

Supermoto dirt track, Thailand

Ride taken: April 2018. Hot season.This route can be bridged with other routes as it links onto the 1095 road to Pai and the Wat Chan route to Pai.  Route Taken: (Google Map Link) <– there is a dirt road…

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(March 2018) Samoeng to Mae Win (off-road), then a long loop back to Chiang Mai(via rural roads). *NOTE* For a full route map and download link for a Garmin route go to Ally Taylor’s webpage.Many thanks to Ally for linking me…

A trip report banner for The Pai Loop, Thailand

(February 2018) A fun ride with (party people) friends, with the focus being not just the ride, but the nightlife of Pai. So this trip report is a bit of a social and fun one, with an update on how…