Vietnam – motorbike GS Dakar RTW overland adventure traveller
I loved my time in Vietnam. Getting into Vietnam took longer than other countries even though I arrived at a remote border with the visa already stamped in my passport. Everyone smiled and instantly made me feel welcome. Vietnam officially known as the Socialist Republic of Vietnam with an estimated population of 90 million people is bordered by China […]
Days 370 & 371 – Phuket – Penang (Malaysia) / motorbike GS Dakar RTW overland adventure traveller
Left – 9am & 8.30am 10th & 11th April 2015 Miles rode – 440 (704km) A long ride the first day, 300 miles, especially as I’ve been so lazy the past week or so. The following morning I felt on top of the world. I stayed in Hat Yai last night, I was so pleased […]
Days 361 to 369 – Phuket (Thailand) / motorbike GS Dakar RTW overland adventure traveller
Left – 1 day riding around Phuket. 2nd – 10th April 2015 Miles rode – 110 (176km) A week of luxury staying in a friends apartment that happened to be empty. I relaxed swam and went to the gym every day. The apartment was on a lovely complex in a small village by the sea. […]
Day 365 – 1 year travelling The World / motorbike GS Dakar RTW overland adventure traveller
Left – 1 year ago 7th April 2014 – 7th April 2015 Miles rode 22,900 (36,600km) Countries visited – 28 What about my F650GS Dakar? Tyres – 3 sets, (1 x Mitas E-07 / 2 x Heidenau Scout K60’s). No punctures! Crashes – I slid down a wet road in Croatia for 10 metres, hit a cow in […]
Day 360 Bang Niang – Phuket (Thailand) / motorbike GS Dakar RTW overland adventure traveller
Left – 11.30am 1st April 2015 Miles rode – 56 (90km) A short ride to luxury today. A good friend has an apartment in a really lovely place by the beach which was empty, he said I could stay there. Wow, it’s like a palace! Having spent the last year staying in budget accommodation I […]
Days 358 & 359 Bang Niang (Thailand) / motorbike GS Dakar RTW overland adventure traveller
Left – I didn’t 30th & 31st March 2015 Miles rode – None After two days of riding I decided to have a couple of lazy days. The first day I got up late and had the first coffee of the day at about 11.30. As usual I found a coffee shop with wifi to […]
Day 357 Ban Krut – Bang Niang (Thailand) / motorbike GS Dakar RTW overland adventure traveller
Left – 8.30am 29th March 2015 Miles rode – 286 (459km) What a great days riding, after 60km riding South I turned right and headed towards the west coast for the first time. For the following 400km I found myself riding along constant winding roads following the rippling contours of the dense jungle. It was […]
Day 356 Bangkok – Ban Krut (Thailand) / motorbike GS Dakar RTW overland adventure traveller
Left – 11.00am 28th March 2015 Miles rode – 222 (355 km) After a few beers last night I wasn’t about to leave early so after a coffee and goodbye to Cem I left at 11am. I’m pretty sure I won’t be returning anytime soon so as I rode out of the city I looked […]
Day 355 Bangkok (Thailand) / motorbike GS Dakar RTW overland adventure traveller
Left – 10.00am 27th March 2015 Miles rode – 70 (112km) Having staying at Rambuttri House in central Bangkok 5 times over 5 months I finally left and I will not return (I think?). It’s been like home, I know so many people here, the people who work in the hotel, shop, restaurant and bar […]
Cambodia – motorbike GS Dakar RTW overland adventure traveller
Cambodia has a population of 15 million and is about 3/4 the landmass of the UK, so not as empty as Laos but nevertheless ridding between cities there were few cars. The Khmer Rouge took power in 1975 led by Pol Pot and the new regime modeled itself on Maoist China, evacuated the cities and […]
Day 354 Bangkok (Thailand) / motorbike GS Dakar RTW overland adventure traveller
Left – I didn’t 26th March 2015 Miles rode – None 8.00am. I feel empty and alone. I arrived in SoutEast Asia on 30th October 2014, just under 5 months ago, I was entering a new chapter in my travels, it was about riding through many wonderful countries experiencing the change in culture and people […]
Days 332 to 353 Thailand, Cambodia & Vietnam / motorbike GS Dakar RTW overland adventure traveller
Left – 10 x Bus / 2 x Plane / 3 x Boat / Many x Tuk Tuk & Taxis 4th – 25th March 2015 Miles rode – None Countries – Thailand / Cambodia / Vietnam Olly and I had a wonderful time traveling together. We stopped in Bangkok for a couple of days and then headed east on […]