Yes, but did you die? (Part 1)
One, two, one, two… I count myself through each step. If you put enough of these tiny, zombie shuffles together, ...
24
Feb
Articles
15
Feb
Buy your own roses
Today is the exact anniversary of 5 years on the road – 15 February 2017 was the day I rode out of Sydney, never ...
14
Feb
Modification & accustomisation
I've been busy manically removing parts from the new KLX230 to make it a lean little jungle machine.
11
Feb
Sustainable Vagrancy
I sit in the HiVolt shop, surrounded by motorcycles and trials gear, and wait. Darkness falls and the high timber...
04
Feb
A Time to Learn
It's six in the morning and the dawn light is bleeding into the valley, slowly, through a somnol...
31
Jan
Good Advice
Good morning my lovely people. It’s four a.m. which means it’s time to write, but you should have seen the strugg...
24
Jan
Pleasure and Pain
It’s 4am and I’m disturbing the sleep of the hotel receptionists. I come downstairs, toting my laptop in the dark...
22
Jan
Years of Life
I just came back from the Death Railway cemetery in Kanchanaburi. It is this beautiful, still place under a tropi...
18
Jan
Risk Calculation
Today let’s talk about risk, and sweat, and tears. Now, it’s been a while since I was travelling fully loaded on ...
11
Jan
Ruins and Memories
Today’s blog post nearly didn’t happen, because I killed my computer. By dropping it down a gully? Drowning it in...
06
Jan
I’m On A Boat
Putting your motorcycle on a boat is typically a terrifying experience. Sometimes that's because it's a massive b...
03
Jan
Before Times
Back before covid sank its teeth into the world, vagrants like me used to do border runs. You'd get your thirty d...
29
Dec
Complimentary House Dragon
Here in south-east Asia we have these magnificent tokay geckos. They like to live in your house and eat all the i...
28
Dec
Traveling monks and breakfast beers: Thailand
When I first checked into the roadside guesthouse, there was an old lady running the show and she seemed positive...
23
Dec
Debrief
After the shock of the accident, I ride sedately into Loei and pulled into my usual parking spot behind my usual ...