Tag Archives: adventure
22
Jan
Not My Usual Haunts
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BIKE-HEDONIA
Long time no see.
After months of chilly silence, I’m back, and I’m not in a place where I’d expect to find myself.
A...
15
Mar
End of a Season
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The sun has been red for two weeks: the burning season is here.
Every year, from the beginning of March, the mountains of north...
14
Apr
Days of Kampot
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I’m walking down the street in Kampot when I see my friend sitting out the front of Milano Pizza. I cross over and take the empty seat ...
09
Apr
Life’s a beach… by a river in Cambodia
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I am lying on a swinging daybed beside a river, gently sautéing in my own sweat. The hot wind has pushed clouds over the mountains and ...
06
Apr
Bike ready, brain full
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5.45 am, Phnom Penh, Cambodia. A comfortable studio apartment in a comfortable part of town. I try to make myself coffee using the UHT ...
12
Mar
Trail of Bruises
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I’m feeling a little beaten up today. I love dirt biking but some days you bite the dust harder than others, and yesterday was one of t...
11
Mar
Extraction (Part 5)
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The next day we walked back into the jungle with a tow rope and a couple of strong young men. The sun was shining gaily and the sheetin...
24
Feb
Yes, but did you die? (Part 1)
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One, two, one, two… I count myself through each step. If you put enough of these tiny, zombie shuffles together, you’ll reach the top o...
15
Feb
Buy your own roses
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Today is the exact anniversary of 5 years on the road – 15 February 2017 was the day I rode out of Sydney, never yet to return. I had i...
11
Feb
Sustainable Vagrancy
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I sit in the HiVolt shop, surrounded by motorcycles and trials gear, and wait. Darkness falls and the high timbered ceilings glow with ...
31
Jan
Good Advice
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Good morning my lovely people. It’s four a.m. which means it’s time to write, but you should have seen the struggle when it came to get...
24
Jan
Pleasure and Pain
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It’s 4am and I’m disturbing the sleep of the hotel receptionists. I come downstairs, toting my laptop in the darkness with the objectiv...
18
Jan
Risk Calculation
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Today let’s talk about risk, and sweat, and tears. Now, it’s been a while since I was travelling fully loaded on the KTM: my whole life...
11
Jan
Ruins and Memories
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Today’s blog post nearly didn’t happen, because I killed my computer. By dropping it down a gully? Drowning it in a rice paddy? Not eve...
06
Jan
I’m On A Boat
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Putting your motorcycle on a boat is typically a terrifying experience. Sometimes that's because it's a massive boat and you're not all...