Tag Archives: motorcycle travel
09
May
The Accident
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There’s a feeling of cold horror when the traffic parts in front of you, and all you see are skid plates.
Don’t get me wrong, ...
11
Apr
The Soviet Hospital
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It’s time to take my stitches out, so join me for a stroll back in time to the Cold War. The cheapest hospital in Vung Tau is the Sovie...
02
Apr
Small Rant
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I’m over it. It’s been one week since surgery and my tolerance for the suboptimal is going down. Cumulative frustration is starting to ...
02
Aug
Injury
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It’s been a while. I told you all about the hill climb, and nothing of the race.
Well, the race was awesome. It was hot and difficul...
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 ...
18
Mar
For the love of tyres
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Tyres. Good tyres are a beautiful thing. I dream of soft compounds, of steep contours, of jagged knobs that tear at the ground. And whe...
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 ...
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...
03
Jan
Before Times
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Back before covid sank its teeth into the world, vagrants like me used to do border runs. You'd get your thirty day entry to Thailand o...
28
Dec
Traveling monks and breakfast beers: Thailand
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When I first checked into the roadside guesthouse, there was an old lady running the show and she seemed positively surly. Why didn't s...