From Singapore to Chiang Mai
It’s Sunday and everyone’s out riding enduro except me. I sit in the shadowy office, trying to ignore the abandon...
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Days of Kampot
I’m walking down the street in Kampot when I see my friend sitting out the front of Milano Pizza. I cross over an...
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Apr
Life’s a beach… by a river in Cambodia
I am lying on a swinging daybed beside a river, gently sautéing in my own sweat. The hot wind has pushed clouds o...
12
Mar
Trail of Bruises
I’m feeling a little beaten up today. I love dirt biking but some days you bite the dust harder than others, and ...
11
Mar
Extraction (Part 5)
The next day we walked back into the jungle with a tow rope and a couple of strong young men. The sun was shining...
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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...
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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...
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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...