Tag Archives: thailand
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...
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, ...
04
Jun
From Singapore to Chiang Mai
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It’s Sunday and everyone’s out riding enduro except me. I sit in the shadowy office, trying to ignore the abandoned gecko tail on my de...
04
May
Change your knobbies
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The air is filled with flying termites. Last night, the rain fell softly for hours, waking up the baked earth and ushering the jungle b...
24
Apr
Water Wars & New Beginnings
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It’s dark and the sound of frogs on the fish pond is deafening. All around me, cool dew is settling on the wild banana trees, the coffe...
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...
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...
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...
04
Feb
A Time to Learn
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It's six in the morning and the dawn light is bleeding into the valley, slowly, through a somnolent layer of mist. It's always peaceful...
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...
22
Jan
Years of Life
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I just came back from the Death Railway cemetery in Kanchanaburi. It is this beautiful, still place under a tropical sun, filled with y...
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...