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My travels in and around Asia
Bicycling South Korea 2020
Cycling the four River trail from Seoul to Busan is Korea’s most popular cycling route. The 640 kilometer ride
Touring 2018
CRF250 Rally with my Wife on a 30 days adventure in the rainy season in Thailand, Cambodia and Laos following the Mekong River.
Getting the bike ready
CRF250 Rally, getting ready for the bike tour coming up very soon. A few modifications to the suspension and motor for greater comfort.
Wat Phra Bat Putthawat
I just finished a return trip to Wat Phra Bat Putthawat to view the sights from a height.
Dirt Bike Training In Chiang Mai
My first Dirt Bike experience at Honda Safety Riding Park in Chiang Mai. It was professionally run and will return to carryout the next course of Advance Dirt
Gassan Loop, Chiang Mai
2 Jan 2018, First ride on my crf250 for over 8 months. Meeting English John, Brian and another American guy at Promadana at 10:30 with the plan of doing the Gassan Loop. English John needs to return by 4pm for a thai course so it's probable just a 6 hour...
China 3
Huangshi Stockeded Village,Zhangjiajie national park. Up again early this morning, it was a short van trip to another long gondola ride to take us to the top of Huangshi Stockeded Village. The walk around was 3.2km which they say should take 90 minutes. However, after...
China 2
Early start this morning when the hotel wakeup call rang at 5:30 Breakfast was a full buffet with western, Chinese and Korean food. But my brother-in-law said the kimchi was horrible. I must have got a head cold while travelling yesterday, felling horrible and it's...
China 1
Leaving Buson on my first ever package tour with a korean company. I'm not going alone, Mr Kwon, my brother in-law and I are taking a five day holiday. The real purpose is for me to extend my Visa, sure I could have gone to immigration in korea, but the thought of a...
Seoul South Korea
Gyeongbokgung, Main Royal Palace. Spent a couple of hours here then relaxed drinking coffee in the gardens. This palace was established back in 1395 that had been levelled to the ground twice my the Japanese army. With a turbulent history with Japan, I now...
I made it, The Canada border
CDT126 28th August Monday Feeling tired from the late finish last night at 9:30 in the evening, even the sleeping untill 7am wasn't enough to energise me. Upper Waterton border Once on the trail with the knowledge of the border being only 15 miles away, I know...
No bear sightings except one beer
CDT125 27th August Sunday 28 miles Swiftcurrent Motor Inn to Kootenai camp site. Early start of 6 this morning, well that was the plan anyway until we decided to have a quick coffee at the cafe first. We thought about having a big breakfast at the...
Piegan Pass, one of the last big climbs, untill tomorrow
CDT124 26th August Saturday 30 miles Our next camp site was 30miles away, so it's a 5am start this morning. Total darkness with stars above and only our headlamps to show the way. Passing a couple of lakes that we couldn't see but could feel the coldness,...
Red Eagle Lake campground
CDT123 25th August Friday 25 miles Started early at 5:30am, dark for the first half hour where headlamps came in use. It was a great morning walk with a lot of climbing with views of many lakes below. Mountains, their colours and waterfalls made...
Zero day
CDT122 24th August Thursday Lazy start for the day in my bunk bed at Brownies cafe, the hostel is upstairs at the back of the cafe/bakery, The ceiling is low and the walls and floor was made of wood but carpeted, however there were signs at the start of...
Town day
CDT121 23ed August Wednesday Zero miles Getting off the trail and hitching into town, really lucky with a lift, on the side of the road at 6:30am and in half an hour a car passed us by and returned to pick us up. Magic thumb. Found a hostel and booked in for the...
Leaving Bob Marshall Wilderness park
CDT120 22ed August Tuesday 41miles, (But we took alternatives) Going was good this morning, up and down but I'm feeling tired from all the walking in the last five days. Bees sleeping on the plant in the cold morning After second breakfast, which I ate twice my...
Damit, wet feet with the first river crossing just outside from where we camped.
CDT119 21st August Monday 23 miles Going to be a hard morning with the next 15 or so miles it's all uphill. The sun didn't show itself untill mid morning and with wet boots that were cold and wearing my extra special down jacket that keeped my upper body warm,...