Indonesia | Jan 27-28 2023 | A long, fairly uninspiring drive, geared more towards moving to the next destination than taking in the...

Indonesia | Jan 25-26 | After an amazing week or so in Weh and Lhoknga, the time came to get far off the beaten tourist track and drive...

Indonesia | Jan 22-25 2023 | Left Lumba Lumba Dive Resort for Sabang. Did a quick tour around town, then further around island, checked...

Indonesia | Jan 19-21 2023 | Set off on a 5-minute ride from my hotel to the ferry at Ulee Lheue to Pulau Weh, a 2-hour trip. Figuring...

Jan 2023 This is my set-up for 3 week ride in northern Sumatra on a rental scooter. I had carried this gear from Bangkok, where my BMW...

Indonesia | Jan 18-19 2023 | Last leg of the Sumatra trip north, another long day of riding. Nice views of Takengon riding up into the...

Indonesia | Jan 17-18 2023 | An epic route. Set out from Ketambe at 11:00, planning to stop overnight on the way to Takengon, about 7...

Indonesia | Jan 15-16 2023 | Day 2 in Sumatra, here's where the ride got very interesting. Woke up to 15C in Berastagi, with a great view...

The ride and stay at Berstagi, from Medan, the first stage of my solo 3-week moto journey around northern Sumatra on a rental Yamaha NMax scooter.

Jan 2023 | Here's a brief and tips on Cambodia motorcycle adventure route and travel based on my 25 days riding there. My route Ride...

Jan 8-14 2023 | It was pretty much full-on expressway from Pattaya to Bangkok, double-deck type on the last 60 minutes of the ride....

Describes the ride, ferry from Koh Chang to Pattaya and stay there. Part of a 4-month road trip on a Singapore-registered BMW 310gs.

Dec 30 - Jan 6 2023 | After a superb stay in Siem Reap, it was time to re-enter Thailand, via Poipet, the main border crossing between...

Apr - Sept 2022 | Once the Singapore-Malaysia border re-opened in April 2022, my first trip was a ride to Mersing and ferry to Tioman....

Dec 24-30 | Though I could have easily stayed more than 2 nights in Battambang, I hit the road to Siem Reap, for my third visit since...

Published: January 2023 | Preparation Before I left Singapore, I read online that you need an authorised letter of approval from the local Lao consulate in order to enter the country on a Singapore-registered motorcycle. I copied an example of a sample of such a letter found online, revised it with my anticipated trip, and emailed it to the authorities (apparently you are supposed to do it in person, but I was already in Thailand at that point). I got a quick reply from them

Cambodia | Dec 22-24 2022 This leg of the journey was the most daunting of the trip thus far. I wanted to ride through the Cardoman...

Dec 20-22 Departed Sihanoukville on to Koh Kong, another long and fairly dull ride on mostly crappy roads. Koh Kong is officially known...

Dec 14-20 2022 | Departed Kampot for 3 hour ride to Sihanoukville, expecting a freeway between Cambodia's 2 main port cities. But it was...

Dec 9-13 2022 | Cya Phnom Penh, on to Kampot, famous for black pepper, and Kep 30km down the road - someone said it's a good place to...