Heya people, thanks for even bothering to come and take a look. haha! This blog will depict the preparations for a long distance ride and other biking stuffs will come in here.
I ride a motorcycle not to commute, because I love to ride. I don't see myself selling off a bike and getting a car when I got a family some do. I don't see why people would quit riding, such an expression of freedom and returning to the stupidity of being caged. I was pondering a trip up north for some time, but due to the limitations of my Class 2B (<201cc), I just simply toyed with the idea and that's about it.
I chanced upon a thread by "drrags" and was impressed by how he was willing to just plan a long trip down South America from the States with a friend, straight after been retrenched. Here's the thread which kicked my senses. He had a mishap in the trip, but after recuperating, he went down again, and stayed there for a bit in a spanish school, to brush up his spanish. haha.. what a life...
This is his personal blog apart from his updates on the forum. It's super long, I spent 3 hours glued to it, page by page... admiring their landscape, their land, their humour.
Back to myself, my trip is just a humble road trip when compared. What I'm worried about is the languages. You can't speak english in too much of SE Asia, in fact I should say Asia. It kinda irked me at times, what progress can they make keeping to their turtle shells.
I will keep a note of logistics and procedures to prepare in here. Now there's just a few I can think of. Please advice me of more if you can. Do email me at ops1tour@gmail.com if you know what I must add and procedures like border crossing between the 'developing' countries I'll be in.
Things to have:
Bike, WP GPS, Camera, Riding gears, Spare Batteries for every electronic equipments, universal travel adaptor, MONEY, credit/debit card, phone, air pump?, tire repair kit, (please add if you know).
Signing off here, I hope I will get my licence by Oct 2010, else the trip's screwed. Haha!
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Hi bro Ethan, nice recently xet up blog you have here. In my own personal opinion, not to be wet blanket to you my friend, before you decide to explore SE Asia on bike on your own, i suggest you start by riding to the southern states of penisular malaysia to gather exp what it is like riding in a foreign land. If you just travel to Thailand on your own on your 1st long touring trip, i'm afraid it is very difficult to cope. It is best you have basic knowledge of riding on badly maintained trunk roads in Malaysia cos i sure there are worse roads higher up Malaysia, Thailand and beyond.
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Ahcaibiker
Yeah, I reckon so as well. Other than NSH, all I envision are unpaved roads, sandy village roads, pot holes enough to swallow dogs whole.. I do have concerns in events of breakdowns. Being alone, stranded, not speaking the native tongue, lots of research to do. December 2010 is a stretch goal, it may not be possible to be ready by then, but the tour will still go on.
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