We’ve managed to get to one of the more iconic and spectacular National Parks today – Taedasan, just outside of Daejon, the sixth largest city in the ROK. For climbing in this park you take a gondola to the foot of the mountainm. And then things get spectacular – up rock steps and steel ladders […]
We’re down on Namhae Island, at the very bottom of South Korea. Its claim to fame is that this is where Admiral Yi, the country’s greatest ever mariner, scored his unexpected victory over the Japanese invaders in 1598 and brought to end their occupation of the peninsula. Against all odds his fleet of 12 ships […]
We’re in Gyeongju doing a day on pushbikes checking out the relics from the 1st Century’s Shilla Kingdom. From the massive burial mounds that are the tombs of their gentry, to the bits and bobs in the Museum to the ancient observatory, this town is an important location in Korean history. Indeed as we cycle […]
We’re headed to Kapyong where NZ’s K-Force fought its big battle of the Korean War. First night is spent in the town and we find a yogwan (motel) for $25 per room – our kind of prices. Having had 3 meals of Kimchi and assorted pickles the boys have tongues a little scorched so we […]
Picked the bikes up from the sidewalk outside the Hyosung showroom. Still wrapped in plastic but looking fantatsic. Thanks to Bin Han and his people for making it all so easy. Then into the mayhem of Seoul traffic, fumbling for the controls at the same time as trying to avoid the grilles of trucks and […]
Our motorcycle trip ‘Backblocks America’, through the heart of our American South, through Canada to Alaska and back… in photos! Browse through the galleries below.
In the footsteps of Marco Polo, our Silk Riders trip from Venice to Beijing … in photos! Browse through the galleries below.
In order for it to happen an expedition like this gets assistance from a lot of people along the way. We have been very fortunate in getting our party through on time and without any significant mishaps to people or machines. For us that provides a tremendous sense of satisfaction and confidence to proceed with […]
Beijing, or as Kublai Khan named it, Cambaluc, is our final destination and there are a few significant sites for us to cover off before packing and shipping the bikes and winging our way home. Firstly there is of course the ‘great’ part of the Great Wall – that part which has been fully restored, […]
Expedition motorcycling is different to any other form – whether it be cappuchino canters on the road, adventure rides, trail riding or touring. The requisite motorcycling skill is necessary of course but beyond a certain competency that factor becomes irrelevant. In self-organised expeditions like the one we’ve nearly completed everybody has to bring something to […]
