Gareth gives us a glimpse of life in Myanmar. We folks in the west would like to believe that reform is happening in Myanmar but, as Gareth explains, it is a false impression. The military still has a strong hold on daily life, child labour is everywhere and corruption in endemic. He explains how Coca […]
What is the Road to Mandalay really like and Jo and Gareth give us an insight into an area where very few tourists ever get to.
Gareth recounts motorcycling through Burma. The Indian Army are on high alert which means the adventurers get stopped and checked time and time again. Even with all this going on Gareth considers one day’s ride in Burma to be among the best he has had so far. Hear why. [Show slideshow] 1 2 ►
Gareth gives us a taste of his experiences in East Asia. Jo Morgan has a bad experience with a pedestrian and they both end up on the deck. Scary stuff.
Friday 24th Oct – An action-packed day to follow the on-road excitement of the last two. First a 2 hour delay for all traffic at the entry to Nagaland from Assam as the locals are restless and blocking the road, burning tyres etc, so the army says we have to go in convoy with their […]
Thurs 9th Oct – Bikes all intact and as we left them in the hotel room. 60,000 rupees (US$1,000) for the 4 months storage. Bikes all started and oil changes were completed without incident, tyres needed inflating. Nothing else really – just Daves battery flat but Jo’s spare did the trick. Fri 10th Oct – […]
We entered India from Nepal at Kakarvitta on June 9th 2014. After a couple of days to store the motorcycles at the Airport Summit Hotel in Bagdogra (since renamed “The Orbit”), Joanne and Gareth then flew back to New Zealand from Delhi on June 12th. Dave flew back to New Zealand from Delhi on June […]
Gareth gives us his take on the Everest experience while on the Roof of the World. Then it’s all the way back down, down, down into Nepal. For the adventurers this epic journey is fast coming to an end so what are their World by Bike plans from here? Photos of Mt. Everest
This once vast empire of 1,200,000 sq km has since the 1951 invasion by the Chinese been reduced to a XXX Autonomous Region and the rest of it has been absorbed into either the Sichuan or Qinghai provinces of China. China tolerates the religious choice of Tibetans but will not entertain any personifying of that […]
It’s not that easy to get oxygen into your lungs at this altitude and the team find themselves on a road that leads to the highest place in the World. Remember that Jo’s latest adrenaline hobby in NZ is mountain climbing where she hopes to make it up all of the peaks over 3000m. She […]
