India
“I hated India … some of the time” “You will love it and you will hate it” Before arriving in India, I spoke to a few friends who’d ridden there […]
10 things I hate about bike touring
Do you know the things that make me rage in the saddle? That make me curse the injustice of it all, and wish I was at home driving a desk […]
Singapore and Malaysia
Singapore: the furthest tip of Eurasia, where the world’s largest landmass gives way to Indonesian islands and you have to get your feet wet for the first time since Norway. […]
When your route becomes a war zone
One hazard of a world tour is that your route turns into a war zone. Guess what: that’s happened to me. Kashmir was always the one part of India that […]
Thailand
Thailand has the world’s second most dangerous roads. I was in blissful ignorance when I cruised the border, a but someone soon told me of the country’s dark truth. Compared […]
Sturm und Drang
“It’s gonna be cold.” The duvet jackets were out on the quay, and Mike was shivering already. It had been Laurence’s idea, a trip to Berlin in time for […]
Cambodia
It’s a holiday in Cambodia, it’s tough kid but it’s life. It’s a holiday in Cambodia, don’t forget to pack a wife. So sang the Dead Kennedys in 1978, when […]
China
I should probably be careful what I write: in the future when the Chinese rule the world, anything I say may be used in evidence against me. So with a […]
Chinese Magic Letter
One of my big challenges with going to China was the language, so a Chinese-speaking friend wrote me this letter to help me. Chinese is much further removed from English […]
Laos
It was a dusty border crossing – the newest gate on this frontier, and as far as anyone could tell, the least used. The visa clerk, who had been called […]