The Assam Rifles flagged us off towards Imphal. It was momentous. We all stood under the flag and in that brief moment all bonded with a patriotic sup...
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25: India: 280 km away
We started at sharp 7am. It was cool and misty. A quick fuel up and we got onto the mountain road. The first part of the journey was challenging, due ...
Read More26: My last night in a foreign country!
To set up a title as above, I have been out of India-my country since June 2017. It's been easy-difficult, easily difficult, any combination of words ...
Read More27: 10,000 temples
11th century, Bagan was the Capital and the most prosperous city of the Myanmar region. This is the period when Buddhism arrived here. Prosperous merc...
Read More28: Bagan
We stopped at a tea stall in the evening, as a last halt before Bagan. 5 bikes swooping down the dusty road onto a village tea-stall can be quite a dr...
Read More29: Riding to Naypydaw
We entered this beautiful capital city of Myanmar at 7pm. It was dark. Beautiful roads, well lit and wide took us into the city. A row of hotels came ...
Read More30: Golden Rock
We are in Myanmar!
Passing Thailand to Myanmar was extremely well organized by Asian Senses, our travel agent. Additionally, the customs of both coun...
Read More31: Mae Sot
We were riding in the golden hour and the evening glow looked stunning. We were riding to the end of Thailand! The last 80 km were in the mountains an...
Read More32: Ayutthaya
We started riding from Chumphon at 8.30 in the morning. 6 people on 5 bikes. All refreshed and eager to see the world. Except me, who now wants to get...
Read More33: Chumphon
It's 7am and the Magnificent 5+1 are standing against their bikes. David and Beverly from Australia on a Honda, another David from New Zealand on a Tr...
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