Nepal – Andrew Beharrell (issue 11)
”Pacheunu!” (Follow that bike!) barked the border policeman, jumping on to my friend Dawa’s pillion seat
Cameroon – Pat Garrod (Issue 10)
…The army were organising a convoy. No vehicle was to leave without it. At first the convoy seemed as confused and disorganised as any we…
Syria – Jeremy Kroeker (Issue 10)
I never intended to visit Ar-Raqqa. In fact, I never meant to visit Syria in the first place
Canada – Brokentooth (Issue 9)
… it’s -30°C and my right eye is suddenly blind from a frozen cornea
Tunisia – Issa Breibish (Issue 8)
A few days before our overnight ferry from Italy, riots erupt in the streets of Tunis.
Laos – Antonia Bolingbroke-Kent (Issue 8)
I rode slowly between the craters, my eyes scanning the ground for stray bombies
Labrador – Brian Clarke (issue 7)
I was in my usual day-dreaming state admiring the remote scenery of the Trans Labrador Highway and not really concerned that Michelle had disappeared from my mirrors
Georgia – Graham Field (issue 7)
There are tall stone towers all around, the road is still dirt, some decaying Russian trucks are parked up, but it’s hard to tell if they are abandoned or resting
Arizona – Paul Myers (Issue 7)
Although I’m a bit nervous about taking a fully laden Harley off piste in direct contravention of the rental agreement, there’s no way I’m going to pass up the chance of this small diversion…
Cambodia- Pat Garrod (issue 7)
An impressive, grey stone gateway straddled the road. Two smaller arches flanked the centrepiece topped by three elaborately carved, lotus shaped towers. Engraved across the…
South America – Pat Lewis (issue 6)
Pat Lewis recalls the literal and figurative highs and lows
Tibet – Paddy Tyson (Issue 6)
On the descent from Lalung La (5,050m) I could barely hold the throttle open. My arms and legs were wracked with pins and needles, becoming…
France – Kevin Turner (issue 6)
Kevin discovers the N85 is Southern France is an extraordinary piece of road, for which the term ‘twisties’ could have been invented.
DRC – John and Ana (issue 5)
It was December 2011. Ana had malaria, the Congolese presidential elections threatened to end in yet another civil war and Angola had suspended its visa services indefinitely.
Honduras – Paddy Tyson (Issue 4)
Latin American border crossings have something of a reputation amongst travellers that I don’t feel is entirely justified. There are so many scare stories of…
Russia-Lawrence Bransby (issue 5)
It’s one o’clock in the morning. Eight Russian bikers, two wives/girlfriends, Gareth and I, fill every available space in Alexi’s small apartment. His 17-year-old daughter…
Pakistan – Will Wilkins (issue 5)
… As we left Gilgit the next morning it began to rain. We’d read that on this section of road we’d get to see Mount…
Texas – Graham Field (issue 5)
“They kill babies and fill them full of drugs to get them across the border.” …A thousand miles after leaving a snowy December Colorado, I…
Extract: Frederic Jorge – Austria (issue 5)
The road that led us here was already a treat, winding high, overlooking dense forests, impressive waterfalls and cute villages drowned in flowers, where some…
Australia – Sheila McQueen (issue 4)
“Emu!” shouts Muffy, pointing somewhere behind me. The emu crashes through the undergrowth and, wisely, legs it for the horizon. …It is my fourth day…