Kazakhstan – Derek Mansfield (issue 21)
The much-feared Buran wind stirs into life in the north of Siberia, gathers pace on the Mongolian Steppe, and crashes into Kazakhstan. In winter it…
Angola – Steph Jeavons (issue 21)
It was hard to see the woman clearly behind the thick Perspex, as my own refection was getting in the way, my face merging with…
Encounter: Michael Martin
If you’re looking for someone who truly makes their whole life a ride, you’d be hard pressed to find a better example than motorcycle adventurer,…
Encounter: Mihai Barbu
Mihai Barbu has been travelling by bike for ten years. The freelance photographer grew up in Petrila, within the Carpathian Mountains and only a few…
Encounter: Mark Ong and Kim Vegter
In June 1961 Singaporean scooterist Mark Ong rode together with Scotswoman Kim Vegter, from Singapore to London, on a pair of Lambrettas. While never intended…
Illuminating Tajikistan
A gruff policeman in an oversized soviet-throwback uniform cap is clearly unhappy to see us. Much of his day will be spent finding any number…
Encounter: Rachel and Paul Sumner
It’s the first day of October 2016 and I’m perched on a stool in Al Jesse’s kitchen in Peoria, Phoenix. Julie Jesse has assembled an…
Ivory Coast – Luke Gelmi (Issue 19)
The latest intel is that I’m probably going to be shot. With a gun… Apparently, it’s a mess over on the other side of the…
Encounter: Ian Coates
Ian Coates is remarkable for many reasons, not least his incredible story-telling. Life on the road has been good to this mild-mannered mechanic from Hebden…
Encounter: Hubert Kriegel
Hubert (which he insists should be pronounced ‘U-Bear’) Kriegel is a distinctive character, easily recognisable with his trade-mark round red spectacles, and clearly shaped by…
Encounter: Rene Cormier
Rene Cormier and his four-and-half year trip around the world perhaps epitomises ‘The Dream’ more than most. Surely deep in everyone’s psyche is the thought…
Encounter: Chris Scott
Chris Scott is recognised as the man who presciently combined the words ‘adventure’ with ‘motorcycling’ in the late 90s. ‘Overlanding’ was what he meant, but…
Encounter: Liam McCabe
Perhaps some of the biggest concerns that any of us have before undertaking a global adventure surround funding and whether or not we’re organised enough….
Encounter: Tiffany Coates
‘My name is Tiffany Coates and I’m from nowhere.’ It’s rare indeed to meet someone who has so completely dedicated their time to adventure and…
Encounter: Peter and Kay Forwood
To travel around the world literally means, for many, a circumnavigation: perhaps remaining in the Northern Hemisphere, combining the maximum unidirectional land route with the…
Encounter: Bea Höbenreich and Helle Koch
It was one of those rather embarrassing moments when the penny finally dropped and I realised who I’d been talking to for the last quarter…
Illuminating Armenia
As the biblical deluge subsided, the ark, ordained to carry refugees from every species of animal, came to rest on top of the dormant volcano…
Illuminating Nigeria
Nigeria, with 170 million inhabitants, is Africa’s most populous country. It still maintains the borders the British decreed in 1914 when it was one of…
Georgia – Graham Field (Issue 7)
I’m sitting in the shade of the border canopy with my bike between my legs next to a booth which houses a single official who…
Nigeria – Stergios Gogos (Issue 18)
From the moment we set foot in Nigeria, we realized that things were tricky. The police immediately started asking for a “contribution” to their work,…