• Yogyakarta

    We depart in an Executive coach on the train from Jakarta Gambir station to Yogyakarta on Java, better known as Yogya (“Jogja”). We’re armed with a packed lunch from Dunkin Donuts which is…

  • Jakarta

    We land in Jakarta at night, about 9PM or something like that. We don’t expect to be arriving in the most pleasant nor safe city so we’ve booked a room ahead for a…

  • Ang Kor Who?

    Nearly two weeks in Thailand and our “visa-on-arrival” is expiring. A while back the Thai government changed the immigration laws so that foreigners entering over land borders only get a 14-day visa (actually…

  • Bangkok

    A good sleep on the comfi overnight train from Chiang Mai and we wake up in Bangkok. Just in case anyone out there is thinking of taking this route, here’s a word of…

  • Back in the Saddle!

    Lao: The beauty of the landscape is breathtaking! And the warmth of the people, especially in the small villages out in the countryside, is really special. I think it’s impossible not to fall…

  • Last Days in India

    The ride from here becomes progressively worse. Driving through a town called Am (Ahm?) we lose a passenger foot-peg on the bike – its nut has come loose because of all the vibration…