The question comes up constantly in motorcycle touring forums, in comments sections, in guesthouse common rooms. How much does it actually cost? Not the aspirational estimate that makes the trip sound more accessible than it is, and not the shoestring fantasy that...
The Ha Giang Loop gets talked about a lot. It shows up on every list of the best motorcycle routes in Southeast Asia, in every Vietnam travel guide, on every overland touring forum. There are enough Instagram accounts dedicated exclusively to it that you could spend a...
Malaysia doesn’t come up much in Southeast Asia motorcycle touring conversations. Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, the usual circuit. Malaysia sits at the end of the peninsula and gets treated as a transit zone: you either arrive there by ferry from Sumatra or...
Java gets intimidating billing. A hundred and fifty million people on an island the size of England. Volcanic eruptions every few years. Traffic in Jakarta that makes Bangkok look like a country road. All of that is true. What is also true is that once you get east of...
Most riders come to Bali on a scooter. A beaten-up Honda Click, maybe a semi-auto if they’re feeling adventurous. That works fine for getting around the south, dodging the traffic in Seminyak, grabbing a coffee in Canggu. But if you pull into Bali on a proper...
