Thailand ranks among the world’s most dangerous countries for road traffic, with 14,144 motorcycle deaths in 2024 alone. That’s three motorcycle fatalities every two hours. Eighty-two percent of all road deaths involve motorcycles. These aren’t...
Every motorcycle blog covering Thailand mentions the Mae Hong Son Loop and its famous 1,864 curves. Some mention the Golden Triangle routes if they’re trying to seem knowledgeable. Almost none properly cover the network of roads in Nan province and the...
Chiang Mai has hundreds of motorcycle rental shops competing for tourist business. Most are legitimate operations that maintain decent bikes and run honest businesses. But the rental market also includes enough scam artists and sketchy operators that you need to know...
The Golden Triangle gets mentioned in every northern Thailand guide as this exotic border region where Thailand, Myanmar, and Laos meet. What they don’t tell you is that the actual Golden Triangle marker at Sop Ruak is a tourist trap with bus loads of Chinese...
Every motorcycle guide tells you to get an International Driving Permit before riding in Thailand. That’s accurate but incomplete advice that leaves out the messy reality of how permits actually work when you’re stopped at checkpoints in northern Thailand....
