Travelistic: openroad

Motorbiking Thailand and Laos - 2009 (Part 2)

Sun, 28 Jun 2009 23:18:42 GMT

Producer: openroad

Part 2 of my Thai / Lao motorbiking journey.

location: Laos
tagged: openroad, kevin fairburn, fairburn, thailand, udon thani, isaan, isarn, laos, vientiane, vang vieng, phonsavan, luang prabang, pakse, champasak, si phan don, don det
duration: 6 Mins. 55 Sec.

Motorbiking Thailand and Laos - 2009 (Part 1)

Sun, 28 Jun 2009 15:38:41 GMT

Producer: openroad

Part 1 of my amazing motorbike journey through the Isaan region of Thailand and into Laos.

Motorbiking North-West Vietnam 2005

Mon, 30 Mar 2009 10:37:15 GMT

Producer: openroad

In May 2005, I met up with an ex-pat Englishman who introduced me to an American who was living and working in Hong Kong at the time. Together, the three of us planned an immediate ride into Vietnam's rugged North-West. I firstly had to become intimate with an ancient piece of hardware that was both Soviet and potentially lethal, a motorcycle called a 'Minsk', In the Belarusian capital that lends them its name, they are still made the same way as they always have been, with almost indestructible motors. We experienced a magic adventure for 4 unforgetable days, and had me planning my next biking trip by the time I got back home to Sydney.

location: Vietnam
tagged: hanoi, kevin fairburn, minsk, motorbiking, openroad, motorbike, adventure, vietnam, sapa, northwest, fairburn, bvt617, hilltribe, tribe, explore
duration: 2 Mins. 46 Sec.

Motorbiking Northern Vietnam and Cambodia (2006)

Sun, 29 Mar 2009 13:39:47 GMT

Producer: openroad

A motorbike adventure through Northern Vietnam ended abruptly for me after an accident 20kms from Bac Ha in Lao Cai province. Suffered multiple hand fractures and cracked ribs. Finally made it into hospital in Hanoi for surgery on my left hand 48 hours later. Plate and seven screws permanently inserted under a general anaesthetic, then once I checked myself outta there, it was onward to Cambodia to climb those awesome temples (one handed). Whoa! Nothing compares to the majesty and grandeur of Angkor. Incredibly friendly people, a lot of whom, despite experiencing many horrors in the past, always greeted me with the broadest of smiles.

location: Cambodia
tagged: openroad, kevin fairburn, fairburn, motorbike, motorbiking, northern vietnam, hanoi, hospital, accident, cambodia, angkor, temple, explore
duration: 8 Mins. 33 Sec.

Motorbiking through Northern Vietnam (2007)

Sun, 29 Mar 2009 03:52:13 GMT

Producer: openroad

2 minute version of a magical 4 day ride along a north-eastern loop on a Minsk 125 during the end of the Northern VN wet season. Roads actually weren't too bad for the most part. (Hanoi - Lang Son - Cao Bang - Ba Be Lake - Thai Nguyen - Hanoi).

location: Vietnam
tagged: openroad, kevin fairburn, fairburn, vietnam, hanoi, northern, minsk, cao bang, motorbike, motorbiking, explore
duration: 2 Mins. 11 Sec.

Motorbiking through Northern Thailand, Myanmar and Taiwan (2008)

Sat, 06 Dec 2008 07:15:00 GMT

Producer: openroad

Rent a bike and go, go, go...

location: Thailand
tagged: openroad, kevin fairburn, motorbike, thailand, myanmar, burma, taiwan, hot springs, bike, motorbiking, fairburn, explore, border
duration: 7 Mins. 22 Sec.