Motorcycle touring in Thailand is probably the easiest* place to begin exploring Southeast Asia, due to its longstanding and widespread tourism industry that caters to everyone from off-road enduro nuts to Harley devotees. Compared to the rest of Southeast Asia, Thailand’s infrastructure and services are really rather modernised, meaning an abundance of land, sea and…

Motorcycle touring in Southeast Asia is a deeply exotic adventure. It has become a rite of passage for intrepid motorcyclists and delivers a fascinating spectrum of landscapes, ethnic groups, flavours, histories, climates and religions. Perhaps the most appealing feature of Southeast Asia is that many adventures are so accessible. If you’re short on time there…

Motorcycle touring in Vietnam is a beguiling experience, from the strong aroma of mountain coffee and fresh herbs piled high on bowls of steaming noodle soup at road side shacks to empty tropical beaches and rugged single tracks that’ll leave your forearms vibrating for days; it is a fascinating cultural patchwork. The potential for itineraries is…

Maps for motorcycle touring in Southeast Asia as as useful as anywhere else in the world. While our smartphones threaten to outwit us, sometimes you can’t beat a good old fashioned map, especially the GT Rider variety. They are the Southeast Asia specialists and all GT Rider maps have been properly surveyed on the ground…