Northern Laos’ majestic curves rise in step green folds from the earth and layer the terrain with cliffs, mountains and high plateaus. Less than 8o kms into this mysterious country, the team will stop to explore Hua Phan’s stunning landscape and the haunting Vieng Xai caves. 200 kms of winding gravel roads lay ahead of the Team …
A glorious 200km south along the picturesque northern Vietnamese coastline to the beauty of Halong Bay. Here the Team will get wet to witness at close range thousands of amazing limestone pinnacles protruding from the waters at Vietnam’s most famous World Heritage site. Using a nice but congested highway for 150km, the Team head for …
Assuming we get through the Thai-Lao Friendship border with our 800cc motorbikes, we arrive on the doorstep of ‘old’ Thailand – the northeast area known as Isan is Thailand’s forgotten backyard. Rarely visited by standard tourists this enigmatic region is full of surprises and natural wonders. Rice fields, Angkor temples, superb national parks and some of …
Today is Thanksgiving, my favorite American holiday. It is the one day of the year that incorporates my three “F’s”; family, friends and food, glorious food!!!! Turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, pumpkin pie…the list goes on and on. Yes, Thanksgiving is a day for us food lovers to indulge, but more importantly it is …
Alan Ng, November 24, 2010 Things are really getting busy here behind the scenes at Wheel2Wheel! If you’ve seen our homepage recently you’ll have noticed the big countdown timer at the bottom of the welcome screen. The countdown to our D-Day (1 March 2011, in this instance, not to be confused with 6 …
Today we launched perhaps our most unique and exciting LIVE THE DREAM programme, called The 3rd Wheel. Wheel2Wheel is offering an incredible exclusive opportunity for a handful of people to actually join Simon and I on the expedition. Yes that’s right, a 3rd BMW F800GS will make the journey from Hong Kong to Brisbane … …
This week while on-route to NatGeo television meetings in Singapore, I took a detour to visit our charity in Cambodia: New Hope, and Wheel2Wheel colleague Jodi Pritchard who is working there as a volunteer. The trip really hit home the point to me what a difference Wheel2Wheel is going to make as we interact more closely with our charities. …
Wheel2Wheel is delighted to announce our support for the GECKO project in China. Greennovate Environmental Challenge for Kids Outreach (GECKO) is an outreach program that offers free, innovative educational programs on the environment and sustainability for middle and high school students in China. GECKO’s goal is to inspire children …
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Today was like the day I got my first iPod all those years ago. Thanks to our latest little technological gem, the Interphone F4. Simon and I were jettisoned into the 3rd dimension of motorbike riding: being able to communicate with each other through our helmets! The simple pleasure of going for …
Today we collected our new BMW Enduro helmets for the Wheel2Wheel expedition. We ordered them about a month ago and they just arrived from Germany. The decision to use this particular helmet was the result of an exhaustive research project. Using online industry forums and chatting to other adventurers, we worked through …