Having cycled around 3000km in India I thought I would write a brief guide in order to get down what I learnt. This is of course in no way exhaustive as one thing I learnt was that there are a lot of different areas to India and one can deliver a completely different riding experience…
Arriving in Bangkok I knew I would have a week before I took my flight back to Central Asia and Bishkek. I had a list of a few things that I wanted to get done before I left. This included getting my bike fully serviced and boxed and buying a new kindle. Other than that…
From the bay of Bang Mun I carried on northwards, heading for Bangkok and following the coastline but not always right by the sea, I often was though: It was again very pleasant riding if a bit more hilly in parts for this stretch. As I got further north there was a lot more tourist…
Riding from Nakhon si Thammarat I had decided to try and ride through some nicer places and move a bit more off the beaten track. So my first destination out from Nakhon was to be Khanom which had been recommended to me as a nice quiet coastal area that wasn’t too touristy or developed. This…
Leaving Penang I continued my way north towards Kangar, where I would spend my last night in Malaysia. It was an uneventful days riding, with only the heat to contend with in the afternoon. Otherwise the roads were good and snacks and drinks were readily available from the modern petrol station shops or 7/11s lining…
I had originally planned on leaving Tanah Rata by going across the Cameron Highlands and heading in to east Malaysia and visiting Kota Bharu. I was then going to work through South Thailand up towards the north and Bangkok but after I read some information on the religious tensions in South Thailand and checked the…
After Melaka I had decided to head for the Cameron Highlands as I had read about them in a book on this trip: Tan Twan Eng’s the Garden of Evening Mists and was curious to see the area for myself. I’d also heard it was much cooler and less humid up in the mountains. I…
I left my cousin’s place in Singapore heading onto Singapore’s perfect roads with their ubiquitous road signs and light traffic. Having plugged my route into Google maps I was planning on using Singapore’s western border with Malaysia at Tuas as it was closer and I couldn’t find any guidance online. I duly rode the 25kms…
My last couple of days in India were spent getting ready for the flight to Singapore and eating. Getting ready for the flight involved buying a large bag to put my panniers and stuff inside and packing my bike up with the help of a Chennai bicycle shop. Thankfully neither was particularly difficult and the…
Well that is RidingRound India done. After 30 days on the road I covered 3385 km by bicycle, 20km by tuk tuk, 180km by bus, spent 183 hours in the saddle, visited 8 states and cycled on some of the best and worst roads of the trip. I’m now in Chennai, formerly Madras on the…
Riding ROUND 