Butterflies and Flat Tyres

Arriving in Seoul at 4:50 am I headed straight to the Hostel and crashed for 6 hours before heading out to explore the city. ouch first world culture shock, no dirt roads and dust that stifles and clings to everything, no incessant hooting, no cars trying to run me over…

So Dozer is all packed up and ready to fly to Bangkok and I’m just waiting for my flight to Korea. I’ve just sent this to someone to try and explain Adventure biking (from a  novice adventure bikers perspective)  and what it’s been like for me on this trip and…

Waking up to another perfect sunny day in Mongolia I had mixed feelings. I was happy to be in Mongolia and happy about the perfect weather but pretty down about the fact that Dozer had to go on a truck back to UB. However since I had to walk into…

Now that Dozer had petrol 🙂 I woke up to another gorgeous sunny day and immediate hoped on Dozer and headed out to explore Mongolia. This was the day I was waiting for, getting out in the hills alone on my bike. The worst side effect of Dizzy seizing is…

I woke up this morning to the sunniest warmest day I’ve had since coming back to Mongolia, I mean really hot, the perfect day to get on Dozer and go exploring the rolling hills near Karakorum. I hopped onto Dozer and click hmm click hmm Dozer was dead again. Okay…

By mid day on Monday all my ‘chores” had been done, Dozer was booked on a flight to Bangkok on Monday the 24th September. I was booked for the Tuesday via Seoul and would stay there for 5 days as I had never been to Korea before and Dozer fixed,…

To cut a long story short Dozers starting problem seemed to be a combination of three things. The mechanic thought it was the starter motor so I took that out and took it apart to have a look. Even the ‘experts” the very mechanically included riders at the Oasis agreed…

So after putting my ugly baby on the back of a truck 😦 having a vodka and going to bed I woke up in the morning ready to face the day travelling in a 4×4. At least the night was a dry one, the night before we woke up to…

Spending the days riding alone in Mongolia is one of the best things I have done on the trip. I love this country and I love riding off-road in this country. Just me and this fantastic little bike I am so happy I could just sing, and that I did…

Exiting China took some time and again it was great to have a Chinese speaking guide to get us through the formalities with the bikes.  We were told to be at the border at 11am when our exit paperwork would be ready. The customs office to check the bikes is…