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One Last Ride

One Last Ride to Daewonsa

Some of my most memorable — and certainly most exciting — travel memories are tied to motorbikes.  Whether that be my first ride across the Mongolian steppes, riding around both islands of Samoa with my friend Melissa, or my multi-day scoot to Taroko Gorge and back, I’ve had some truly epic adventures.  But one thing …

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Category: KoreaTag: great view, hike, korea, motorcycle ride, pohang, sea, temples

Motorcycle Ride to Okgye Valley

Motorcycle Ride to Okgye Valley

Sleipnir had languished, relegated to being a beast of labor and nothing more.  Back and forth, the same old routes every week — work, work, work.  The whole point of owning a motorcycle is the feeling of freedom that it brings, and I was only using mine as a commuter vehicle.  So when my friends …

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Category: KoreaTag: great view, hike, korea, motorcycle ride, pohang, river, road trip, roadtrip

Riding a Scooter

Riding a Scooter from Taipei to Taroko and Back Again

It’s been an adventure-less summer.  Breaking my leg at the end of April meant that I spent most of the season getting to the point where I could walk again.  While I’m still not 100%, I am finally able to be active, so I was eagerly awaiting my trip to Taiwan to meet up with …

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Category: TaiwanTag: architecture, cultural trip, epic, favorite, great view, hike, motorcycle ride, national park, river, road trip, roadtrip, sea, sunset, Taiwan, temples, travel tales

He’s Got a Dead Cat…

I see it just before it charges, a gaunt, grey beast crouching by the roadside with ears pressed back and shoulders hunched in anticipation. I swerve to the far side of the lane and accelerate, snarling at the dog as it leaps to give chase. Melissa tenses on the seat behind me as we pass …

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Category: SamoaTag: great view, motorcycle ride, road trip, roadtrip, sam, samoa, sea, travel tales

Savai’i Road Trip

I open the throttle and the engine roars — all 110cc of it. Melissa and I perch on the seat of the little Suzuki scooter — bags strapped to our backs and chests, respectively — as it works its way up to cruising speed. The sky is a flawless blue overhead, and brilliantly hued plants …

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Category: SamoaTag: great view, motorcycle ride, river, road trip, roadtrip, samoa, sea, sunset, travel tales

Riding a Motorcycle across the Mongolian steppes from Tsetserleg to Tariat

Top 10 Memories: Saying Goodbye to an Old Friend

I treat the camera like a person – I gaze into it. Photos are a flat thing, and you need to put life into them.” – Cara Delevingne Sometimes travel is dangerous.  I know it as well as anyone.  From being jumped on a cobblestone street in France to battling altitude sickness while crossing a pass …

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Category: WritingTag: architecture, desert, epic, great view, history, iran, Japan, korea, kyrgyzstan, lake, mongolia, motorcycle ride, national park, pohang, river, road trip, roadtrip, sunset, tajikistan, The World, tour, USA, writing

Five Things to Do in Bohol

Five Things to Do in Bohol

For my second trip to the Philippines, I was torn between two destinations: Palawan or Bohol.  I’d heard great things about both, but elected to go with Bohol.  I’d been told the diving was fantastic, and there seemed to be a variety of things to do around the island — perfect for the Philippines vacation …

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Category: Motorcycle Rides, PhilippinesTag: endangered species, favorite, great view, motorcycle ride, philippines, scuba diving, sea, sunset

That Time I Bought a Ural

It was 31 years old and looked it, a heinous shade of blue with beefy tires and two dinky seats.  It was a 1983 Ural with a sidecar and I was in love. I’ve been planning this trip for over a year.  What started out as a motorcycle trip across China into Kyrgyzstan morphed into …

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Category: Kyrgyzstan, Motorcycle Rides, WritingTag: kyrgyzstan, motorcycle ride, travel issues, travel tales, writing

The Cherry Blossoms of Gyeongju

One of my favorite memories from my first year in Korea involved riding my new scooter to Gyeongju to see the cherry blossoms with my friends.  This year, I rode my motorcycle along the same winding, rural road from Pohang to Gyeongju–the cool breeze of early spring whipping the falling cherry petals in swirls and eddies of …

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Category: KoreaTag: architecture, history, korea, lake, motorcycle ride

Daewonsa: The Dragon Temple

This week’s post will be short and sweet.  Along with my friends Grant and Tammy, I rode up my favorite coastal road to see a hidden Pohang jewel known as Daewonsa (대원사)–or the Dragon Temple.  When Grant pitched the idea for the ride to me, I assumed it was a long distance away.  “Dragon Temple? …

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Category: Korea, Motorcycle RidesTag: favorite, korea, motorcycle ride, temples

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