ly treated myself to a Minsk for $300
and just set off with no plans.
Five months and seven countries
later I ended up in Hanoi and had
become obsessed with life on two
wheels!
I settled in Saigon for a little while,
finding old Honda SS50’s to ship to
Europe and sell, before heading to
South America with plans of getting
another bike and riding from Colom-
bia to Argentina.
I didn't quite make it the whole way
after crashing my bike, shredding my
leg and having to get buses the rest
of the way - so I will never wear flip
flops and shorts on a bike ever again!!
(I know what you’re thinking, I was
TRAVERSE 65
an idiot!)
But this South American trip gave
me the inspiration to plan a big ad-
venture, so I returned to England, fi-
nally got my bike license and started
looking at different routes and bikes.
Shortly after returning home a close
friend of mine, India sadly passed
away at only 22 years old from Ul-