Motorcycle journals · Vol. I

Off the map,
on the road.

Photographs, route notes and the occasional film from Thailand and Vietnam — a New Year run from Chiang Mai to Pai, five days around Nan, the Daibutsu at Doi Phra Chan, Da Nang to the Hai Van Pass, and a day ride to Doi Inthanon.

Since
2024
Journeys
5
Distance
1,240 km
Photographs
75
An empty road leading toward layered forested mountains in Nan province
Piang So, Nan Late afternoon
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Random photographs

75 in the archive Photographs
A beach at night with the lights of Da Nang behind it
My Khe Beach, Da Nang
A wooden farm sign surrounded by trees and flowers
Nan province, Thailand
A visitor standing beside a museum display case
Nan old town, Thailand
04

Time lapses

3 time lapses All journeys
Yud Vela cafe The Nan Loop · Clouds moving over the valley · 00:31
Last sunset of 2025 Chiang Mai & Pai · The sun going down over Pai · 00:30
Clouds over Chiang Dao Chiang Mai & Pai · The range from the viewpoint · 00:31
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The atlas

1,240 km mapped Open the atlas
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  • The Nan Loop, Nan Province, Thailand: 287 kilometres over 5 days, 13 stops.
  • Chiang Mai & Pai, Chiang Mai & Mae Hong Son, Thailand: 448 kilometres over 7 days, 8 stops.
  • Da Nang & Hai Van Pass, Central Vietnam, Vietnam: 63 kilometres over 2 days, 7 stops.
  • Doi Inthanon, Chiang Mai Province, Thailand: 206 kilometres over 1 day, 5 stops.
  • Daibutsu, Lampang Province, Thailand: 236 kilometres over 1 day, 3 stops.

A working map of every journey — the roads north to Pai and Nan, the Daibutsu south of Chiang Mai, the coast run to the Hai Van Pass and the loop up Doi Inthanon, all in one frame. Open the atlas for each route, its stops and the notes between.

5 journeys
1,240 km on the clock
75 photographs
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From the notebook

Writing

Notes on Laravel, PHP and the tools around them — written before the road, kept at their original addresses.

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