GlobeRiders is thrilled
to conduct our second IndoChina
Adventure 2009, a 37-day, 6,500 kilometer immersion in
the spell-binding cultures of Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia. I
will lead the six participants on this tour. This is
the home page of our Live!Journal, a web travelog of stories
and photos from the field.
Our journey begins in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon)
Vietnam on 23 Sep, terminating in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on
29 Oct. To acquaint you with our route, we have an
interactive map (courtesy of Google
Maps) at the top of this page. By clicking on the
pan and zoom controls in the upper left hand of the map,
you can see where we'll be riding. If you click and
hold in the map, you can drag the map around. To reset
the map, refresh your browser.
At least once a week (sometimes, bi-weekly
if time and internet connections permit), we'll send an email
newsletter to all subscribers in our database. This newsletter
will contain one or more clickable links to new Weekly Chapters
(which you can also access directly via the Navigation Menu
above). If a Weekly Chapter has been published, it will be
highlighted in blue. If it has yet to be published,
it will remain white.
In addition, there are two special "Weekly" Chapters. The Bikes & Bios
Chapter gives you an opportunity to get up close and
personal with our participants. It contains a short
biography and a couple of favorite photos from each of
our tour members.
There is also a Satellite
Tracking & Navigation Chapter. My motorcycle is
equipped with a SPOT
Personal Tracker.
Every 10 minutes, the SPOT transmitter uploads my
current position via satellite, and this in turn updates
a tracking frame which you can see on that page, showing
my current position and also our track to date.
Back in early August, we loaded each participant's
motorcycle into our container. Bikes went in first,
checked and strapped, packaged panniers went in last, the
doors were closed and latched, and the tamper-proof seal
was applied. The container was then trucked to the
port and loaded aboard a freighter for the long voyage across
the Pacific Ocean to Hi Chi Minh City, still called Saigon
by most who live there.
Locked, loaded, and ready to ship. Next stop,
Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam.
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This container's loading crew, from left to right:
Harrison Christian, Helge, Laura Seaver, Tom Grennon.
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