BLACK DOG ADVENTURE CLUB
Our Previous Rides
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NorthEast India/ Spiti Valley
June 2023- 20 days
A 2 PERSON EXPLORATORY RIDE TO NORTHEAST INDIA/ SPITI VALLEY TO SEE IF SUITABLE FOR A FUTURE BDAC RIDE. A TRULY STUNNING PART OF THE WORLD THAT SHOULD BE ON EVERY ADVENTUROUS MOTORBIKE RIDERS BUCKET LIST.AND YES WE WILL RIDING THERE ON A BDAC RIDE IN SEPTEMBER 2024 FOR 3 WEEKS. WANNA COME ?
NorthWest Vietnam
February 2023 - 15 days
10 RIDERS AND 2 VAN OCCUPANTS HEADED OUT TO EXPLORE AND RIDE NORTHWEST VIETNAM. THE LEAST DEVELOPED AND VISITED REGION IN VIETNAM THIS IS GEM OF PLACE WITH MANY "UNDISCOVERED" SIGHTS AND EXPERIENCES TAKE YOU BACK TO THE VIETNAM OF 30 YEARS AGO.
AS WITH ALL OUR RIDES IT IS NOT JUST THE RIDING THAT IS SPECTACULAR THE INTERACTION WITH THE LOCALS MAKES FOR SOME FANTASTIC MEMORIES.
Eastern Indonesia Island Hopping
August 2022 - 14 days
FINALLY COVID ENDED AND THE WORD STARTED TO REOPEN AGAIN.
SO WE FLEW TO BALI FROM ALL AROUND THE WORLD AND THE JUMPED ON A DOMESTIC FLIGHT TO FLORES WHERE OUR 12 BIKES WERE WAITING FOR US AFTER HAVING BEEN SHIPPED DOWN FROM BALI AHEAD OF US.
2 WEEKS OF UNBELIEVABLE RIDING AND FUN TIMES IN THE LEAST EXPLORED REGION OF INDONESIA.
Covid
March 2020 to August 2022
I had a dream, which was not all a dream.
The bright sun was extinguish’d, and the stars
Did wander darkling in the eternal space,
Rayless, and pathless, and the icy earth
Swung blind and blackening in the moonless air;
Morn came and went—and came, and brought no day …
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Southern India
February 2020 - 15 days
OUR FIRST TRIP TO THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT WAS A 12 BIKE, 14 DAY RIDE STARTING AND ENDING IN CHENNAI. A BIG LOOP OF THE SOUTHERN PART OF INDIA WAS DONE AND A GREAT TIME WAS HAD.
LITTLE DID WE KNOW THAT LITERALLY AS WE ENDED THE RIDE THE CRAZINESS OF COVID WAS STARTING TO APPEAR AROUND THE WORLD AND THIS WOULD BE OUR LAST BDAC RIDE FOR 2 1/2 YEARS AS THE WORLD LOCKED DOWN AND INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL BECAME ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE
Northwest Myanmar
May 2019 - 14 days
A RIDE BEGINNING AND ENDING IN MANDALAY AND INTO THE VERY RARELY VISITED NORTHWEST OF THE COUNTRY.
IT WAS HOT AT TIMES. ONE DAY IT WAS OVER 46 DEGREES CELCIUS IN THE SHADE AND FAR HOOTER IN THE SUN RIDING. MOST DAYS FOR THE 2 WEEKS IT WAS OVER 40 DEGREES.
MYANMAR IS A FANTASTIC PLACE TO RIDE AND EXPLORE BUT WHO KNOWS HOW LONG NOW BEFORE FOREIGNERS CAN GET IN AND RDE ?
Southern Vietnam
February 2019 - 14 days
STARTING AND ENDING IN HCMC THIS 14 DAY RIDE TOOK 12 BDAC RIDERS THROUGH LOWER AND MIDDLE VIETNAM BEFORE RETURNING TO HCMC AT THE END.
GREAT RIDING IN SOME STUNNING PARTS OF THE COUNTRY WHILE MAKING THE MOST OF THE FAMOUS VIETNAMESE CUISINE AND HOSPITALITY.
A TRULY GREAT TIME WAS HAD BY ALL
Northeast Myanmar
August 2018 - 13 days
A WET SEASON VISIT TO THE NORTH OF THE COUNTRY. A REGION VERY VERY RARELY RIDDEN OR VISITED BY OUTSIDERS WE WERE DEFINATLEY THE CENTRE OF ATTENTION WHEREVER AND WHENEVER WE STOPPED.
DONT KNOW HOW LONG BEFORE PEOPLE CAN GET IN THERE AGAIN BUT WHEN THEY CAN GET OUT YOUR ADVENTURE SPIRIT AND HEAD INTO ONE OF THE LAST WILD FRONTIERS IN ASIA.
Northwest Thailand
February 2018 - 14 days
AHHH NORTHWEST THAILAND. THE LAND OF THE WORLD FAMOUS MAE HON SON LOOP WITH ITS 1864 CORNERS AND STUNNING SCENERY.
12 BIKES FOR 12 NIGHTS AS WE RODE AND EXPLORED THIS WONDROUS PART OF THE KINGDOM. AT TIMES RIGHT OUT WEST ON THE THAI/MYANMAR BORDER
SOME FANTASTICMEMORIES FOR A LIFETIME WERE MADE ON THIS RIDE.
Northeast Vietnam
August 2017 - 15 days
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HOW DOES ONE DESCRIBE THE OUT OF THIS WORLD RIDING AND STUNNING SCENERY IN NORTHEAST VIETNAM IN WORDS ?
WITH GREAT DIFFICULTY. IT IS A PLACE THAT IS BEST EXPERIENCED WITH ALL THE SENSES, SIGHT, SOUND ,SMELL AND TASTE.
JUST A MAGICAL PART OF AN ENCHANTING COUNTRY THAT 12 GUYS ON 12 BIKES GOT TO EXPLORE AND RIDE.WONDERFUL
Northeast Thailand
February 2017 14 nights
IF THERE IS A PLACE YOU SHOULD HAVE ON YOUR BUCKET LIST TO RIDE IN IT IS NORTHEAST THAILAND.
SWEEPING POWER CORNERS, TIGHT SWITCHBACKS, MAGNIFICENT SCENERY AND THE WORLD FAMOUS WELCOMING LOCALS AND DELICIOUS CUISINE.
RIDE WITH YOU JAW DROPPED OPEN IN AWE DURING THE DAY AND SPEND THE WARM TROPICAL EVENINGS TRYING TO KEEP IT SHUT FROM ONE MORE MOUTHFUL OF IRRESISTIBLE FOOD AND ICY COLD CHANG BEER.
Middle Thailand
July 2016 - 14 nights
SOME PEOPLE SAY THE MIDDLE PART OF THAILAND IS THE LEAST EXCITING AREA TO RIDE AND TRAVEL IN.
WELL SOMEONE FORGOT TO TELL THE WORLD CLASS RIDING, AWE INSPIRING VIEWS, FRIENDLY LOCALS, DELICIOUS FOOD AND DRINK AND EXCELLENT ATTRACTIONS TO HIDE AWAY WHILE WE WERE THERE CAUSE THAT'S ALL WE FOUND.
EVERYTHING IN LIFE IS WHAT YOU MAKE OF IT AND WE CERTAINLY MADE THE MOST OF THE REGION AND HAVE A FANTASTIC RIDE AND TIME.
Cambodia
August 2015 - 12 nights
THIS RIDE WE DID INDEED JUMP ON INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS AND HEAD TO CAMBODIA FOR 10 DAYS OF GREAT RIDING AND EXPLORING ON OUR FIRST INTERNATIONAL RIDE. 10 GUYS ALL FROM DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD COMING TOGETHER TO HEAD OUT AND EXPLORE AND HAVE FUN.
Palawan Island- Philippines
September 2014 - 8 nights
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THE FIRST RIDE WHERE AS A GROUP WE JUMPED ON A PLANE AND HEADED TO ANOTHER PLACE TO RIDE.ALBIET A DOMESTIC FLIGHT BUT IT STILL WAS A FLIGHT :-)
PALAWAN BACK THEN HADN'T BEEN "DISCOVERED" BY THE MASSES YET AND A FANTASTIC LAID BACK TIME WAS HAD BY ALL AS WE TOOK A GOOD LOOK AROUND THE NORTHERN PART OF THE ISLAND FOR A WEEK
Northern Luzon Loop, Philippines
March 2014- 7 days
OUR FIRST REAL 'RIDE IN EARNEST' THIS WAS A 5 NIGHT RIDE ROUND THE NORTHERN, WESTERN AND EASTERN COAST OF THE LARGEST OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS; LUZON.
THE THINGS WE LEARNED ON THIS RIDE HELPED TO SHAPE THE NEXT FEW RIDES AND BEGAN THE BDAC BALL ROLLING.