Welcome to our Tour

Welcome to our new blog on Blogger :)

In just a few days, Thailand and Laos, here we come again!

Hi for those of you reading that don't know me, my name is Chris Jilley, I'm 34 and live in Australia's beautiful Gold Coast. My adventurous travelling companion and best friend David Burrows and I are again heading back to the beauty and splendour of S E Asia, its amazing culture and beautiful people :)

Back in 2009, David and I set off on our first Bike tour in Asia with a good friend and tour operator Reed Resnikoff of Asian Motorcycle Adventures for a 9 Day tour of Northern Thailand taking in the Mae Hong Son (Road of a thousand corners), riding the border of Burma and Thailand and the crossing into Burma for a quick visit. We had such an amazing time with Reed and all our new found friends in Thailand and at that moment we both knew this had to be done again, and again :)

In 2011 we went for a "Normal Holiday" with David's partner Mariella (Maz) who was just a few mths pregnant with their and my god son Mason. On that trip we travelled around Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam which was again a really amazing experience, getting to experience so many different cultures in a short space of time. Upon returning home we realised we had to get back over there to do another bike tour and hopefully head into Laos to explore.

In November 2012 David and I set off for our first bike tour without a guide, except the ever appreciated assistance provided by google maps and our poor overheating smartphones :). We again went to see our trusty friend Reed Resnikoff in Chiang Mai Thailand where we loaned us two of his Kawasaki KLX 250's to take out of the country to ride ourselves into Laos. You can read about this amazing month long adventure in the Thailand and Laos Bike Tour 2012 Blog Page. Whilst on that tour in 2012 we randomly ran into a lovely chap also named Chris. He had seen we were in a spot of mechanical bother with a laos mechanic that wasn't all that switched on and he stopped to save the day!. Thanks again for that Chris, You're a Star!. From there became good friends over the remainder of our tour and prompted us to change our rough itinerary and head south to the Ho Chi Minh trails in Southern Laos, this was meant to be......

Whilst in Southern Laos we got to know Chris very well and by chance we met another amazing man that owns a cozy little resort in Ban Namsanam Laos. We learnt how this man grew up during the war and some of the things he is himself doing putting back into the community and helping those in need. After we all finished having dinner and over a few Beer Lao and some of the nicest food i have every tasted, we all made a commitment to each other, that we would do what we could to help improve education and the lives of the beautiful people in this amazing country, realising that just a few dollars can purchase basic tools and necessities to help them explore and develop.

Stay tuned, we are excited to share these experiences with you and will keep this blog regularly updated throughout our trip.

Fit for the task :)