Hi all,

I came across this site in the last few days and have been blow away by the wealth of information available, most of which I've struggled to find on the wider net. Respect and thanks to CrazyCarl for setting this up, am looking forward to joining in, learning and contributing.

A bit about myself, I'm from Australia, currently live in Sydney when I'm there, which in the last few years has been very on-and-off. I'm living in Kunming at the moment, got sent here by my Aus uni to study Mandarin for a year but fell in love with the place and a lovely local girl so have extended my stay for the moment.

Am in the planning stages of a MC trip, starting July, from here up through the west, Sichuan, Qinghai etc, hoping to crack in to Central Asia for a while then come back down via Inner Mongolia, Gansu, central China, possibly pop into Laos/other SE Asia for a while, who knows...

Have some experince on bikes, lived a year in far south India and spent a lot of hours on the road on my trusty Hero Honda, have zipped around through most SEA countries, mostly on mopeds and glorified scooters, and spent a month wandering the Mongolian wilderness on a Chinese-made 150cc Mustang last summer, two-up.

I've attached a couple of photos below, from the latter trip. Am going for my Chinese licence tomorrow, which, after visiting the Traffic Police Management Office today, seems like it will be surprisingly straightforward, touch wood, and after that will need a hand on selection of bike, equipment, route etc, but will post then.

If anyone wants some info on riding in Mongolia, or India even, or has any questions about Kunming, let me know!

Cheers,

Jack

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