Thailand/Laos/China Tour 2025

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Hi All, ive been back a few weeks from a fantastic tour starting in Thailand, crossing Laos, and then 3 x weeks touring China, then return, absolutely amazing tour :cool:


There was 11 riders from Thailand on an assortment of different bikes, all our personal bikes......................and 1 hire bike from China to make 12 riders ;)


Tour was through DT Travel from Vietnam, organised in conjuction with my friend Mike Gagne from Thailand (Mike Freerider on Youtube) :no_mouth:


Mikes currently releasing Videos of our tour on Youtube, heres part 1, well worth a look IMO...............................


 
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Hi All, ive been back a few weeks from a fantastic tour starting in Thailand, crossing Laos, and then 3 x weeks touring China, then return, absolutely amazing tour :cool:


There was 11 riders from Thailand on an assortment of different bikes, all our personal bikes......................and 1 hire bike from China to make 12 riders ;)


Tour was through DT Travel from Vietnam, organised in conjuction with my friend Mike Gagne from Thailand (Mike Freerider on Youtube) :no_mouth:


Mikes currently releasing Videos of our tour on Youtube, heres part 1, well worth a look IMO...............................


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How was the test for the driver's licence?
 
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How was the test for the driver's licence?
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It wasnt really a test, 1st they translate your Thai Lic to a Chinese one, and then maybe a 15min discussion on road safety, which was all in Chinese, lucky we had our Chinese tour guide with us to translate, they had photographs of accidents on a board to show what can happen, interesting the temp Chinese lic is valid for 1 year.


Also after we were issued with the lic we went to lunch, we were not allowed to leave the restaurant (2km away) until the Police gave us the all clear, apparently they do a background check on us, it took approx 2 hours before we got the ok to go
 
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Beautiful and like at home the blue 6 wheeler moving out from a sidestreet on a snails pace not giving a dam about any oncoming traffic 555555. Love this gorge roads. BTW whats the river's name in that gorge ? Lots of rock slides too and a pity you couldn't go further. Thanks for this amazing trip report.
 
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Beautiful and like at home the blue 6 wheeler moving out from a sidestreet on a snails pace not giving a dam about any oncoming traffic 555555. Love this gorge roads. BTW whats the river's name in that gorge ? Lots of rock slides too and a pity you couldn't go further. Thanks for this amazing trip report.
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Cheers Franz, I had to use Google to get the rivers name : The Kesai River, also known as Kezi River, is located in Xinjiang, China, and is part of the Kashgar water system. It originates in Kyrgyzstan and flows into China, eventually joining the Yarkant River and becoming part of the Tarim River basin


Our Chinese guide would of told us the name on the day, hard to remember all the details, just stunning scenery riding through this area which is known as the Mao Wu Grand Canyon, it was 4 or 5 hours riding
 
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What bikes were you all on ? Any troubles with any of them? How easy was it to get enough petrol at any place as CRF's in standard kit are not known for huge tanks ?
And again a beautiful trip with amazing views....
 
Franz said:
What bikes were you all on ? Any troubles with any of them? How easy was it to get enough petrol at any place as CRF's in standard kit are not known for huge tanks ?
And again a beautiful trip with amazing views....
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We were on an assortment of different personal bikes Franz, ill list them..............................

1/ Frank - BMW GS1250

2/Peter - Kawasaki Versys 1000

3/ Horst - Honda African Twin CRF1000

4/ James - Truimph Rally Pro 900

5/ Colin - BMW GS800

6/ Brian - Honda CB500X

7/ Myself - Honda ADV350

8/ Mike - Honda CRF300 Rallye

9/ Roger - Kawasaki Versys 300

10/ Terry - Honda CRF300L

11/ Doug - Honda CRF250 Rallye

12/ Mario - Kove 525X (Rental bike from China)



Only the Honda CRF300L had a small fuel tank @ 7L, he just had to make more fuel stops than the rest of us.

No major issues with any bikes, a couple wanted an oil change and the Versys 1000 needed a new rear tyre, wore out quicker than he thought.

We often split up into 2 groups with the big bikes being alot faster on the Tollways, us smaller bikes could only sit on 110/120kmh
 
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