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 Its the group that make a holiday not the trails and in this case Stephen Sharps group came with the pure intention to have as much fun as possible and throughout the entire 6 days tour despite there were a couple of comments regarding the severity of the trails everyone of them took every challenge the trails threw at them and all of them had a fantastic time including the two support riders.
Because the group were open to everything available in Northern Thailand we were able to expand our horizons without limitations. With the go ahead of the Thai and Shan State Armies were given the go ahead to ride into No-mans land between the border of Thailand and Burma. We did loose Nick who on this day seemed to be riding totally on his own however, we found him safe and sound 30 kilometers from where the rest of the group were how he managed to pass through 2 sensitive border patrols still beats us to this day!
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We went on an off road tour with Motorbike Thailand from
the 19th to the 26th of July. As Andy said; "each day
would be more challenging than the last" and he was certainly true to
his word. Every single day was more challenging
culminating in us having lunch with representatives of the Sham army
1500m up a mountain. I have to say the trip was exceptional and i will definitely be back
next year. The bikes and accommodation were both great along with the camaraderie between all the guys. One of the expectational aspects of the
week was that Andy really made an effort to teach, particularly Michel
and I how to ride a bike properly both on and off the road. I will
always take inspiration from his "get you r f**ing feet on the pegs when I am next sliding down a hill of mud on a bike. Cheers guys for a great week! Mark (Hong Kong near the outskirts of Scotland)