10th Annual HU Thailand Travellers Meeting 2016 You can meet people who don't think you're crazy for wanting to ride your bike to South America or Africa or across Asia, or even around the world! Admit it, all your 'normal' friends and most of your family fears for your sanity! So, this is your opportunity to meet the people who will encourage you in that craziness, share their experiences and advice on how to do it, and maybe you'll meet them again in Mongolia or Timbuktu! Meeting Location - Where is it? AccommodationInformation about the area 18:00 – 19:00: "Welcome Horizons Unlimited Travellers," a sponsored reception by The Rider's Corner and friends. Free draft for one hour! This evening is a "Meet and Greet" opportunity for serious local motorbike riders, cyclists, overlanders, key people and HU travellers to spend time together exchanging road tales and information. Meals can be ordered off the menu. 19:00: Introduction of all attendees, "Pass the microphone," chill and swill until?

14:00 – 14:30: Horizons Unlimited group photo at The Rider’s Corner. Professional photographer(s) will be shooting for Horizons Unlimited and magazines. Lunch at Riders Corner 18:00 – 19:30: BBQ. The Rider’s Corner Restaurant has been acclaimed as “the best BBQ in Chiang Mai” and awarded the Tripadvisor Certificate of Excellence. Reservations for the BBQ are required. Call 0870481787, 0856188914 or email to The Rider’s Corner to make reservations. 200 THB per person. This is a special discounted price for attendees of the 2015 HU Mini-Meeting. 19:30 – 19:45: Welcome and introduction of all attendees, “Pass the microphone” by the evening Master of Ceremonies, The Most Honorable Ozie Hamerman, “The California Mocy-Man With The Plan.” 19:45 – 20:30: Multimedia presentation #1 TBA 20:30 – 21:15: Multimedia presentation #2 TBA 21:15 - ???: Motorcycle Travellers’ Questions and Answers – Travel around The Golden Triangle, Southeast Asia or ‘round the world.

Adventurer, Author and Global Motorcycle Entertainer, Geoff Thomas from GB, has volunteered to be one of the two entertainers on Saturday night. motorcycle store in schaumburgThomas always has a wild and interesting presentation. motorcycle parts pickering ontarioOnce he shared his tale of managing 1,000 kilometers in 24 hours on a Thai manufactured 125 cc Tiger motorcycle, his personal form of an Ironbutt 1,000 in 24 hours. motorcycle for sale in spartanburg scHis adventure included two flat tires, the second being caused by the first Thai tire changer leaving an adjusting bolt inside the tire between the tube and the tire after making the patch fix. ducati monster 1100 for sale usa

Given the slow speed of the Tiger and other road traffic adventures along the way it was an amazing feat to do the 1,000 kilometers from the HU Meeting in Chiang Mai to his end point in Bangkok in less than 24 hours.motorcycle shops in visalia caWe're all here to learn, and there's LOTS to learn! motorcycle helmets perth auWe want to do more presentations and clinics - but we need volunteers to give them! motorcycle tires winchester vaAny topic you can contribute having to do with motorcycle travel, maintenance, planning etc, lasting 20 minutes or more, would be great. Please contact me here to volunteer. Two Bikers One World by Anders and Petra Stridfeldt, on BMW F800GS's around the globe.

Caught In A Sideways Loop In Hidden Asia, or how an 8,000 kilometer planned adventure tour turned into a 40,000 kilometer lifestyle. By wandering adventurist Ian Gatenby Munich to Capetown (The Harder Way Down) Ekke Kok and Audrey Allenspach-Kok (CA) Riders Corner Bar and Restaurant (Food, maps, motorbike rental, traveller's "touch point")357, Moon Muang RoadChiang Mai More information on how to find it. GPS: N18.47.701, E98.59.602 (Located in the heart of Chiang Mai, on the northeast corner of the old moat, just minutes walking from the central Tapae Gate. Easy to find by tuk-tuk from most hotels and guest houses.) Free Wifi, some off-street parking, open late, English spoken and a "HU traveller friendly" atmosphere. Motorcycle traveller DVD player with multiple screens! Got your special adventure travel DVD? Bring it along and the management will try to play it on the house system. The Riders Corner Bar and Restaurant and Ride Inn Hotel have become "the meeting point" for serious local and international motorcycle travellers in Asia and especially those in the Golden Triangle of Thailand.

It is here that the latest information can be found on motorcycling and travel through the wide network of contacts in and out of the location. The motorcycle specific and freshest maps of North Thailand and Laos are sold from here with net profits going to charitable organizations in Asia. If a motorcycle traveller wants Golden Triangle riding tips, this is the place to start in Chiang Mai! The Ride Inn Hotel357 Moon Muang RoadTel: 087-0481787, 085-6188914Note: The Ride Inn Hotel is the base camp for the 2012 HU Mini-Meeting. They have a limited number of rooms but can find you local accommodations if filled. Located on the corner of the moat surrounding the old city of Chiang Mai, it is easy walking distance to many of the local sites. Numerous accommodation possibilities are nearby, but do reserve early as this is the "high season" in Chiang Mai. Top North Hotel41 Moon Muang Road Note: All three of the above are short walking distance to Amora Tapae Hotel, Art Café, "Chill and Swill" Oasis's on The Moat, as well as Internet shops, Starbucks, and numerous other restaurants and tourist shops.