Digby's Journal
Gasoline, Grit and the Great Escape
Field notes, reflections, and insights gathered over decades of exploring Asia’s backroads. Browse our motorcycle touring journal and see where the trail has taken us.
In 2019 Digby found the crash site of a USAF jet fighter that was shot down over Laos in 1968.
Cluster bombs, shell casings, and original cobblestoned sections of the Ho Chi Minh Trail can still be seen in Laos. Explore our massive Ho Chi Minh Trail image gallery.
For Gordon's Great Escape, great Gordon Ramsay cooked up a storm, was polite as a bluebell, and wanted to buy our 650cc Ural motorcycle.
For BBC: World's Most Dangerous Roads, we guided Sue Perkins and Liza Tarbuck down the original Ho Chi Minh Trail.
Many free or inexpensive smart phone apps can really help riders navigate and enjoy their tour.
US Special Forces suffered a devastating defeat while attacking an NVA base deep inside Laos
The Trail was a vital logistical network involving communication and pipeline networks. Keep exploring one of the largest photo collections of the Ho Chi Minh Trail
Relentless bombing devasted the Laotian countryside. Check out part 4 of our gallery of images of the Ho Chi Minh Trail, taken before and after the war.
Explore Indochina helped run a scout for Man vs Wild Vietnam. Here's the truth behind how Bear Grylls actually survives in the wild.