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.
Explore Indochina helped run a scout for Man vs Wild Vietnam. Here's the truth behind how Bear Grylls actually survives in the wild.
We modified three bikes and one jeep so that a group with different physical disabilities could embark on an ambitious adventure for BBC: Without Limits.
For Charley Boorman: Freedom Riders, Charley visited our garage, rode one of our 650cc Urals, visited the Blue Dragon, and even joined our charity rally.
For BBC: World's Most Dangerous Roads, we guided Sue Perkins and Liza Tarbuck down the original Ho Chi Minh Trail.
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.
This is Charley Boorman: By Any Means. The man with the diamond blue eyes rode one of Explore Indochina’s 125cc Minsks from the Chinese border down to Hanoi.
Explore Indochina made it possible for Top Gear to drive their motorbikes and scooters across the water and out into Ha Long Bay for the epic Vietnam Special.
One of the world’s most popular shows teamed up with Explore Indochina to make TV magic. Top Gear: Vietnam Special was absolutely legendary.