Chiang Mai - Quad BIKING!!!!!

The Two Terrors!

Officially, quad biking rocks BIG time!

Today we went quad biking, which was really full on, like most of the things in SE Asia, there is no faffing around and doing things slowly, you are basically thrown in the deep end and made to get on with it.

This is my good side!

With minimal or non existent safety briefing and training, we were told where the accelerator is, the gears are and how to stop and then made to drive around for a few minutes before we headed for the open road, yup public roads, there was a sticker right in front of me saying that the quads are not for use on public roads, but what the heck, this is SE Asia, laws and rules only serve as a rough guideline!

I tried to look like a big bad mean terror rider - but this is the pose that came out!

Gurch looking more the part in his army shorts and bandana and pose!

So after a some on road stuff we headed for the off road, and after a bit things got really fun with lots of quite dangerous terrain, dangerous as in you could fall easily into a valley or river!

I gave up on the mean poses and went for the 'im contemplating' pose

I managed to crash twice and burn my leg on the manifold and to loose all gears, ok, so i was pushing a bit hard and being a little reckless, but i thought when am i going to get the chance again?!

In case you are wondering what that white thing dangling from Gurcharan's ear is - its not his sexy new look, its a surgical mask to protect from the dust.

Preet really had a good time too, she was being far more sensible not doing power slides and drifting like i was or ripping the poor engine,, ahh i miss driving! We had to wait for her a few times, she did crash too, but the quads are built to take a beating.

I thought id bring some glamour into the quad bike scene!

On the way back it felt like all our bones had been shaken up, but it was really fun and well recommended!

Follow that quad bike!