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April 6, 2020 By Craig Jackson

Asian Overland 2020 Road Report – Week #5 – Back into Thailand

Asian Overland 2020 Road Report – Week #5 – Back into Thailand

By Jerry Cook I don’t think anyone in the group really was ready to leave Myanmar.  We were enjoying this country immensely.  After 11 days, with the last few having been some of the best riding of the trip so far, it was time to cross the Mai Sai border and enter the infamous Golden Triangle region […]

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March 31, 2020 By Craig Jackson

Asian Overland 2020 Road Report – Week #4 – More Myanmar

Asian Overland 2020 Road Report – Week #4 – More Myanmar

By Jerry Cook Prior to the expedition, nobody in the group really knew what to expect of Myanmar. It was a bit of an unknown.   Tourism has only been encouraged by their government since 1992 and really hadn’t opened up to travellers until the general elections in 2010 when a civilian government was installed.  It’s not a […]

Filed Under: Asia, Blog, Blog & Updates, Major Expeditions Tagged With: Adventure Motorcycling, adventure travel, Major Expeditions, Motorcycle Tour, Myanmar

March 30, 2020 By Craig Jackson

The Compass Expeditions 2020 Tour Catalogue

The Compass Expeditions 2020 Tour Catalogue

Where would you like to ride? For further information on all Compass Expeditions tours or Major Expeditions please visit us at: http://www.compassexpeditions.com/ Click below to view our catalogue of tours.

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March 17, 2020 By Craig Jackson

Asian Overland 2020 Road Report – Week #3 – Myanmar – “Mingalabar” (Hello)

Asian Overland 2020 Road Report – Week #3 – Myanmar – “Mingalabar” (Hello)

By Jerry Cook Arriving at the Thailand / Myanmar border, I was excited to bring the group into the fourth country of the Asian Overland expedition.  There is a tangible excitement to brining a motorcycle tour group into a new country and the unknown adventures that lay ahead.   The border procedures were surprisingly efficient, thanks to the […]

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March 4, 2020 By Craig Jackson

Asian Overland 2020 Road Report – Week #2 – Thailand

Asian Overland 2020 Road Report – Week #2 – Thailand

By Jerry Cook When I looked ahead at the tour itinerary and saw that my birthday was going to be in Krabi, Thailand I knew it was going to be a good one.  I was right!  I woke up in our beautiful hotel, the Anyavee Resort to many messages from friends and family all around the […]

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February 20, 2020 By Craig Jackson

Asian Overland 2020 Road Report – Week #1

Asian Overland 2020 Road Report – Week #1

By Jerry Cook Singapore & Malaysia When I was growing up, I was fortunate to spend many a Christmas and school holiday in Singapore. Being only a relatively short flight from my hometown of Perth and with my relatives living there, it was the ideal family getaway.  I have many fond memories of carefree teenage days […]

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July 3, 2019 By Craig Jackson

The Asian Overland Research Trip – Week 11 – The Final Week

The Asian Overland Research Trip – Week 11 – The Final Week

By Mick McDonald We started our final week off by visiting one of the world’s greatest archaeological discoveries, the Terracotta Warriors, it truly is an immense sight to be gazing over 1000s of warriors tasked with standing guard over Emperor Qin for eternity, from 2000 years ago. The site was only discovered in 1974 by […]

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June 24, 2019 By Craig Jackson

The Asian Overland Research Trip – Week 10 – Almost Done

The Asian Overland Research Trip – Week 10 – Almost Done

By Mick McDonald We woke to a virtual blizzard that only seemed to intensify as the day wore on, it was our last day in Tibet and we were descending nearly 2000mt from the, now snow covered, Tibetan Plateau to what is known as the Mongolian Prefecture, and the town of Golmud, however Tibet had […]

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June 17, 2019 By Craig Jackson

The Asian Overland Research Trip – Week 9 – In the land of the Gods

The Asian Overland Research Trip – Week 9 – In the land of the Gods

By Mick McDonald The drive out of Lhasa was the usual, epic mountain panoramas, glaciers, high altitude turquoise lakes and posing Mastiff dogs the size of Serengeti lions! We had hit the tourist trail and saw at least 5 other tourists on the route. On top of lofty mountain passes our car seemed to attract […]

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June 11, 2019 By Craig Jackson

The Asian Overland Research Trip – Week 8 – Oh my God!

The Asian Overland Research Trip – Week 8 – Oh my God!

By Mick McDonald Oh My God! These were the words most uttered as we drove an unbelievable fairy-tale landscape of snow-capped peaks, narrow canyonlands dissected by a raging torrent far far below, pine forests, Impossibly scenic monasteries located on a knife edge ridge and a landscape dotted with Tibetan style farmhouses that would command a […]

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June 3, 2019 By Craig Jackson

The Asian Overland Research Trip – Week 7 – From China with love

The Asian Overland Research Trip – Week 7 – From China with love

By Mick McDonald We have forgotten what week it is as we farewelled the wonderful Laos, the 3 hour ride to the border, with the obligatory flat tyre, was a fitting way to end our time in Laos as it was yet another scenic overload over the final mountain ranges into China The border itself […]

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May 27, 2019 By Craig Jackson

The Asian Overland Expedition- Research trip – Week 6 – A history that no one wants.

The Asian Overland Expedition- Research trip – Week 6 – A history that no one wants.

Our first day in Laos and the wonderful leafy capital city that is Vientiane, with its French influenced cafes and coffee shops selling wonderful patisseries and serving refreshing lemon smoothies. We visited the Laos version of the Arc de Triumph, made out of cement donated by the US, for the airport!! We also visited what became an eye opener and yet another example of man’s capacity to inflict suffering upon each other. During the Vietnam war Laos had a B52 planeload of bombs dropped on it every 8 minutes 24/7 for 9 years straight, that’s 580,000 tonnes or ordinance of which 30% remained unexploded, making Laos the most bombed country in human history!

Filed Under: Asia, Blog, Blog & Updates, Major Expeditions Tagged With: asia, Thailand

May 23, 2019 By Craig Jackson

The Asian Overland Expedition- Research trip – Week 5 – Land of the Longnecks

The Asian Overland Expedition- Research trip – Week 5 – Land of the Longnecks

We hit the for what must surely be Thailand’s most legendary motorcycle road, the Mae Hong Son loop, even in a Hilux we were excited to get onto this road famous for its 1864 curves.

Filed Under: Asia, Blog, Blog & Updates, Major Expeditions Tagged With: adventure travel, Asian Overland, Beijing, China, expedition, Laos, Motorcycle Tour, Myanmar, Thailand

May 14, 2019 By Craig Jackson

The Asian Overland Expedition- Research trip – Week 4 – The Road to Mandalay

The Asian Overland Expedition- Research trip – Week 4 – The Road to Mandalay

Our 4th week on the Asian Overland saw us hit the “Road to Mandalay”, the very name conjures up images of wooden wheeled carts being pulled by Brahmans and steered by a family wearing bamboo hats along a track that winds its way through endless rice fields, and that’s exactly the scene that greeted us we wound our way north. We reached the incredible Bagan, a 25 square mile plain on the mighty Irrawaddy River in central Myanmar. Bagan is a maelstrom of temples with up to 4000 Buddhist temples from the 12th & 13th Century AD, its often referred to as Ankor Wat on steroids but minus the crowds.

Filed Under: Asia, Blog, Blog & Updates, Major Expeditions Tagged With: adventure ride, adventure travel, Asian Overland Expedition, motorcycle adventure, Motorcycle Tour, Myanmar, south East Asia, Thailand

May 6, 2019 By Craig Jackson

The Asian Overland Expedition- Research trip – Week 3

The Asian Overland Expedition- Research trip – Week 3

Moving into our third week on the road, we look towards exploring our fourth country within south-east Asia. Myanmar is within reach, but not before discovering Thailand’s ancient history in the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Sukhothai Historical Park. Here lie the ruins of the 13th century Sukhothai Kingdom, which is alleged to be the […]

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April 29, 2019 By Craig Jackson

The Asian Overland Expedition- Research trip – Weeks 1-2

The Asian Overland Expedition- Research trip – Weeks 1-2

Week One: And so, it begins, one of the most extensive research trips that we have ever undertaken. Lucky enough to be doing this trip is myself, founder of Compass Expeditions, Mick McDonald and our resident paramedic who has worked on many of our rides, including our Simon Pavey and Charley Boorman events, Sarah Taylor.  […]

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January 29, 2019 By Craig Jackson

Magical Mongolia 2018

Magical Mongolia 2018

Words and Images by Mick McDonald. Mongolia, the very word conjures up images of wild horseman galloping across and ancient empty steppe landscape, with bow & arrow in hand, which today, isn’t that far from reality in what is the most sparsely populated country on earth and where the locals still practice the three “manly” […]

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January 29, 2019 By Craig Jackson

Kyrgyzstan Explorers

Kyrgyzstan Explorers

Words and images by Craig Jackson. I am sitting in a stone hut, 6 x 3 foot, it is steaming hot and an old bloke is stoking a fire to heat it from the small room outside. I am at 3200 mt and the small room has four other sweaty people in it. It is […]

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July 12, 2018 By Craig Jackson

Magic Mongolia Blog – July 2018 – By Peter Grace – Part #5

Magic Mongolia Blog – July 2018 – By Peter Grace – Part #5

Wednesday 27 June Day 11 We have ended the tour safely, but I’ll send updates for the missing days. A rest day so we had a slow start but went for a short ride to explore a local volcanic lava field.  The eruptions happened just 8000 years ago, and the lava dammed the rivers to […]

Filed Under: Asia, Blog, Blog & Updates Tagged With: Adventure Motorcycling, Central Asia, Compass Expeditions, Mongolia, Motorcycle, motorcycle expedition, Motorcycle Tour, Motorcycle Tours

June 29, 2018 By Craig Jackson

Magic Mongolia Blog – July 2018 – By Peter Grace – Part #4

Magic Mongolia Blog – July 2018 – By Peter Grace – Part #4

Sunday 24 June Day 8  Saturday was a rest day and we needed it. I went for a horse ride and the had a siesta., Sunday, we retraced our path away from the lake on a dry and dusty road (it had been muddy and puddled on Friday).  I had another problem when my bash […]

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June 25, 2018 By Craig Jackson

The Inaugural Compass Expeditions Mongolian Magic Tour – Mick’s Blog – Part #1

The Inaugural Compass Expeditions Mongolian Magic Tour – Mick’s Blog – Part #1

Story and photos by Mick McDonald. Part #1 For the first time in nearly 3 weeks in Mongolia it’s raining, and raining hard, of course it’s our first day of our first ever 14-day Mongolian Magic tour. We struggle out of the capital Ulaan Baatar though a maelstrom of water filled potholes with manic bus […]

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June 20, 2018 By Craig Jackson

Magic Mongolia Blog – July 2018 – By Peter Grace – Part #2

Magic Mongolia Blog – July 2018 – By Peter Grace – Part #2

Day 2 Mongolia It was a full-on day.  New bikes had been delivered, old bikes fixed, and the weather was cool but sunny. We left at 8.00am and got back to the hotel at 7.45pm.  We started by visiting the Genghis Khan statue.  It was enormous – the biggest horse in the world apparently.  We […]

Filed Under: Asia, Blog, Blog & Updates Tagged With: Adventure Motorcycling, expedition, London to Magadan, Long Way Round, Mongolia, Mongolia adventure, Motorcycle, motorcycle expedition, Motorcycle Tour, Motorcycle Tours, Road of Bones, russia, south america motorbike adventures

June 18, 2018 By Craig Jackson

Magic Mongolia Blog – July 2018 – By Peter Grace – Part #1

Magic Mongolia Blog – July 2018 – By Peter Grace – Part #1

Peter Grace and his brother Dave have joined us on our inaugural Magical Mongolia motorcycle tour and Peter has kindly allowed us to follow along with their journey via his daily updates. I reproduce it here for you word for word without amendment. Many thanks Pete. Enjoy! Craig Compass Expeditions.   First day in Mongolia […]

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January 16, 2018 By Craig Jackson

Born to Ride – Asian Overland Story.

Born to Ride – Asian Overland Story.

Our friends at Born to Ride Magazine have ran this great story featuring our new 104 day major expedition, The Asian Overland – Darwin to Beijing. The Asian Overland is a great long distance adventure that does not require you to have any off road riding experience as over 95% of the route is on […]

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December 4, 2017 By Craig Jackson

Kyrgyz where?? – Adventure Rider Story

Kyrgyz where?? – Adventure Rider Story

Kyrgyzstan at the very forefront of the “last frontier” when it comes to motorcycle touring, a place so new to tourism that Lonely Planet doesn’t have a guide book on it, yet! Deep within Central Asia this incredible country offers bikers an unparalleled diversity of towering snow-capped peaks, stunning alpine valleys, fast flowing glacial rivers, […]

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August 2, 2017 By Craig Jackson

Kyrgyzstan Explorer – The view from the support truck – Week Two

Kyrgyzstan Explorer – The view from the support truck – Week Two

Click Here to read about WEEK ONE of the tour   Story by Ryan Heath Images by Mick McDonald The next day we are off the bikes but the adventure does not stop. Early in the morning we board two former Russian army trucks that transport us to the stunning alpine valley of Altyn Arashan. […]

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July 27, 2017 By Craig Jackson

Kyrgyzstan Explorer – The view from the support truck – Week One

Kyrgyzstan Explorer – The view from the support truck – Week One

  Story by Ryan Heath Images by Mick McDonald   It is fair to say that when I told people I was travelling to Kyrgyzstan the most common reaction was, “you’re going where?” I think there was an assumption that any place that ended with “stan” was not a travel destination of choice. People seemed […]

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March 15, 2017 By Craig Jackson

Mongolian Magic Motorcycle Tour

Mongolian Magic Motorcycle Tour

Mongolian Magic Motorcycle Tour  www.compassexpeditions.com                                                        15 March 2017 Compass Expeditions is excited to announce our latest unique riding destination, Mongolia. “This is definitely one of the most exciting, remote and rarely visited regions left on earth, its true last frontier stuff”, says Compass Expeditions director Mick McDonald, “Mongolia is always a standout highlight for […]

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November 13, 2013 By Craig Jackson

Private Cambodia Motorcycle Tour Part 6

Private Cambodia Motorcycle Tour Part 6

We were approached by a group of 6 friends who were looking to do a private week long motorcycle tour of Cambodia in November. They were looking for something a bit different and so we organised a trip with XR250s and a bit of adventure involved. Below is the sixth of the e-mails that were […]

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November 13, 2013 By Craig Jackson

Private Cambodia Motorcycle Tour Part 5

Private Cambodia Motorcycle Tour Part 5

We were approached by a group of 6 friends who were looking to do a private week long motorcycle tour of Cambodia in November. They were looking for something a bit different and so we organised a trip with XR250s and a bit of adventure involved. Below is the fifth of the e-mails that were […]

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Compass Expeditions 2022 tour dates coming soon

Finally – The news you have all been waiting for.

“It’s now with the greatest of pleasure that we can announce that, like the legendary Phoenix, Compass Expeditions has arisen from the ashes and will once again offer world renowned, unique, exciting motorcycle tours across the globe.” – Mick McDonald

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Out of concern for the safety of our riders and crew until the  COVID-19 situation is under control, we have no plans to run tours in 2021.

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