Britton Motorcycle Adventures
 
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Chartwell, Hamilton, 3248
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Britton Motorcycle Adventures and NZ Motorcycle Adventures
Photo Gallery

Current Galleries:

New Zealand
    -Yamaha Mackenzie Safari
    -West Coast 5 Day Trail Ride
Bali
Laos and Cambodia
Mongolia
Vietnam

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New Zealand Gallery                                    Click here to email for more info...

Leaning Rock. Otago town of Clyde below the clouds

Lake Hawea, Otago NZ

Helicopter to the rescue, Central Plateau, NZ

Central Plateau, NZ

Mitimiti Beach, Northland West Coast

Adventure ride up Mt. Tarawera

Otago hut

Far North Trail home base

Te Paki stream and sand dunes

Gold mining tunnel West Coast Trail

"one at a time in the tunnel" West Coast Trail

Costly fuel

Bikes on boat to Great Barrier Island

Whangaparapara base for Great Barrier Island adventure ride

Bikes and wreck at Cape Barrier, Great Barrier Island

 

 

 

Okiwi, Great Barrier Island

West Coast Trail Ride

Historic St Bathans Hotel, Otago

Decending from Leaning Rock to Alexandra, Otago

The group on the Old Man Range, Otago

Tour mascot or booby prize?

Northern Exposure 4 Day Trail

Cornerman duty, Northern Exposure Trail

Otago Southern Lakes

Mt Burke and Lake Wanaka, Otago Southern Lakes Trail Ride

Barge to Cecil Peak Station, Lake Wakatipu, Queenstown.

Havelock town below, Canvastown Adventure Ride

Canvastown Adventure

Pelorus Sounds, Canvastown Adventure

Pureora Adventure

Kiwi Zone, Mt Ruapehu

Hawkes Bay Adventure Ride

Limestone & Dunes, Hokianga Harbour.

Hokianga Harbour in background

Te Paki Stream

90 Mile Beach heading South - Northern Exposure Trail Ride

 


 

 

 

 

Yamaha Mackenzie Safari - Jan 2008                Click here to email for more info...

'Barkbuster' equipped XT660R a necessity on any Safari or Trail Ride

Bashplate equipped XT660R Yamaha

Yamaha Safari welcomes all bike brands

Isolated Mackenzie Basin valley

KTM dwarfed by hydro pipe section

Yamaha Motor NZ launch new WR250R at Safari

Wide open space to ride and enjoy

Beemer GS on the pace

Hakataramea river crossing

Dave saving the front tyre from wear and tear

 


West Coast 5 Day Trail Ride - Feb 2008            Click here to email for more info...

Porika pylon track

Lake Rotoroa, Nelson Lakes, New Zealand

Waitahu Track , Reefton

Nobles Creek

Nobles Creek, West Coast

 

 

 

 

 

Into the tunnel, hand dug to divert the water flow for gold mining

Lester coming out the other side, West Coast

Ngahere pub, West Coast and the 2008 group

With this many rivers the occasional dunking is inevitable

West Coast humour and the price of petrol

Big and tender West Coast beef steaks for lunch at Ikamatua pub. West Coast

Slippery Soap Hill, always a challenge always conquered

Deep and a strong river flow dictates that we walk this crossing

It's dark in that tunnel!

Jevon styling it up on 2008 WR250F

West Coast timber mill, Lamb Valley

Looking down on Lake Rotoroa from Porika pylon track


 


 

 

Bali Gallery                                                Click here to email for more info...

Cremation ceremony preparation Ubud

Preparing rice seddling nursery

Paddy near Ubud

Wayan and the group near Ubud

Village life central Bali

Poolside view from Hotel near Ubud

Ritual daily blessings for our bikes

Looking down on Lake Batur

Riding the streambed track in Central Bali

Petrol refill Bali style

Drying bunches of rice

On the way to the temple Pemuteran, North Bali

Amed coastal road, East Bali

Jukung on the beach, Amed

Jukung under sail, Amed

Village in hills above Amed

East Bali trails

Seafood BBQ on the beach, Jimbaran

Gamelan practice

Temple ceremony preparation near Ubud

Coral View Cottages, Bunutan , East Bali

Temple ceremony

Temple offerings carried the Balinese way

Manual lawnmower

Bali backroads

 

 

 

 

Jukung under sail, East Bali

On the road to Kuta

Fish for dinner?

Sunset at Pemuteran, West Bali

Bicycle vendor

West Bali trails

Boat builders East Bali

West Bali

Cremation ceremony

Cremation preparation

Room for two

Want to buy a sarong ?

"You buy from me"

Food for the cow

On the way to market


 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Laos and Cambodia
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Traditional old house, Luang Prabang

French influenced design, Luang Prabang

Riverboat on Mekong River

Monk in temple residence, Xieng Maen village across the Mekong from Luang Prabang

French design influence, Luang Prabang

Drying Laotian sausages

Royal palace Luang Prabang

Leaving for Vang Vieng

Plenty more of these !

Wooden wheeled trolley cart

Riverside hotel Vang Vieng

Limestone karst formations, Vang Vieng

Buddhist Monks

Relief stone carving, Angkor Wat, Cambodia

Ta Prohm temple, Angkor Wat.

Tonle Sap floating village

Locals on main st Luang Prabang, Laos

Plain Of Jars, Northern Laos.

misty morning Nong Kiaw, North East, Laos

Bomb and sacred site mark the bridge entrance, Vang Vieng, Laos

 

 

 

 

 

Crossing the Nam Song (Song River) Vang Vieng, Laos.

the team outside royal palace in Vientiene.Having safely completed the Laos segment.. bring on Cambodia!

Seeing the city sites from our bikes. Vientiene, Laos capital city.

Bikes and buddist monks. Vientiene, Laos

Tuk Tuk ride to Ankor Wat, Northern Cambodia.


 


Mongolia Gallery                            Click here to download the booking form

Traditional Mongolian Ger and bike

Hostess at Ger camp

Ger camp Central Mongolia

Ger roof upkeep

Mongolian horsemen

Traditional celebrations

Mongolian warrior in traditional battle dress

Ger camp near lake

Northern Mongolia

Tim rounding up the yaks

Camping out near Hahorin

Ger Camp near Rashant

Giving children a ride home

Mongolian flag

Winters coming, dismantling the Ger and moving on

 

 

 

 

The locals are as facinated by us as we are by them

Working late repairing rear shock absorbers

Reindeer near Lake Hovsgol

Modern day Camel Train

The crew

The team from NZ


 

 

Vietnam Gallery
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Meet the locals, village near Mai Chau

Road tunnel near Laos border

Relaxing on boat, Halong Bay

Military mode of transport

Central Vietnam roadside activity

Minsk meets Mig, Dong Hoi

Banana loaded Minsk

Bridge over Black River, Mai Chau

Scraping corn kernals

Vietnamese lass

 

 

 

 

Contemporary Vietnamese home, near Vinh

All alone in the rice paddy

Hilltribe woman net fishing near Khe San

Chris's angels. Sarah, Jenny and Sam with rusty old AK47 and weapons. Remnants from Khe Sanh seige

Emperors for one night

Minsk near Hue

River boat/home near Hue

Historic Japanese Bridge, Hoi An

Loaded pushbikes

Mig runway antics near Phong Nha

Vietnamese woman in traditional ao dai dress

The Flying Thuan, Mig Runway

Thien Mu Pagoda, Hue

Hilltribe woman recycling plastic drink bottles

Black H'mong girls, Sapa

Black H'mong mum and child

Pig on bike

Move over Minsk comin thru

Jenny and fan club

Threshing rice, Mai Chau

Transport for children

Goods for sale

Grant and helpers

Big load to carry

Old wooden bridge near Khe Sanh

 

 

 

Ethnic Thai woman and son near Dien Bien Phu

Young boys in banyan tree, in ruins of former palace or emporer Le Loi

Roadside graffiti? on Ho Chi Minh highway

On the road to Khe Sanh

"A mudslide won't stop us". On the way to Lao Bao

On board our boat (junk) Halong Bay

Our boat moored in Halong Bay

Cyclo ride

Rice harvest

Tim and children at roadside stall near Mai Chau

"This is how my GPS works"

Rice liquor with White Thai dance group girls, Poong Cong village

The Old French Road , near Son La

Minsk on the Old French Road

Baby pigs in woven baskets

Jackie, Minsk and boy on buffalo

Travelling salesman Vietnam style

Roadside tarseal repairs

A Minsk can do a wheelstand with some help from Dan

Breaking rocks for road repairs

 

 

 

 

 

 

Overloaded truck

Bomb casings in scrap metal merchant's yard, Khe Sanh

Village kids amused by the bike riding westerners

Group photo outside the citadel in Hue

Boat on Perfume River, Hue