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Horizons Unlimited Travellers Meetings

First Annual Thailand Travellers Meeting,
Chiang Mai

January 12-14, 2007

Information on the 2008 Meeting to come soon!

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Why Come to a Horizons Unlimited Motorcycle Travellers Meeting?

You can meet people who don't think you're crazy for wanting to ride your bike to South America or Africa or across Asia, or even around the world! Admit it, all your 'normal' friends and most of your family fears for your sanity! So, this is your opportunity to meet the people who will encourage you in that craziness, share their experiences and advice on how to do it, and maybe you'll meet them again in Mongolia or Timbuktu!

Rally Location - Where was it?
Information about the area
Membership
Local hosts, information
Meeting sponsors

Short History of HU Meetings

How you can help - put up a few posters! poster available! Please post it everywhere!

The Golden Triangle Riders Community, a widely respected international association of motorcycle travel enthusiasts based in Chiang Mai whose Internet forum members are worldwide, are the organisers.

2007 speakers and presentations were:

  • Greg Frazier will show his terrific multimedia "Sun Chasing – Four Times Around The World By Motorcycle, Four solo rides around the world, some hard, some soft - none boring."
  • "How My GPS Lost Me In Southeast Asia"
  • "No Strangers To Danger – Survival Riding In Third World Countries"
  • "Think You Are Tough?"
    1. Riding A Motorcycle To Alaska
    2. ADVENTURE MOTORCYCLE magazine's 2006 "Adventure Motorcycle Ride"
    3. The 2006 Famed "Colorado 500" Dirt Bike Ride
  • Grant and Susan Johnson's "The Achievable Dream" – How To Ride Around The World

Motorcycle Touring Panel Seminars:

  • "How My GPS Lost Me In Southeast Asia"
  • "No Strangers To Danger – Survival Riding In Third World Countries"

Photos:

Video here! Some excellent Thai roads.

Attendees in front of a Thai Chedi.

The group, in front of a Thai Chedi

Samoeng

ride to Samoeng

Some bikes at the meeting

More Pictures

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Membership - Show you're proud to be a Horizons Unlimited Traveller!

Just to clarify the membership situation: Currently there is no requirement to be a member to access the website, the HUBB or to receive the monthly e-zine. For now, what you get for your membership contribution is our sincere gratitude, good karma and knowing that you're helping to keep the motorcycle travel dream alive.

One benefit we can provide now is that if you decide you want a t-shirt, mug, fleece jacket or other Horizons logo product from the Souk, you can purchase Member logo products at the basic price. Just let us know and we can arrange access to the Members Private Store.

You can help!

If you have a few minutes, please download the poster (Adobe pdf format) and print off a few and hand them round your club or your local bike shop or anywhere seems like a good place.

(You may need to right click and choose "save target as...")

2007 Poster in pdf format 900kb) full colour poster

Thanks for the help!

Camping, Accommodation

Top North Hotel
41 Moon Muang Road
8 rooms are reserved under "Horizons Unlimited"
1,050 TB per night, with air con
Tel:053-279-6235
topnorth AT hotmail DOT com, www.topnorthgroup.com

Top North Guest House
6 rooms are reserved under "Horizons Unlimited"
600 Thai Baht (Big Room, air con) 500 TB (Small room, A/C), 400 TB (Small, fan)
15 Moon Muang Road, Soi 2
Tel:  053-278-9000
topnorth AT hotmail DOT com, www.topnorthgroup.com

They are in "Horizons Unlimited" name for reference when you want to book.

First come first served. Please let me know when they're all gone!

Lai-Thai Guest House
No rooms reserved, but vacancies
111/4-5 Kotchasarn Road
750 Thai baht - Double/Twin
Tel: 053-271-725
mail AT laithai DOT com www.laithai.com

Note: All three of the above are very short walking distance to HU Media Center/Goodwill Motorcycle Shop, Amora Tapae Hotel, Art Café, "Chill and Swill" Oasis's on The Moat, as well as Internet shops, Starbucks, and numerous other restaurants and tourist shops. They are also very popular with motorcycle travelers attending Chiang Mai Bike Week and have off-street motorcycle parking. Chiang Mai is experiencing an extremely high influx of tourists this year because of it's world wide designation as the #1 tourist destination, so make hotel/guesthouse reservations early.

Other Accommodation Possibilities

Other accommodation possibilities are nearby, but do reserve early.

The Meeting Location for 2007

Chiang Mai, Thailand

Co-ordinates and details below.

Getting There - GPS, Maps

If you're heading there, check out the HUBB for current threads, who's going etc!

GPS Co-ordinates:

DOWN UNDER
N18.79720 E98.96654

BIER STUBE
N18.78637 E98.99308

ART CAFE
N18.78786 E98.99367

TOP NORTH HOTEL
N18.78696 E98.99218

TOP NORTH GUESTHOUSE
N18.78362 E98.99192

LAI THAI GUESTHOUSE
N18.78194 E98.99330

GOODWILL/JOE'S BIKE TEAM – HU TRAVELER/MEDIA CENTER
N18.78898 E98.99602

AMORA TAPAE HOTEL
N18.47.362 E98.59639

Swill and Chill Points:

SAX BAR (Oasis on the Moat)
N18.78660 E98.99306

KAFE (Oasis on the Moat)
N18.79007 E98.99317

BIER STUBE (Oasis on the Moat)
N18.78637 E98.99308

The Thailand HU Meeting Official Travel Agency is:

B.T.S. Travel Service
44/3 Sridonchai Road
Tel: 053284042
Email: btstravelthailand AT gmail DOT com
www.btstravelthailand.com

Information about the area

Can you supply us with links, and other info on the places to ride, and interesting things to see in the area? Let us know here.

Local Hosts

are the contacts for this event if you have any questons, in either Thai or English, with the lead organisers, The Golden Triangle Riders Community. The Horizons Unlimited events couldn't happen without the support of the local organisers and other helpers, and we greatly appreciate their assistance and support - please be sure to thank them too!

Editors note:
We accept no responsibility for any of the above information in any way whatsoever. You are reminded to do your own research. Any commentary is strictly a personal opinion of the person supplying the information and is not to be construed as an endorsement of any kind.
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