My first manual motorcycle ride was in gardening gloves with a helmet from a grocery store. On a road with 800+ curves through the mountains of Northern Thailand.
That ride sparked the name - and the soul - of something I would build many years later.
The Ride of Passage isn't a tour company. In fact, I want to get as far away from running tours as possible. It's closer to a secret society that happens to like motorcycles and pushing our comfort zones a bit. Groups are kept small, and participants are vetted. The itinerary is kept secret until we're already on the road.
The setting is Northern Thailand — back roads through jungle, terraced rice fields, mountain passes with more curves than you can count. You're on the ultimate freedom machine (a motorcycle), eating at restaurants most tourists will never find, training with Muay Thai champions, and somewhere between the riding and the meals and the conversations that only happen when you're slightly outside your comfort zone — something shifts.
And many participants take that forward with them. One sold his house and started traveling the world. One left his corporate job to work in Bitcoin. One started building his own version of this in El Salvador.
These aren't coincidences: they're exactly what I intended. I designed an experience that I hoped would move and inspire people, in the same way it moved me. But to be honest, I didn't think it would work this well.
I've paused tours for now to focus on other parts of my life. But this is something I'll get back to in the future.
If raw, unfiltered travel experiences that change the way you see the world sounds interesting to you, this is your sign.
Comment to let me know you're interested.
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