10 Must Follow Holiday Tips

Many travelers, and those relocating to Thailand, don’t give riding a moped a second thought until they arrive and realize it’s the easiest and cheapest way to get around.

Suddenly, without having planned it, you find yourself out on the open road on a machine you have zero experience of operating.

When I first arrived in Koh Samui in 2008, a friend took me to a moped hire shop.

I was nervous because I’d never ridden a motorbike, and even though it was just a 100 cc moped, to me it seemed much bigger.

Guess what? I crashed it on the first day after doing the most stupid thing.

We’d parked up outside the resort, and I was asked to move the bike because I was partially blocking an entrance.

Instead of wheeling it along without the engine on, or getting on and started the bike to move it forward, I started the bike and turned the accelerator handle to move it forward. My friend shouted; “what…