Roads · Machines · People

The Nomad Rides

Motorcycles, distant roads and the people met along the way—travel stories told from inside the journey.

Featured film · Sizzle reel

Eat.
Love.
Ride.

A motorcycle travel series shaped around roads, people and the stories found between destinations.

2017 · Southern California
Directed & produced by Upinder Raisauda
Featuring Upinder Raisauda

From the journey · 02

Fiji

White-water rafting

From the road · 03

BMW F 900 GS

1.5-year ownership review · 4,500 km

A candid long-term look at what works, what does not, and where the road may lead next—drawn from 4,500 kilometres in the saddle.

Field Notes from Portugal · 04

Porto
Sunset Party

Porto gathers above the Douro for music, conversation and one of Europe's great sunsets. A photographic field note from Jardim do Morro—with one essential warning about avoiding a curse.

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A crowd gathered at Jardim do Morro in Porto as the sun sets over the Douro River — Jardim do Morro · Porto, Portugal

Portugal · On the road · 05

Between borders
and bridges.

Two moments held for future stories from the road.

Upinder Raisauda in motorcycle gear at Kilometre Zero of Portugal’s N2 in Chaves — **Kilometre Zero — Portugal’s N2**Chaves, Portugal · 2024

Upinder Raisauda with his motorcycle in Portugal, with Spain visible across the water — **At the Edge of Portugal — Spain Across the Water**Upinder Raisauda · Portugal, 2024

The Dom Luís I Bridge crossing the Douro River in Porto at dusk — **Porto Bridge at Dusk**Porto, Portugal · 2024 · Story forthcoming

Featured / forthcoming

Film · Photography · Field notes

Stories from the road

The Nomad Rides has its own voice, but belongs to the same body of work: attentive, human and drawn to what happens between destinations.

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Selected films and travel stories are available on The Nomad Rides YouTube channel.

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