Days 428 – 453 Bali (Indonesia) / motorbike GS Dakar RTW overland adventure traveller
Left – 6th June – 1st July 2015 Miles rode – hundreds on a scooter 3 1/2 weeks being lazy with Maria again. Bali demands laziness and I wasn’t about to disrupt the equilibrium. With my brother and his wife visiting, making new friends and weekends away to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and Ubud, the cultural […]
East Timor (Timor Leste) – motorbike GS Dakar RTW overland adventure traveller
East Timor / Timor-Leste comprises the eastern half of the island of Timor and was colonised by Portugal in the 16th century, they invested little and withdrew in 1975 but Indonesia invaded within days of the Timorese declaration of independence. International pressure increased and finally persuaded Indonesia to allow an independence referendum in 1999. The […]
Days 422 – 427 Dili (Timor Leste) / motorbike GS Dakar RTW overland adventure traveller
Left – 31st May – 5th June 2015 Miles rode – My days in Dili were spent cleaning and preparing my bike for shipping to Darwin, Australia. Everything I take into Australia has to be 100% clean, will go into quarantine and then be inspected before I can ride away and start my Australia adventure. […]
Day 421 Atambua – Dili (Timor Leste) / motorbike GS Dakar RTW overland adventure traveller
Left – 7.45am 30th May 2015 Miles rode – 95 (152km) The ride today was full of emotions, I was heading to Dili the capital of Timor Leste to ship my bike to Australia. I crossed the Bosphorus In Istanbul 13 months months ago which means I’ve been in Asia over 1 year and what […]
Day 420 Kupang – Atambua, Timor (Indonesia) / motorbike GS Dakar RTW overland adventure traveller
Left – 8.45am 29th May 2015 Miles rode – 189 (302km) The boat to Timor left Lembata at 3.30pm the previous day and I was told it would take 24 hours so I was shocked when at 3.30am a very annoying Indonesian voice started screaming through the tannoy. It was time to disembark, 12 hours before […]
Day 419 Whale Hunters of Lamalera, Lembata – Savu Sea (Indonesia) / motorbike GS Dakar RTW overland adventure traveller
Left – 9.30am 28th May 2015 Miles rode – 22 (35km) I set the alarm for 5.45am but I was awake from 4am eager to see the Whale Hunters prepare their boats and leave for a days hunting. I was at the beach for 6.15 and over the next 30 minutes about 15 boats headed […]
Day 418 Larantuka – Whale Hunters of Lamalera, Lembata (Indonesia) / motorbike GS Dakar RTW overland adventure traveller
Left – 6.45am 27th May 2015 Miles rode – 53 (69km) The small, wooden boat I had been advised to get to Lembata was old, it had no ramp and it took about 6 men to lift my Dakar on and secure it to the front of the boat. I was there early and over […]
Day 417 Moni – Larantuka, Flores (Indonesia) / motorbike GS Dakar RTW overland adventure traveller
Left – 6.45 26th May 2015 Miles rode – 175 (280km) Why do so many people feel the need to visit places at dawn? Nobody at home says ‘I love getting up at 4am to see sunrise’ but when people travel they feel a compulsion to do whatever the Lonely Planet tells them and in many […]
Days 415 – 416 Ende – Moni, Flores (Indonesia) / motorbike GS Dakar RTW overland adventure traveller
Left – 24th & 25th May 2015 Miles rode – 34 (54km) Denny and I agreed to meet at his workshop at 8am on the 24th and he had said to his mechanic more than once not to be late. I arrived at 8.05 and felt slightly guilty, I’m English after all and punctuality has […]
Day 414 Bajawa – Ende, Flores (Indonesia) / motorbike GS Dakar RTW overland adventure traveller
Left – 8.00am 23rd May 2015 Miles rode – 97 (155km) I didn’t have far to travel to get to my first destination as I was heading for Bena Village in Ngada district. The village dates back 1,200 years and the tribal people haven’t changed there lifestyle much over the centuries, it has a ‘stone […]
Day 413 Labuan Bajo – Bajawa, Flores (Indonesia) / motorbike GS Dakar RTW overland adventure traveller
Left – 7.30am 22nd May 2015 Miles rode – 174 (278km) 174 miles / 7 hours of riding heaven. Many people told me how great Flores is not only for riding but it’s beauty too. I understand having spent yesterday in one of the best dive resorts in the world and today crossing jungle clad […]
Day 412 Komodo National Park (Indonesia) / motorbike GS Dakar RTW overland adventure traveller
Left – I didn’t 21st May 2015 Miles rode – Up early and off to the dive centre as I booked two dives for today. There were about ten people on the boat and everyone chilled out as we travelled the hour and half to the first dive spot in the Komodo National Park. The […]