Day 394 Pasuruan – Kraksaan via Mount Bromo (Indonesia) / motorbike GS Dakar RTW overland adventure traveller
Left – 8.30am 4th May 2015 Miles rode – 87 (139km) Pasuruan is NW of Bromo and I was told everyone approaches on a road from the NE. As I saw a direct road from where I was I thought I would do as I normally do and not take advice but ride and see, […]
Day 393 Yogyakarta – Pasuruan (Indonesia) / motorbike GS Dakar RTW overland adventure traveller
Left – 7.30am 3rd May 2015 Miles rode – 229 (366km) I woke early and was feeling nervous about the bike, would it break down today? It started great but coughed and spluttered as I pulled away. I only made 50 miles in the first two hours mainly due to the horrendous traffic. The bikes […]
Day 392 Pangandaran – Yogyakarta (Indonesia) / motorbike GS Dakar RTW overland adventure traveller
Left – 11.15am 2nd May 2015 Miles rode – 172 (275km) Up early at 6.30 and ready to cover some miles today. The battery was flat! Doh. I don’t believe in ‘divine intervention’ but as I walked out of the homestay there were two of the most muscular body builders I’ve seen in a year! […]
Day 391 Pangandaran (Indonesia) / motorbike GS Dakar RTW overland adventure traveller
Left – I didn’t 1st May 2015 Miles rode – I had a few beers last night so didn’t emerge this morning until late. I needed to get my bike repaired so took to the streets in search of a motor mechanic, the usual dirty but excellent kind you find on streets all over Asia. I […]
Day 390 Bandung – Pangandaran (Indonesia) / motorbike GS Dakar RTW overland adventure traveller
Left – 8am 30th April 2015 Miles rode – 184 (294km) Its a game of two halves… I’ve loved riding through Indonesia fast, off road at times but I also needed to slow down and experience Indonesia as I imagined it might be. It took 30 minutes to get out of the heavy traffic, exhaust […]
Day 389 Bandung (Indonesia) / motorbike GS Dakar RTW overland adventure traveller
Left – On the back of a scooter 29th April 2015 Miles rode – All around the city No need to get up early this morning as I have bike repairs today. Lyndon said goodbye and headed off into the sun, I wondered how long it would be before I would follow? When I entered […]
Day 388 Merak – Bandung (Indonesia) / motorbike GS Dakar RTW overland adventure traveller
Left – 8.00am 28th April 2015 Miles rode – 188 (301km) What a day! Not the best! The alarm was set for 6.30am but my battery was flat and Lyndon was feeling sick so a slow getaway. Motorbikes aren’t allowed on the highways in Indonesia so we had to take the local roads which pass […]
Day 386 & 387 Baturaja – Merak (Indonesia) / motorbike GS Dakar RTW overland adventure traveller
Left – 7.45am 26th & 27th April 2015 Miles rode – 232 (371km) My intention was to ride the short distance today to Lampung Town which was 50km short of the port where I was going to get the boat to Java tomorrow. After 3 hours we stopped for breakfast / lunch and had completed 200km […]
Day 385 Bengkulu – Baturaja (Indonesia) / motorbike GS Dakar RTW overland adventure traveller
Left – 7.00am 25th April 2015 Miles rode – 220 (352km) Even though there was no ‘call to prayer’ this morning I still woke before the 6am alarm! When I went out to load the bike there was choir music playing, I could have been in England. The sun was shining and I felt great […]
Day 384 Sungai Penuh – Bengkulu (Indonesia) / motorbike GS Dakar RTW overland adventure traveller
Left – 7.30am 24th April 2015 Miles rode – 260 (416km) The mosque over the road obviously knew the call to prayer was disturbing my sleep so today just before it started they played some music which was novel, NOT! So, broken sleep until the alarm went off at 6.30 then coffee and photos, this […]
Day 383 Bukittinggi – Sungai Penuh (Indonesia) / motorbike GS Dakar RTW overland adventure traveller
Left – 8.30am 23rd April 2015 Miles rode – 192 (307km) What a waste of time it was setting the alarm for 6.30am as the mosque over the road started the ‘call to prayer’ at about 5am and woke me up! New rule to myself – don’t stay at any hotels that are within 100 […]
Day 382 Lake Toba – Bukittinggi (Indonesia) / motorbike GS Dakar RTW overland adventure traveller
Left – 6.45am 22nd April 2015 Miles rode – 273 (437km) I woke early in the rubbish hotel where cockroaches had taken residence in then bathroom, ah well what should I expect for £3.75 including breakfast? We left early and the kids were already out and about going to school, one of the many things […]
