Day 410 Sumbawa – Labuan Bajo, Flores (Indonesia) / motorbike GS Dakar RTW overland adventure traveller
Left – 8.00am 19th May 2015 Miles rode – 88 (141km) I was woken at 4.30am by the cockerels and the guy in the next room chanting something. Why people feel the need to chant a 4.30am when 4.30pm is a far more sensible hour I have no idea! I sort of fell back to […]
Day 409 Lombok – Sumbawa (Indonesia) / motorbike GS Dakar RTW overland adventure traveller
Left – 8.00am 18th May 2015 Miles rode – 222 (355km) I was woken from my beautiful bamboo hut at 4.30am by the ‘call to prayer’ but for the first time since arriving in Indonesia it was a lovely voice, no high pitched screaming, it was pleasant to listen to. As I slowly awoke to the […]
Day 408 Bali – Lombok (Indonesia) / motorbike GS Dakar RTW overland adventure traveller
Left – 8.00am 17th May 2015 Miles rode – 74 (118km) Waking up to the sound of my alarm clock was a shock but I was ready to move on. By 10am I was on the ferry to Lombok, a four hour crossing to what I hoped was a more remote island than Bali. As […]
Days 396 – 407 Bali (Indonesia) / motorbike GS Dakar RTW overland adventure traveller
Left – I didn’t 5th – 16th May 2015 Miles rode – many on a scooter I spent 2 1/2 weeks riding to Bali through Sumatra & Java and planned to revisit the ‘Lazy World’, having developed the skills necessary to fully enjoy a period of laziness it didn’t take me long to sit back, […]
Day 395 Kraksaan – Bali (Indonesia) / motorbike GS Dakar RTW overland adventure traveller
Left – 8am 5th May 2015 Miles rode – 184 (294km) Again the Dakar coughed and spluttered out of the hotel car park. I was on the NE coast of Java and followed the coast road East for about 100 miles around to the far eastern point where I took the ferry to Bali. Being […]
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 […]