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 […]
Day 411 Labuan Bajo, Flores (Indonesia) / motorbike GS Dakar RTW overland adventure traveller
Left – I didn’t 20th May 2015 Miles rode – I woke at about 5am on board the ferry just as the sun was about to rise, a couple of hours later we were docking in Flores, Indonesian island number 6. Labuan Bajo is a small touristy town as Komodo Island & National Park are […]
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 […]
