Day 46, March 23, 2013, Pangandaran-Tasikmalaya (Indonesia) 7 o clock. Andres was up, packed, and ready to go, before me(Andres is the slow packer between us)! He was clearly feeling better. We ate breakfast, said our goodbyes and started off around 9ish. I struggled up the small hill out of…
DAY 43-45, March 21-23, 2013 PANGANDARAN (Indonesia)
Day 43, March 21, 2013, Purwokerto-Pangandaran (Indonesia) Up at 5. Sorted our stuff, then Steve and I sat down to make our oatmeal breakfast. We mixed in the first packet. A little thin. We added a second packet. Still a little thin. We ended up mixing all 5 packets. It…
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Day 39-42, March 17-20, 2013, Purwokerto Part II (Indonesia)
Day 41, March 19, 2013, Purwokerto (Indonesia) I was going to head out today, but Andres and Steve were heading here today, So I figured why bother ride just one day ahead of them? So I’m hanging in Purwokerto and we’ll ride out to Pangandaran the next day. I also…
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Day 39-42, March 17-20, 2013, Purwokerto Part I (Indonesia)
Day 39, March 17, 2013, Jogja-Purwokerto (Indonesia) Alright, first day of solo riding, here we go. I wanted to get a head start to Pangandaran as apparently there are prospects for surfing around those parts. Andres and Steve were going to explore Jogja a bit more. I got up at…
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Day 36-39, March 13-16, 2013, Jogja (Indonesia) Part II
Day 37, March 14, 2013, Wednesday, Prambenan-Malioboro, Yogyakarta (Indonesia) Woke up at 5 am hoping to beat the hordes of tourists and catch the sunrise at Prambenan. We ate our breakfast snacks and walked across the street, through the parking lot to the main entrance. No one there. We waited…
Day 36-39, March 13-16, 2013, Jogja (Indonesia) Part I
Day 36, March 13, Wednesday, Solo-Prambenan, Yogyakarta (Indonesia) Sonny took us to get breakfast soup in the morning, rice, broth, and cow liver, it wasn’t half bad. The sambal(pepper mix) was firey, though. Beads of sweat ran down my face, I think the water inside me trying to escape the…
Day 32-35, March 9-12, 2013, Malang to Solo (Indonesia)
Okay, the blog is back. My computer crashed in Purwokerto, so I had to leave it at an Acer repair center and pick it up a few weeks later from a connection in Jakarta. What a hassle. So my logging lagged, and thus my blogging fell even further behind. I’ve…
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To and Through Malang: Day 26-30, March -8
Day 26, March 3, Sunday, Probolingo to Malang Slowly made it through our morning routine. Ate breakfast and packed. #traveltip Pack the night before, just do it, even if you’re really tired, it stinks being held up in the morning organizing your stuff. Steve was feeling up for riding so…
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What’s up (Mt)Bro(mo): Day 21-25, February 26-March 2
Day 21 Feb 26, Tuesday, Banyuwangi to Jember Today is Andres’ and my biggest day thus far, 100km, we’d done 40km then 50km then 80km on Bali and we we’re ready log some miles, or kilometers, rather. In the morning, Steve set off to have his wheel trued and Andres…
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Day 17-20, February 22-25, 2013 Banyuwangi/Kawah Ijen (Indonesia)
Day 17 Feb 22 Bali-Java Today is a big day, actually leaving Bali, leaving the comfort of a touristy place, the security of the airport being a bus ride away, and leaving the safety net of a system set up to basically cater to us(Bali is a tourist island, it’s…