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August 17th, 2011 | Asia Sumbawa…!! "Er… Will this be a beach landing then, skipper…??" The jetty runs alongside the beach allowing only one boat at a time to dock…!! The name sounded more African than Indonesian to me, and looking out at the scorched and mountainous landscape from the deck of the ferry, I was […] August 17th, 2011 | Asia Early morning Durian delivery… Lombok is said to grow the finest Durians in Indonesia…!! With shouts of farewell and good wishes ringing in my ears, the small crowd gathered around the bike parted before us and we were off to cross Lombok… "See…!! His panniers are bigger than yours… No more […] August 17th, 2011 | Asia If someone had told me that I would get from Ubud in Bali, to Bima in Sumbawa, in the space of twenty hours, I would have smiled sweetly at them while wondering why they had stopped taking their prescribed medicines… Then again, if I’d have known that this is what I would have to do […] August 16th, 2011 | Asia My bags were packed, the Big Fella loaded, blessed and ready to ride… I had planned to leave as early as possible to take the ferry from Padangbai to Lembar, on Lombok Island. Ferries apparently left Padangbai every hour and a half, and took between four and five hours to reach the island, depending on […] August 15th, 2011 | Asia Dressed for the occasipn…!! Patricia and I prepare for the ceremony… With the date that I would be leaving Bali now finalized, Patricia was able to make the arrangements for the bike blessing ceremony which she had been wanting to have done for some time now… The Big Fella gets dressed […] August 14th, 2011 | Asia Ubud is in the throes of great excitement… The Lembu Hitam (Black Bull) in which the king will be cremated… The statue of Peliatan stands at the entrance to Ubud… No…, not because news that I am leaving soon has become common knowledge, causing widespread celebrations, but rather because in the […] |
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