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Photos: 2014 Lombok, Sumbawa Flores

Sunday, 8 Mar 2015 | Photo Gallery

Tags: adventure, indonesia, motorcycling

Through the Badlands to Bangko- Bangko

Wednesday, 11 Sep 2013 | Views [2590]

BACK ROADS TO BANGKO-BANGKO Every road trip begins with a fistful of throttle and this one was no different. I roared out the gate and swept over the 100 metres of powdered dust that separates home from the bitumen. On to the by-pass road I swung ... Read more >

Tags: adventure, indonesia, lombok, motorcycling, off-roading, road trip

Photos: Back Roads to Bangko-Bangko

Tuesday, 3 Sep 2013 | Photo Gallery

Photos: Sumbawa Hard Way Round. Tepal - Sumbawa's Timbuktu

Friday, 9 Aug 2013 | Photo Gallery

Sumbawa Hard Way Round. Tepal - Sumbawa's Timbuktu

Friday, 9 Aug 2013 | Views [2278]

SUMBAWA HARD WAY ROUND. TEPAL – SUBAWA’S TIMBUKTU My wrists and arms ached as I slowly negotiated another torturous descent some way along the track to Tepal, a remote village deep in the mountainous hinterland behind Sumbawa Besar city.... Read more >

Tags: adventure, indonesia, motorcycling, off-road, road trip, sumbawa

Photos: Wadu Pa'a: Remote Hindu/Buddhist Carvings

Monday, 29 Jul 2013 | Photo Gallery

Tags: road trip

Sumbawa Hard way Round. Wadu Pa'a: Remote Hindu/Buddhist Outpost.

Sunday, 28 Jul 2013 | Views [1977]

BUDDHISM'S EASTERN FRONTIER - WADU PA'A BIMA BAY.   He sideled up beside me hand outstretched. I was in Mataram Mall, Lombok's sole concession to the god's of 21st century consumerism. My first thought was: 'He's selling timeshare.' But I ... Read more >

Tags: adventure, indonesia, motorcycling, road trip, sumbawa

Photos: Sumbawa: Valley of the Forgotten Chiefs

Friday, 26 Jul 2013 | Photo Gallery

Sumbawa - Valley of the Forgotten Chiefs.

Friday, 26 Jul 2013 | Views [1146]

SUMBAWA HARD WAY ROUND - VALLEY OF THE FORGOTTEN CHIEFS We left at 10 am sharp. My mate Eric, from Cipta Sari Bakery Jalan Hasanuddin No. 47 Sumbawa Besar, on his Honda Beat scooter and me on a Kawasaki KLX150 Roadtrail. Before setting off I fueled ... Read more >

Tags: adventure, indonesia, motorcycling, road trip, sumbawa

Photos: Day trip to Tanjung Ringgit

Wednesday, 24 Jul 2013 | Photo Gallery

Photos: Sumbawa: Hard Way Round

Friday, 19 Jul 2013 | Photo Gallery

Sumbawa Hard Way Round: Part 1 Kamikaze Canine

Friday, 19 Jul 2013 | Views [1657]

KAMIKAZE CANINE – SUMBAWA: THE HARD WAY ROUND He came barrelling out of the scrub to my right, a white flash against the greenery. In situations like this your mind slots into overdrive. I knew this big white dog wasn’t stopping to ... Read more >

Tags: adventure, indonesia, motorcycling, road trip, sumbawa

Sand slog: Sumbawa's south-west coast.

Tuesday, 27 Nov 2012 | Views [2124]

SAND SLOG: SUMBAWA’S SOUTH-WEST COAST   We emerged from the jungle after a three hour slog to find ourselves atop a rocky, wind-battered headland high above the sea. To the south lay the open ocean; a vast, heaving, ultramarine mass. Waves ... Read more >

Tags: adventure, indonesia, sumbawa, trekking

Tambora - the mountain that blew its top. Part 6 Bali, Lombok, Sumbawa - a motorcycle odyssey

Wednesday, 21 Nov 2012 | Views [1583]

TAMBORA – THE MOUNTAIN THAT BLEW ITS TOP I’d been travelling east of Bali for less than two weeks but a lot had happened. At 6.00 am on a Monday morning, I’d nosed out into the traffic on Jalan Padma, Legian, Bali and headed east ... Read more >

Tags: adventure, indonesia, motorcycling, mountain climbing, road trip, sumbawa

Photos: Sumbawa's seldom seen south-west coast.

Monday, 22 Oct 2012 | Photo Gallery

Part 5. "Helter-skelter across Sumbawa"

Wednesday, 17 Oct 2012 | Views [2478] | Comments [1]

  SUMBAWA – INDONESIA’S SIDELINED ISLAND   I was the only tourist aboard the little JM Ferry –“We Serve Indonesia” – as it slid between the two spits of land guarding the narrow entrance to ... Read more >

Tags: adventure, indonesia, motorcycling, road trip, sumbawa

"A Short Walk up Ili Api"

Tuesday, 16 Oct 2012 | Views [2012] | Comments [3]

A SHORT WALK UP ILI API   Nestling at the foot of brooding Ili Mandiri, Larantuka, at the eastern end of Flores, is the jumping off point for islands even further east - the Solor Archipelago and Alor. I was headed for Lewoleba on Lembata, ... Read more >

Tags: adventure, indonesia, lembata, motorcycling, mountain climbing, trekking

Bali, Lombok, Sumbawa - a motorcycle odyssey. Part 4: Laid Back in Lombok

Saturday, 6 Oct 2012 | Views [1541]

Laid Back in Lombok. The muezzin’s call to prayer hung in the still air while he paused to take breath. Each succeeding verse seemed to increase in dramatic intensity and the silence that reigned when the last note faded was total. It was 4.... Read more >

Tags: adventure, beaches, indonesia, lombok, motorcycling, road trip

Photos: Sumbawa 2012. Semongkat, Batu Dulang and beyond, Semongkat B, Pantai Kencana, back to Lombok

Friday, 7 Sep 2012 | Photo Gallery

Photos: Sumbawa 2012

Thursday, 6 Sep 2012 | Photo Gallery