Five months in Indonesia has come to an end. You might wonder why I stayed here for five months… I’ve got many excuses; because I can… the weather in Australia wasn’t right yet… visa.. blah […]

Back in Malang I could hardly wait to try out my new bike. But I did spend a few days acclimatizing and just lazing around with friends. The morning of my scheduled departure I was […]

I’ve covered more distance this past month than ever before in my life. Sadly hardly any of it was by bicycle. But, great and amazing things once again have happened. And I am going to […]

I actually managed to leave Malang, Ruud & the boys. Exactly 4 weeks after I arrived I got back on the bicycle. If only I’d known the rainy season here runs from mid November ‘till […]

I’ve cycled about 20km since my last update… downhill. Into town, to take the bike to a bicycle shop where I left her for nearly two weeks while I was busy…ish. I got talking to […]

There are a few peculiar or plain weird things I’ve noticed in Indonesia since I got here. -Men Smoke. Not a lot of men smoke, but ALL men smoke. I’ve been told it’s not polite […]

Never have I been called Mister so many times before. “HELLO MISTER!”, “GOOD MORNING SIR!”, along with “I LOVE YOU!” and, strange enough;” HELLO, WHAT ARE YOU?” … Well. I’m NOT a Mister, try telling […]