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31 Aug

Articles

The Risks I Choose

• March 28, 2023
• By BIKE-HEDONIA
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When I'd spent enough time in the bosom of humanity, I decamped to Lemo-Lemo Beach. Rocky track. Palm trees, bamboo shacks, white sand....

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28 Aug

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The Matriarchy

• March 28, 2023
• By BIKE-HEDONIA
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My time at Bira Beach was peaceful; I ate fruit and drank coffee with the family at my homestay, and the father, Riswan insisted that I...

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28 Aug

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Apparalang

• March 28, 2023
• By BIKE-HEDONIA
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At Bira Beach I snorkeled amongst the boats, over the seaweed and clean white sand. Small fish flitted. The ankles of the other swimmer...

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16 Aug

Articles

Where will you sleep?

• March 28, 2023
• By BIKE-HEDONIA
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Fresh and fattened from my days in Makassar, I rolled out in brilliant sunshine and high humidity. The objective was the white sand bea...

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04 Aug

Articles

At home in Makassar

• March 28, 2023
• By BIKE-HEDONIA
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In Makassar, I followed Google's cyborg-voiced directions into the scrum of morning traffic. Indonesians tell me that Makassar drivers ...

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03 Aug

Articles

Docked

• August 3, 2019
• By BIKE-HEDONIA
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The enforced stillness of the long ferry ride to Sulawesi was a calming buffer between islands. I lay on my vinyl shelf as night seeped...

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20 May

Articles

Just cruising: the roro ferry life

• March 28, 2023
• By BIKE-HEDONIA
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The Indonesian archipelago is connected by a network of giant RORO ferries. They take cars, motorbikes, and passengers, but those are t...

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05 May

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All aboard: Sulawesi

• March 28, 2023
• By BIKE-HEDONIA
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The stretch of sea between Java and Sulawesi is quite big, and in the rainy season, wild enough. The scheduled departure day for my fer...

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24 Apr

Articles

Random Acts of Friendship

• March 28, 2023
• By BIKE-HEDONIA
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Sulawesi. That big island with four limbs, spreadeagled the way you sleep alone in a king sized bed on a summer night. One arm tossed a...

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08 Apr

Articles

Sleep with the lights on

• March 28, 2023
• By BIKE-HEDONIA
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Landing in Kuala Lumpur, I am immediately assailed by vistas of glass and plastic and concrete. The airport is all bright lighting, smo...

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06 Apr

Articles

How not to fly

• March 28, 2023
• By BIKE-HEDONIA
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When I rolled into Surabaya to jump a plane for my visa run, it was already dark. My flight was scheduled for the morning and all I had...

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08 Mar

Articles

Get thee to an airport

• March 8, 2019
• By BIKE-HEDONIA
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So all good things come to an end, including my Indonesian visa. After exhausting the monthly extensions available, I had to get myself...

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17 Feb

Articles

Unspeakable Bliss

• March 28, 2023
• By BIKE-HEDONIA
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After the night in my private dungeon, I was less than refreshed but perfectly safe. Could be worse. I dug out my cooking pots and used...

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08 Feb

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My dungeon on Route 3

• March 28, 2023
• By BIKE-HEDONIA
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So I was in East Java, overnighting in Jember, town of clean cheap hotels and nasi rawon. The next night I wasn't so lucky. I'd been on...

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20 Jan

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Starbucks Evangelist

• March 28, 2023
• By BIKE-HEDONIA
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Fueled by special edition quail-egged bakso, I threw myself into the next set of twisties with more enthusiasm than prudent. It was a n...

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