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13 Jan

Articles

You may only eat the good bakso

• March 28, 2023
• By BIKE-HEDONIA
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I rode into Java with an afternoon storm looming above me. Riding out of the port, I turned left onto the south coast road: Java labour...

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11 Jan

Articles

Public Service Announcement

• January 11, 2019
• By BIKE-HEDONIA
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If you're wondering how I got into this mess, you can now find out - because I have repaired the broken links on my Blog Index page. So...

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28 Dec

Articles

The end of Bali

• March 28, 2023
• By BIKE-HEDONIA
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When I left Amed, I was forcing myself to get back on the road. I remembered the rather fierce, equanimous woman I had been a year earl...

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15 Dec

Articles

Life continues

• March 28, 2023
• By BIKE-HEDONIA
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For a long time I am unbalanced, clumsy with distress. I can't ride. Beastie waits patiently. I rent a large empty villa with a leaking...

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02 Dec

Articles

A million pieces

• March 28, 2023
• By BIKE-HEDONIA
• 14 comments

We're not going to talk about what happened in Bali. If you've been following this blog attentively, you might have noticed ...

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18 Nov

Articles

19.5 Hours

• November 18, 2018
• By BIKE-HEDONIA
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Nineteen and a half hours. That's how long it takes to ride across three islands, from Lakey Peak to an airport in Bali. Mon...

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04 Nov

Articles

Surfers; chill

• November 4, 2018
• By BIKE-HEDONIA
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I stayed in Lakey Peak for five days, just chilling beside the sea. I talked to the surfers, I wrote. I scabbed some beer. I ate coconu...

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03 Nov

Articles

Where the road ends

• November 3, 2018
• By BIKE-HEDONIA
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The next day I got my act together and headed out of town. The sun was shining, and I was making for a place called Lakey Peak. Someone...

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01 Nov

Articles

Resumed

• November 1, 2018
• By BIKE-HEDONIA
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Been quiet for a while. Not dead though. Let me pick up again where I left off - Sumbawa. * * * The next day I slept late, t...

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28 Sep

Articles

Sumbawa

• September 28, 2018
• By BIKE-HEDONIA
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The ferry out of Labuan Bajo leaves around 9 or 10 in the morning; I'm at the dock by 7.30am and Beastie's loaded on the boat - chillin...

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22 Sep

Articles

Tourist Town

• September 22, 2018
• By BIKE-HEDONIA
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From Riung I took the easy road to Labuan Bajo - through Ruteng, where I rode into a massive storm, and then onto Flores' main ribbon o...

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16 Sep

Articles

Just be normal

• September 16, 2018
• By BIKE-HEDONIA
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I liked Reo. It's a totally, totally ordinary town. Built between the river and a decent sized commercial port, it's dusty and importan...

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10 Sep

Articles

Lessons from the Road

• September 10, 2018
• By BIKE-HEDONIA
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Lesson 1: Never try to keep up with the locals. They know things you don't. So we've just finished fanging through the dirt section - ...

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09 Sep

Articles

Ten foot tall and bulletproof

• September 9, 2018
• By BIKE-HEDONIA
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The day I left Riung, I wasn't feeling like a superhero. On the contrary, I felt headachey and clumsy with the lingering aftertaste of ...

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29 Aug

Articles

Run off the road, just a little

• August 29, 2018
• By BIKE-HEDONIA
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So I went for a jaunt over the spiny backbone of the island - from Riung to Bajawa and back again. Skinny winding roads thro...

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