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    • TravelerBike Tour Open End 2.0
      21
      Day 878

      Bandar Lampung

      November 30 in Indonesia ⋅ ☁️ 31 °C

      60 Kilometer sehr mühsam mit viel Verkehr. Unterwegs noch meine Simkarte in einem Telekomsel Shop aufgeladen. Das Wifi in den Unterkünften funktioniert nicht immer und wenn, dann ist es oftmals extrem langsam. Dann noch eine neue Fahrradkette gekauft. Schon wieder! Jetzt weiß ich auch, was es mit Shimano-Qualität auf sich hat: Es ist allenfalls Shimano Made in China erhältlich. Orginal Shimano kann sich keiner leisten. Mir wurde dann eine bessere Qualität verkauft. Da bin ich mal gespannt.
      Dann in die Stadt gefahren und ein Zimmer genommen. Altes Stadthotel im Zentrum. Konnte ein bisschen runterhandeln 175000 pro Nacht entspricht knapp über 10 Euro. Sauber mit AC, aber laut.
      Am Abend Spaziergang über den traditionellen Markt.      Read more

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    • TravelerBike Tour Open End 2.0
      Day 880

      Kalianda

      December 2 in Indonesia ⋅ 🌧 27 °C

      Bevor es zur Fähre auf die Insel Java geht, mache ich noch mal Station. Heute kurze Bergetappe und ziemlich steil bergauf. Bergab dann überhaupt nicht steil über eine sehr lange Strecke. Perfekt.
      Habe einen englischen Fahrrad Touristen getroffen und ein paar Minuten später eine Schweizerin, die auch mit dem Fahrrad unterwegs ist. Sonst seit der Fähre in Dumai keinen westlichen Touristen mehr gesehen. Den letzten westlichen Fahrrad Touristen traf ich im August in Kambodscha.
      In ein Hotel eingecheckt, dass auf Komoot von anderen Fahrrad Touristen empfohlen wurde. Sehr schöne Lobby, Zimmer allerdings wieder mal Ekel-Kategorie. Die Fotos sind von einem Basar, wo ich kurz gehalten habe und von einem Fischmarkt unterwegs.      Read more

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    • TravelerBike Tour Open End 2.0
      Day 877

      Bandar Jaya

      November 29 in Indonesia ⋅ ☁️ 29 °C

      Weiter Richtung Süden. Angenehmes Fahrradwetter, wenn es das in Südostasien wegen der hohen Luftfeuchtigkeit überhaupt gibt. Aber zumindestens mal bewölkt und deswegen nicht so heiß. An diesem Tag auch kein Regen während der Fahrt.
      Die Etappen lege ich so, dass ich dort eine Übernachtung plane, wo es mehrere Unterkünfte gibt. Da hat man ein bisschen die Wahl und ich bin nicht aufgeschmissen, wenn es mal ausgebucht ist. Heute richtig Glück. Sauberes Zimmer mit AC, Dusche und frischer Bettwäsche. Wieder zum indonesischen Einheitspreis.
      Abendessen in einem schicken Restaurant. Sie hatten Spaghetti Bolognese. Das scheint wohl hier eher ein Feinschmeckeressen zu sein, weil die sehr kleine Portion niemals zum satt werden gereicht hätte. Zum Nachtisch ein Stück Käsekuchen. Das ist hier vermutlich nicht wirklich gefragt, weil schon ziemlich altbacken. Dann noch einen Kaffee und das ganze gab es inclusive einer Flasche Mineralwasser für umgerechnet sechs Euro. Ziemlich teuer, wenn man schon knapp vier Wochen in Indonesien unterwegs ist. Sonst kommt man wirklich preiswert durch den Tag. Mit Abstand der größte Posten sind die Übernachtung: mehr als 2/3 von den gesamten Reisekosten bei meiner Sumatradurchquerung bisher.      Read more

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    • TravelerAsia 2023
      Day 66

      Lampung - Judi & Rafael

      September 28, 2023 in Indonesia ⋅ ☀️ 34 °C

      So when entering the nice minibus from Pelambang to Lampung, heading on to Sumatra's south, I wasn't sure yet, if I'd go straight to Java, Jakarta, or make a detour to Krui.
      Krui was recommended to me from several travellers and locals as a beautiful beach and surfspot. As I was looking for some sunny weather and some more relaxing, after the long journey, I spontaneously decided to go to Krui, while the bus was entering Lampung city.
      During the bus ride I got in touch with Judi, a very friendly guy, living on Pulau Bangka and travelling to his father's home at Lampung, only for a 2-day-trip. As soon as I told him, that I wanted to go to Krui, he said there's a bus around nine o'clock and he'll help me to arrange everything. And for waiting for the bus, I should go with him to his home and have dinner, before. His friend was accompanying him for buying a car in Lampung and told me it's fine. So as all attempts to refuse this offer were unsuccessful, I accepted, so finally his 80 yrs old father Rafael picked us up at the bus terminal and we all together went to several travel companies to find the right bus for me, and after that was solved we had a nice dinner at a restaurant.🙂🤤
      Afterwards we went to a garage to inspect the car to buy, successfully picked up the car and ended up at Rafael's home. As Rafael's wife had passed away already her planted fruit-trees at their tiny home were her heritage we admired. Furthermore one of his granddaughters was winning a lot of modelling contests, so the home was packed with trophies, Rafael's wife's and family's pictures and souvenirs from Rafael's uncountable trips to Asia and even some overseas countries.
      Had some tea and nice talkings, until my shared minibus arrived for picking me up to Krui.
      Will never forget that amazing hospitality and the nice time we've spent together.      Read more

    • TravelerReisinik
      2
      Day 19

      Anak fucking Kr*k*t*u

      August 27, 2023 in Indonesia ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C

      Wir sind die Wüstenlandschaft bestiegen. Schwefel und Staub war in der Luft, dennoch sind wir rauf.
      Die Idylle war großartig und wir alle sind sehr froh darüber das wir die Möglichkeit hatten einer der aktivsten Vulkane der Welt aus nächster Nähe zu sehen. Bis 2018 Stand eigentlich auch noch ein sekundär Wald in Küstennähe.
      Natürlich haben wir supercoole Fotos gemacht :)      Read more

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    • TravelerReisinik
      Day 20

      Boot Bus Autofähre Bus Bogor

      August 28, 2023 in Indonesia ⋅ ☁️ 28 °C

      Heute von Sebesi nach Bogor.
      Das Boot ist wackelig, der Bus zu klein, die Autofähre laut und der Bus ist leider noch immer nicht gewachsen. Alles in allem großartig, jetzt steh ma im Stau - mal schauen wann wir ankommen.

      Der Prof ist für heute motiviert und wsl geh ma noch aus mit ihm.

      Ziel des Tages: Bintang trinken und duschen

      Ein Katzen Foto von gestern für Fans.      Read more

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    • TravelerAsia 2023
      Day 73

      Goodbye Krakatoa, visiting neighborhood

      October 5, 2023 in Indonesia ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C

      I could have gone another round around the volcano, not able to stop watching at it's fascinating shaped coastline and permanent activities, but sun was burning and after 4 hours on the boat we all got hungry.
      For our early lunch, we picked little Krakatoa, the island next to the active crater, landing on its black beach.
      Amazing view onto the volcano, great food, some coffee and wandering around, here, after lunch. Only building is the volcano observation office, but the officer seems to be fishing, right now.
      After saying goodbye to Krakatoa, we went back, but two more stops on the only populated islands here, Sebesi and Sebuku, were on our list.
      Sebesi had a nice village, of course everyone knows everybody, so a lot of greeting local people, having some refreshing iced tea, after the long ride in the burning sun, was great. 🥵😎
      So we visited a huge "haunted tree", legend telling that everyone who tried to cut off a limb or cut the tree, was haunted by ghosts for the rest of his life.
      But as we wanted to visit Suridaya's home island, Pulau Sebuku, we left quite soon.
      Sebuku, or at least the part we landed, was like a paradise beach at a protected bay, so water was calm and warm.
      Amazing to see, how Suridaya's son went up the palm tree to cut some coconuts for a snack, while his wife gave us some coffee and some fresh bananas, their 3yrs old daughter being extremely shy, seeing a "bule" for real first time.
      I was shown the traditional palm tree production, which is their main income source, cooking sugar out of sugar-palm leafs nearly 24/7.
      After some relaxing, and showing me their huge grounds along the beach, where they wanted to build a guesthouse for accommodating tourist, we finally left back to Sumatra.
      Sun still burning, all of us hiding under clothes, sweating a lot, but happy to have a packed day, a great time together, enjoying nature's beauty and gifts, and sharing amazing experiences and impressions.
      Never will forget that awesome day. 🥰      Read more

    • TravelerAsia 2023
      Day 72–73

      Krakatoa - an active volcano 🌋

      October 4, 2023 in Indonesia ⋅ 🌬 28 °C

      When I was 5 or 6 years old, I got the "Volcanoes" book from the famous german "Was ist was" childbook series. Since that day I was dreaming of seeing this unbelievable powers of our amazing planet for real.
      Finally this day that dream came true.
      Arriving at the village Canti, brought to more or less the only hotel, I walked straight to the pier, discovering the harbor was not in use anymore, only two fishing boats on the beach. No ferry, as some (already known as unreliable) information online were saying. As usual here, the best way is to talk to locals, but the woman running the hotel was not speaking any english and a little bit shy, so I walked to the pier and asked around there. Buying some drinking water in the tiny shop, brought me to Suridaya, a local man who told me he could bring me there and be my guide. He barely spoke English, so our conversation mostly went on with hands, feet and google translate 😅
      For fixing the tour, he wanted to visit me at my hotel later, finally he found me an hour later at the only restaurant, there, accompanied by Ham, a fisherman owning one of the only two boats here.
      After some bargaining about the price, we agreed to start the tour at 5am.
      Dino, one of Suridaya's sons, joined the tour, he spoke a little bit of English, so some basic conversations possible, but translator was still in heavy use.
      Cloudy morning, but sun brushed sky clear very soon and burned down on our tiny boat.
      Calm sea, only usual currents were sometimes pushing on the boat, perfect day for an amazing trip.
      Passing by Sebuku and Sebesi islands (we visited on our way back, another footprint coming for that), some beautiful, natural islands with few people living on.
      A quite long ride, but after around 1,5 hrs Krakatoa came at sight. 😲
      Still half an hour to reach, but approaching that permanently smoking volcano and seeing it growing on the horizon was already awesome.
      Cannot describe my feelings, while going around the active crater, lying in the middle of the old crater islands. Permanently volcano's rumbling to hear, some really intense Salpeter smelling in the air, at some points, and seeing these rocks of cold Lava, volcanic stones, and huge amounts of ashes, being washed away by rain and sea, witnesses of some brutal natural forces earlier, made me speechless and feeling humbled.
      We are only guests on this planet.      Read more

    • TravelerAsia 2023
      Day 70–71

      Back to Lampung and a growing plan 😎

      October 2, 2023 in Indonesia ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C

      My time on Sumatra comes to an end, slowly but steadily.
      So as I started to think about some places to see on Java, and seeing volcanoes is a childhood dream of mine, I soon stumbled upon Krakatoa (Krakatau) volcano.
      Hard to find a guided tour, or even valid information online, how to get there, let's see, if I can figure out something 😬😉
      So first I went back to Lampung by bus, not really many other options, here. So an enjoyable bus ride through Sumatra's mountains, amazing views, great weather, and worth doing as a day trip, instead of going by night. Decided to give Lampung a day of sightseeing before heading on, still not sure, where to go next.
      Not too much to see, there, still fascinating to visit a mid-sized city at Sumatra, not touristy but exploring Indonesian daily life is still fun, always and again.
      You can find a lot of nice street- or public art paintings everywhere here, but in Lampung even huge highway bridges were painted colorful and nice 🤩.
      Meeting up again with Rafael, Judi's father, for a breakfast at Starbucks (🙈) was very nice, he is such a fascinating and wise person! Please stay healthy and all the best! 🤗
      But travel decisions have to be made:
      Should I book a very expensive and exhausting day-trip to Krakatoa from Java, or should I simply try my luck here on Sumatra? You know the answer already 😅😉
      With very spare and obviously outdated information, I took a cheap minibus to Kalianda, a small city at the south coast close to Krakatoa, expecting to ask a lot of people, where I've to go for my desired volcano tour.
      Kalianda has an amazing nice beach you cannot swim at, due to heavy currents here, which seems to be an issue at many beaches here, between Sumatra and Java.
      Several new tsunami warning signs already indicated some recent issues here, nevertheless the beach was obviously prepared for many local tourists and had a very good infrastructure.
      Had a nice milkshake (unfortunately no fruit juice available 😅🙈) at the beach, but soon headed on to Canti, a village 12km more south, as people sent me there for my desired tour. Still a bit concerned, as normally people tell you here something like "go to this shop/travel agency" or directly bring you there, so let's see, how this will work out.
      At least the bike-taxi-guy was bringing me to a reasonable priced accommodation, as booking platforms only had luxury hotels on their lists, here.
      More to come... 😬      Read more

    • TravelerAsia 2023
      Day 67–70

      Krui, southwest Sumatra

      September 29, 2023 in Indonesia ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C

      Krui was recommended to me several times as a nice surfspot, being more traditional and natural and less crowded, than many others. Can confirm all of that. 😎
      I wasn't able to catch some waves, as the beginner spot only had nice waves on my day of arrival, when I was too tired to jump into the waves. 😅 Nevertheless I enjoyed some nice quite days, using my hammock a lot and had a day of exploring the surroundings by scooter, too.
      Weather was amazing, and as there was already off-season not many people around, only met a few travellers, mostly surfers, and some local tourists.
      Krui's coastline is amazing, mostly natural and rural, aside from the well developed and unusually clean city beach, which was not too busy and had uncountable wave breaks, nice for swimming, but surfspots bit out, still close to the beach. The surfspots for beginners-intermediates had nice waves, but I'm still not feeling ready for reef breaks, as you can get serious cuts or injuries, if your not knowing what you're doing. Watching and enjoying the nice shoreline filled my days very nicely, too. As beginner-waves were still not coming, I made a day trip with a scooter to explore pure beauty of nature, empty, natural beaches and rocky coasts, admiring nature's beauty and ocean's powers. Following some interesting street signs without knowing where they lead to, I ended up at a hidden bat cave - unfortunately my headlight was in my backpack, so only saw dozens of bats going in and out, hearing their screamings and smelling their leftovers. 😅 A nice hidden stairway, nearly down to sealevel, brought me there, way back was a short but exhausting climb, Sumatra's heat and humidity are killing, if you're hiking. 🥵
      Back at my scooter, needing a rest, I got in touch with the cave-keeper, invited me to drink some "Lampung coffe" with them. Turned out, it was a special kind of tea with loads of sugar... 😅. While 3 of his sons were actually working on construction of a tiny little mosque on the tip of the hill, his 4th son sat with his grandson and him next to the site, supporting and supervising the work. Had some nice talks (thanks to Google translate, again 😅), learned that gaining the funds for the tiny mosque took around 3 years, while construction, all by themselves, took around one year. After saying goodbye to three generations of cave-keepers I went back to Krui city in the sunset in one of the most beautiful, untouched landscapes, I've seen for now. 🥰
      All in all, nice relaxing days, a lot of great street food, meeting some more amazingly friendly people, learning some more Indonesian words, I was fine to leave back to Lampung, heading to Java, finally. 😊      Read more

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    Provinsi Lampung, Lampung

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