It’s been a good year and a half since I last cycled out of town. I’d hoped to take a ride on another island, but with one circumstance and another I was confined to Java and after some scanning on Google maps, I cycled towards the Garut and Tasikmalaya region.   Day 1: Jakarta to Danau Sanghyang Heuleut … Continue reading Garut 2020 →

When I went backpacking for around 18 months back in 2012, I never kept a diary or made a blog, and I now have dream-like flashbacks of being in places which I cannot pinpoint. Hence I'm recording my bike travels these days for the sake of my own flawed memory, and admittedly the nagging desire … Continue reading East Java 2019 →

Sep/Oct 2018 I feel I'm running out of new places to explore within a couple of days ride from Jakarta. Nevertheless I've always gotten good vibes when passing through the Cianjur region so I headed for the hills. Unfortunately there are no hills in Jakarta to keep me physically conditioned day to day and after … Continue reading Cianjur Highlands →

July 2018 After being out of action with a nasty shoulder dislocation this year, I felt just about recovered enough to attempt a ride out of Jakarta and headed for this geopark I'd been hearing about on the south coast. The first 2 nights were spent camping on the edge of, and trekking into the … Continue reading Geopark Ciletuh – via the secret jungle route! →

December 2017 Jakarta - Taman Nasional Gunung Halimun - Gunung Padang - Desa Bojongkasih - Jakarta (via Puncak pass) I think this was the longest and most off the beaten path bike ride I've done so far. The 3 places I visited can only be accessed via insane 'roads' (often near vertical slippery dirt tracks) … Continue reading 8 Day Trip →

June 2017 I decided to cycle to this national park in the south west corner of Java and attempted to ride as the crow flies through the greenest part of the map. The heat and mountains nearly did me in on day 1 but luckily there was a very friendly and beautiful village just before … Continue reading Ujung Kulon – Rhino Land →

March 2017 I wanted to cycle somewhere so headed for the Baduy tribe of Banten (western Java)... ...a unique ethnic group who reject modern technology and ways much like the Amish. I've avoided the human safari tribe tourism thing until now but heard it's a beautiful place and after feeling like the prize attraction in … Continue reading Ride to Baduy →

July 2016 (First proper ride out of Jakarta) Had a week off for Eid so decided to escape Jakarta and cycle into the mountains. Without a plan I headed in the general direction of Gunung Halimun National Park, a 400 km² conservation area in West Java. After 12 hours of tough cycling up into the … Continue reading Gunung Halimun National Park →