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Semoga bisa menjadi inspirasi, betapa indah sebetulnya daerah pelosok Indonesia, bila dilalui dengan tidak terlalu cepat :) Salam, IF -----Original Message----- From: "imazahra_backpacker" <[email protected]> Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 18:12:30 To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Pandangan Pengelana sepeda ttg Indonesia Dear Mas/Mba Inu, Duh, sungguh Salva orang yg mengagumkan. Sangat objektif ya... Besides, keliling dunia tanpa stop, berbulan2 adalah salah satu impianku, entah kapan bisa diwujudkan. I wish I could meet him in any chances. Thanks for sharing his story in here :-D Imazahra --- In [email protected], "Inu Febiana (mcmY)" <mace...@...> wrote: > > Beliau bukan siapa-siapa, hanya seorang pengelana yang telah bertahun-tahun > keliling dunia diatas sepeda. Konsepnya sederhana, kemampuannya membadut, > membawa serta tawa pada tiap daerah yang disinggahinya. > > Kiranya ada sodaraku disini yang kebetulan disinggahi, silahkan bertegur > sapa, seperti halnya ciri khas bangsa kita...setidaknya tersenyum, maaf bila > postingan ini agak diluar topik diskusi. > > Berikut email dari beliau: > > -----Original Message----- > From: "Inu Febiana" <inufebi...@...> > > Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 14:55:55 > To: <mace...@...> > Subject: Fw: [b2w] Fw: from lombok, indonesia > > > dear all, > > how are you? > > > > i am still alive and travelling, enjoying a rest after 4 months of cycling in > the islands. i am tired, very tired. > > > > i left kuala lumpur, middle may, with adam, a long-distance cyclist from > poland that i met first time in samarkand, uzbekistan. so, we spent a > confortable week in malaysia peninsula, camping in hot springs and enjoying > beautiful cameroon highlands. also by chance we had a good night with the > aborigen people in the jungle. > > we crossed to sumatra from georgetown, close to thailand border. there is a > cheaper ferry from malaca but it crosses to middle sumatra. > > > > we had a very good 5 weeks in sumatra. everything is here, volcanos, lakes, > mountains, jungle, beaches... but the best jem is the people. such a > wonderful smiling people. they make us feel welcome always. they smile all > time like clones of dalai lama. i believe they are very happy, not rich, not > poor, living in a blessed land and always in family. they gave us a lot of > positive energy, you cannot be sad in sumatra! > > > > there are not many cyclists in sumatra and rest of indonesia surprisingly, > maybe because is remote and the western media only speak about natural > disasters and sporadic terrorism, but it has been a highlight of my travel so > far. > > > > may is the end of rainning season, so weather is nice with some showers. > everycorner is green, exotic flowers (you can pee on orchids!) and birds. > also very cheap, but mostly we stayed with locals which are really friendly. > > we did not meet here radical muslim people, in fact islam is extremely > relaxed here, and all religions are very kind between themselves. but it is > true they have a problem with a small terrorism group, and they attack from > time to time. > > being spanish, a country that suffers also attacks from ETA terrorists, i can > say that if you can plan to visit my country for holidays, why not indonesia > as well? > > > > well, we crossed to jawa island and traffic plus pollution was there. also > the jakarta cycling community. people which spent with us their time, helped > us with our bike problems and everything smiling. we felt in family. they > have two organizations jumping over religions and ethnics, with the aim of > reducing pollution and increasing the number of cyclists. very strong > community. i love them. you can chek them at www.bike2work or > www.bikepackerindonesia (maybe i am not very exact with address but you will > find them in google). > > > > adam and me split there, and i went to kalimantan (borneo indonesia), and i > cycled the west. it is a little developed area and weather conditions are > tough. strong sun and humidity, very steep hills and clay road. also no > traffic neither tourism at all. it was good, some nice jungle, rivers and > birds. the best again, the people, the dayak tribe. extremely friendly. i had > no time someevenings to ask where i could hang my mosquito net, they already > organised everything. > > it is not a very isolated land as some in africa (i miss' sometimes), but it > is hard enough to keen the trip. you have to be autonomous since there are > not facilities as public transport, electricity, bike shops and sometimes > longdistance between villages. > > > > once you cross kapuas river, asphalt and ciilization are there, and very > soon, malaysia side, which is developed. so i reached kuching and took a > short rest. i went to see orangutans (0.7 euro) and stay in baku national > park with proboscis monkeys as neibourghs (2 euro entrance, 1 for camp at any > where). > > malaysia borneo is oriented to holidays and middle class tourism, but even > like this, if you look for it you can make it cheap. for example, many groups > visit orangutans in expensive reserve areas, i do not understand since there > is one close to kuching for 1$! > > > > on the way to brunei i sow many traditional longhouses, very interesting. > sometimes i was invited to stay, but i must say that i felt no sincerity, so > i refused and they never insisted... > > malay people are not so warm as indonesian. they keep a distance, but still > very helpful. you can sleep in very good rekreasi parks, camp in rivers, or > in 'public places' as churches or youthcenters. > > chinese comunity is very interesting here. they keep their traditions since > the mop of the revolution was not here, and i enjoyed with them very much. > even in a taoist temple, the caretaker did a ceremony for me and told me my > future. asked when i was going to finish my trip and comeback home, he said > 'when you get married'. so, dear friends, i am very worried now! > > > > another beautiful national park is niah caves. stunning scenery and huge > caves. > > in bandar seri, brunei capital, there is a 300000 inhabitants watervillage. > no tourism, so it is very pleasant to walk aroun there. you hear only your > steps on the wood path and the glu-glup of the tide. this is also the first > capital i have ever been with no taxis! everybody has 1 or 2 cars, so they > are useless. > > > > again in malaysian side (sabah), i stopped for a rest in kuta kinabalu, but > it was boring town and i did not meet there the funny chinese comunity i did > before. also many beautiful girls and i was afraid of ending in a marriage... > > so i left for mountains. kinabalu mountain is scenic, but not unique. still a > pleasure to cycle over 1000 m because of the cool weather. many people > 'climb' kinabalu, but you must hire a guide and join a group, and the trek is > crowded. > > > > the rest of saba was not nice since 50% of the land is ocuppied by oil palm > farms. the enviroment is changed and climate as well, very hot and humid. > > from here (sandakan) you can cross to philippines (50 euros). i got a new > indonesia visa in tawau (very easy, 20 minutes) and crossed to sulawesi > island. > > i met adam again and we enjoyed the stunning mountains of central sulawesi. > road is good an scenic, no traffic at all, until lake poso. from there we > took very bad roads to linde national park. ti goes through rainforest > mountains and, my friends, it was fantastic. i had some of the best days of > the travel here. it is a thick jungle and unhabited, which means it is touhg > and unique. the very best, the 60 kms in the linde national park. the 'road' > is just a 30 cms path in the jungle, and we jump over broken huge trees, > crossed rivers, push a lot in steep muddy areas, and yet exhausted, we felt > ourselves the luckiest men in the world. > > > > after this we split again in palu. adam is heading to philippines and > shanghai, looking for a job as he is running out of money. i had a very good > time with him in sumatra and sulawesi, he is a very positive man and always > faces problems in a good mood. i am happy to say i have such a good friend > now. > > > > well, after almost 4 months cycling without a break, my body was begging for > a rest, so i went to the coast in search of a small paradise for my old bones. > > i had no success, even i crossed very beautiful beaches and villages with > turquoise waters (road sometimes is so close that you can snorkel from the > bike!), but i did not like anyone in all the way to very far makassar. > > then, i decided my rest cannot wait, sometimes i felt no power at all, so i > decided to go to a touristic place, and i took a ferry to lombok island, > close to bali. > > it is high season and it was extremely difficult to find accomodation. even > for a shitty bambu room with nothing but an old dirty mat they asked me 10$! > > but at the end i asked in a bungalow esort if they could allow me to camp. > they were very surprised and no idea about what i was talking about (this is > a place for sufers, divers and relax holidays, not for a gypsy on a bike), > but when they saw my tent set up, they laught a lot and they allowed me to > stay 2 weeks with them. even i pay local price in their restaurant but most > times they just feed me. very good people, and also they are not used to see > 'bule' (westerner) that want to spend time with them. tomorrow we have a > birthday party, i feel in family. > > > > so, my friends, i am enjoying a nice rest in this kuta beach paradise. in > middle september i will cross back to peninsula, to singapore, and i will > continue on my route to japan. i still have to delivery the yen coin to my > friend kim. he gave it to me in capetown, more than 2 years and 40000 kms > ago, so maybe i am the slowest delivery system in the world! > > anyway, i hope i will reach japan during next year, if i do not get > married.... > > > > i will write again about december or so, and please, if you have time let me > know how are you. i am always eager to know about my friends. > > happy ramadam for all muslim friends! > > > > with love > > salva >
