{"id":5485,"date":"2014-06-23T10:53:44","date_gmt":"2014-06-23T08:53:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.worldbiking.info\/wordpress\/?p=5485"},"modified":"2020-01-05T02:34:11","modified_gmt":"2020-01-05T07:34:11","slug":"struggling-through-sumatra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.worldbiking.info\/wordpress\/2014\/06\/struggling-through-sumatra\/","title":{"rendered":"Struggling through Sumatra"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A little to the left, a slight move to the right, a minor change of saddle angle\u2026nothing stopped the bolts of pain in my underside as we bumped along Sumatra\u2019s backroads.<\/p>\n<p>Turns out we still have a few things to learn about bike touring.\u00a0 Here\u2019s our latest lesson learned:<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Two Months off the Bike + Brand-New Brooks Saddle= Intense Agony<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>And it wasn\u2019t just saddle sores we suffered from.\u00a0 With 20 extra kilos of \u201cessential stuff\u201d I\u2019d lugged back with me from my trip to America, the bikes were weightier than ever. Five minutes of struggling up Sumatra\u2019s first big hill (which comes as soon as you zip off the ferry from Java) and I was ready to ditch the new tarp.\u00a0 The rain poncho?\u00a0 Totally unnecessary.\u00a0 And that extra rim Eric insisted we needed?\u00a0 Not so crucial, I reflected, when faced with a 15% incline.<\/p>\n<p>It took a few days of adaptation before we succumbed to Sumatra\u2019s charms.\u00a0 First we had to re-accustom ourselves to the motorbikes darting about helter-skelter, the cows and goats rummaging through rubbish piles in search of their next meal and the intense tropical sun pounding down on our pale exposed flesh.<\/p>\n<p>And we had to get fit again. FAST. \u00a0Having spent almost six months in Indonesia, Eric had exhausted his options for visa extensions.\u00a0 We have a month to get out of the country or risk the wrath of the immigration officials. There will be little margin for lingering on the shores of Lake Maninjau or calling it quits early when our legs are heavy with fatigue after a series of brutal climbs.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s been 10 days now since we wobbled out of Jakarta.\u00a0 (I was actually really surprised at how unwieldy the loaded bike was in the beginning\u2014I felt like a toddler taking her first cautious steps)<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a bit of what we\u2019ve experienced:<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/worldbiking.info\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/14403884166_9fa15b0fd7_b.jpg\" alt=\"Noodle Soup\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The first photo I took leaving Jakarta. We were careening through some tiny alleyways and I was struck at so much life going on&#8211;right out there in the open, not closeted behind closed doors.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/worldbiking.info\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/14447200743_3d372f0032_b.jpg\" alt=\"Back on the Road, Sumatra\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Early morning is still my favorite time to be on the bike. People are fresh and full of optimism. These women were heading off to the fields for a day of back breaking work yet they still had time for a smile and a hearty &#8216;Hello Mister!&#8217;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5496\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5496\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5496\" src=\"http:\/\/www.worldbiking.info\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/sumatra-food-collage.jpg\" alt=\"Food comes from the sea, whether it's octopus or just the regular 'ole catch of the day.  And Sumatrans like it hot.  Unbearably hot for most westerners.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.worldbiking.info\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/sumatra-food-collage.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.worldbiking.info\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/sumatra-food-collage-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.worldbiking.info\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/sumatra-food-collage-500x500.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5496\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Food comes from the sea, whether it&#8217;s octopus or just the regular old catch of the day. And Sumatrans like it hot. Unbearably hot for most Westerners.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/worldbiking.info\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/14485431032_a1b6f455b0_b.jpg\" alt=\"The Bike Shop Guy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cycling Indonesia means you&#8217;re never short of interesting characters to meet. The locals love to ham it up and this guy eagerly struck a pose for the camera.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a title=\"Collecting Bird Nests by Amaya Williams + Eric Schambion, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/worldbiking\/14486696245\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/worldbiking.info\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/14486696245_afef144f6d_b.jpg\" alt=\"Collecting Bird Nests\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">These odd structures that dot the Sumatran countryside are meant to entice birds to nest. The nests are then harvested as a delicacy for soups and such.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/worldbiking.info\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/14485447224_3f672c0111_b.jpg\" alt=\"Full Moon on Sumatra\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">This was shot at daybreak on one of our first days back on the road. The night before we camped at a quiet country school and I was delighted to round the bend and set eyes on this spectacular sight.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5495\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5495\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5495\" src=\"http:\/\/www.worldbiking.info\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/people-collage.jpg\" alt=\"Sure, you'll find plenty of folks who just seem to be lazing by the side of the road without a care in the world, but there are plenty of others busy trying to get ahead by whatever means possible.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.worldbiking.info\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/people-collage.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.worldbiking.info\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/people-collage-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.worldbiking.info\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/people-collage-500x500.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5495\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sure, you&#8217;ll find plenty of folks who just seem to be lazing by the side of the road without a care in the world. But there are plenty of others busy trying to get ahead by whatever means possible.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/worldbiking.info\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/14478820685_5668b7ee18_b.jpg\" alt=\"Cycling Sumatra, Indonesia\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">So far on Sumatra&#8217;s West Coast we&#8217;ve cycled through two National Parks. The forest is dense and home to more than a few curious monkeys. And there are hills. Steep ones. The ones that cause you to curse and swear you&#8217;re going to hitch a ride on the next passing truck (though we never did).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5497\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5497\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-5497 \" src=\"http:\/\/www.worldbiking.info\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/sea-collage.jpg\" alt=\"And of course you're never far from the refreshing sea!\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.worldbiking.info\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/sea-collage.jpg 2400w, http:\/\/www.worldbiking.info\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/sea-collage-500x250.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.worldbiking.info\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/sea-collage-1024x512.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5497\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">And of course you&#8217;re never far from the refreshing sea!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>Many Thanks!<\/h3>\n<p>A massive thank you to Paul and Raihan for making Eric part of your family in Jakarta for such an extended stay.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to the good folks at Missoula Free Cycles for setting Amaya up with the coolest wheels in town and not laughing at her less than stellar bike repair skills.<\/p>\n<p>A big thanks to all the hosts from couchsurfing, the random individuals who invited us into their homes for the night and the teachers and staff at the many schools who offered us shelter.<\/p>\n<p>Hats off to the folks at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.steripen.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SteriPen<\/a> for setting us up with one of their lightweight water purification devices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A little to the left, a slight move to the right, a minor change of saddle angle\u2026nothing stopped the bolts of pain in my underside as we bumped along Sumatra\u2019s backroads. 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