Unfortunately, Lombok and Sumbawa have been a little bit of a blur.
We’re on a bit of a schedule to get to Dili in time to hopefully catch a boat to Australia, which has made the last few days a bit fast, but should allow for a little bit of slowing down once we get to Flores.
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From the Ijen Plateau, it was a short ride to the port where we left Java for Bali.
We stopped for a couple days in Lovina, on the north coast of Bali.
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The logical next stop if you’re heading east from Gunung Bromo is the Ijen Plateau.
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I woke up in Solo feeling perfectly fine, so I decided a trip to a doctor was not necessary…so, off to Gunung Bromo!
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I headed up through the Dieng Plateau, a beautiful and quiet area, not too far outside of Yogyakarta (pronounced Jogjakarta, and often just called Jogja).
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After the day at Krakatoa, we continued on to the end of Sumatra to catch the ferry to Java.
Once we were on the ferry and waiting to leave Sumatra, we noticed a guy (perhaps a bit mad?) in the water, swimming up and down the length of the ship. The racket was that as he was swimming around beside the boat, you’d throw coins into the water and he’d dive down and get them as they were sinking.
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The last stop in Sumatra was in Kalianda, which is the the jumping off point for seeing Krakatau.
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The last few days have basically involved lots of riding and lots of rain, but also lots of amazing scenery.
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We left Lake Toba on a ferry boat with the loudest horn known to man. Rather than head back to the other side of the island we stayed on, and ride across the bridge to get back to the mainland, we opted for the faster, and probably also cheaper route…3 people and two big bikes on the relatively empty ferry cost less than $3…not too bad.
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Lake Toba was our next destination…a somewhat touristy, but still fairly quiet place. The ride to Lake Toba was as nice as the destination itself (well…the views…not necessarily the roads…)
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a pat on a motorcycle 