Monthly Archives: July 2018

Flores

Posted on July 31, 2018 by Sara

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Today we leave Timor and head over to the island of Flores. We had our breakfast and were on the road at 8 for the 11 km ride over to the ferry dock.

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We arrived at 830 am and were directed to the right to a covered lane filled with bikes.… Read the rest

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Indonesia : Pulau Timor = Timor Island

Posted on July 28, 2018 by Sara

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We were up with the roosters again today, had breakfast, and were on the road by 9. Our plan for the day is to get near to the Indonesian border and find somewhere to stay there. Plans change.

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We had 2 km of muddy construction to get back out of town and then 32 km of good curvy road to back track to just past Aileu.… Read the rest

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Timor Leste = East Timor

Posted on July 14, 2018 by Sara

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We had an Uber pick up at 645 am for the 30 km trip to the Perth airport, a 3 hour flight on Qantas to Darwin, a 2 hour layover, and then a 1 hr 1  5 min flight on Air North to Dili.… Read the rest

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Three ADV riders Living the Dream = 6500 km across Australia in a Hiace Van?

Posted on July 11, 2018 by Sara

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Today we pick up our free “rental” van for repositioning from Travelers Autobarn that we had found on the Relocation vehicle web site. It will cost us about the same as 3 bikes  would on gas for the same distance.… Read the rest

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Darwin and the Northern Territory

Posted on July 6, 2018 by Sara

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We are back to out team of 3 for the long ride to Darwin.

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Step one get to Hughenden … or Charter Towers.

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We had a nice morning on the Gillies twisty road.

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By 930 we were up on the table lands and though flatter and straighter riding it was not boring.… Read the rest

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Cai(r)ns it is!

Posted on July 6, 2018 by Sara

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We are finally on the last push towards Cairns.

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We have recovered from the stator trauma of yesterday and are up and out early. For the first 2 hours it was straight thru farm land for the most part on the A7 Country route.… Read the rest

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