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October 11, 2005
On the mend + Jakarta Logisitics
LOCATION: Anyer, Java
SEE WHERE WE ARE - NEW!
NAUTICAL MILES KAYAKING: 849
STANDARD MILES BIKING: 830
Chris and I rolled into the marina in the far west Javanese town of Anyer on Sunday, completing the Java-by-bike section. April unfortunately missed out and went straight to Jakarta from Bogor. Tonight she's actually flying to Singapore and then back to the US tomorrow. She's still on the Cipro (as is Chris who seems to be %100 better) and is about 85% better. She'll hopefully give Dr Sharon Kessler a call when she gets back and get some advice from a tropical disease specialist colleague of hers.
Chris is also heading out of the field here shortly, taking a ferry to the island of Batam this Friday and then hopping across to Singapore to catch his flight on the 17th. He'll be a day over his visa expiry, incurring a $20 US penalty by Indonesian immigration. But this is still cheaper than buying a flight from Jakarta to Singapore to get out earlier.
So I'll be on my Ronnie Todd here pretty shortly, at least until Kenny catches up in Jambi around the 25th to film the final section kayaking to Singapore for the documentary series. I plan to leave here Thursday once I get my passport back from immigration tomorrow pm. With a day to prep the single I'll make the dash across Selat Sunda Friday to Sumatra, then bike the 660 miles to Jambi before Kenny arrives. If all goes according to plan this leg of the expedition will wrap up in Singapore around the 16th Nov.
Feeling pretty travel weary right now. Tired of complicated logistics, Indonesian bureacracy and just the chaos, noise, grime and confusion of West Java and in particular Jakarta. Both Chris and I are finding ourselves on pretty short fuses at the moment. It's time to step away from all this and regroup. Not long now...
Another bomb went off last night in Jakarta, not far from where we are staying. Seems like there are a lot of bombs in Indonesia at the moment...
Posted on October 11, 2005 4:19 PM