Photos of Stage 12
Bengkulu to Manna – Sumatra
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Monthly Archives: September 2014
OMG in Manna
Today I was stopped by two girls who followed me on their motor scooter for quite a while. When they passed me the first time, they gave me a bright smile and a ‘Hello Mister’ and headed away, to soon slow down and let me pass again. I could hear them giggle. Next thing I noticed them approaching me again from the back, staying behind for a while, before they passed and slowed down again. This repeated several times, until they finally stopped behind the next corner and waited for me, waving me to stop, too, which I did.
Then I heard ‘Oh my God’, ‘Oh my God’ and ‘Photo’. Several OMGs later, the smiling faces were ‘iPhoned’ for a happy girl and a happier ‘Alter Sack’.
Oh my God!
Stage 12: Sumatra
| Bengkulu to Manna | |||||
| Date: | 01-09-2014 | Time: | 05:47 h | Σ Time: | 70:58 h |
| Distance: | 140 km | Σ km: | 1511 km | Temp: | 20/39 °C |
| Up: | 1082 m | Σ Up: | 14665 m | Calories: | 3056 kcal |
| Down: | 1052 m | Σ Down: | 14567 m | Σ kcal: | 34374 kcal |
| Conditions: | A fast marathon warm-up in the morning. The 42 km flat out of town would have been a treat, if the air wouldn’t be so polluted from the early morning commute. | ||||
It was easy rolling on the first 40 km. Thereafter it became more rural, hilly and the road sometimes a bit broken. The landscape did not change much until we turned back to the coast. Rice fields and palm trees build the scene. Lunch at a police station with a school next to it. This guaranteed spectators and entertainment. After lunch temperatures increased to reach upper 30th.
Today I was stopped by two girls on a motor scooter. They followed me quite a while, then passed, fall back again, passed until finally stopped next to the road and signaled me to stop, too – which I did. The first word of the girl was ‘OMG, I want a photo with you’. So I had a road side photo session and many more “OMG’s” …
Splashed
Giving up my temporary home at the Splash Hotel in Bengkulu – a very spacious bed, neutral sheets and a real shower head instead of a bucket and cup.
My life is back in my 2 bags, ready to load on the vans.
6 more riding days in Sumatra before we set over to Java, the second island of the tour, and the begin of section 2.
Let us get rolling …
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Rehydration
Enough rehydration? One and a half day and a few bottles later my body feels so spongy …
Ready for some real sweating on the next days hot miles.
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