All you need in one place …

German bakery, Bicycle rental, more than enough  Bintang beer (plus lemonade), fresh MMs (the only mushrooms I like ), massages, my own Restaurant and happy faces wherever you pass by or stop. The people are so nice and friendly – A friendly ‘semalat pagi’ and ‘terima kasi / sama sama’ can open hearts and doors.     
  Today I used the rest day in Tuk Tuk to do some extra cycling besides internet, laundry and bike service. The heavy  downpour stopped during the night and in the morning we were greeted with great sunshine – Cristiano obviously talked again to the God’s! When most of the other riders decided to stay at the lodge and use internet or go the few steps into the village, I grabbed my bike and explored the nearby surroundings. Not a bad decision. At first up the hill west of town, to watch the paragliding training, then down to Tomok to see King’s Tomb. Thereafter up again to the waterfall and from there to Amberita, then to King Siallagan Stone Chairs site, and along the eastern coast of the peninsular  back to Tuk Tuk through little settlements and alleys of tourist stores. Actually I didn’t ride all the way up the waterfall on a narrow single trail, simply to safe my energy for tomorrow and because I am confident to see many more waterfalls through out Indonesia which are far easier to reach. The kids are always excited to see me with my funny “zoo-helmet”. I met cute little 2 year old Jessie at Joe’s. She is the neighbor’s daughter, but wants to spend all day with ‘aunty’ in the restaurant – the owners brother is married to a German living in Düsseldorf. Yesterday I met Jonas with his brothers and father who are here to spent the vacation at their granny’s. They are from Schorndorf, a city very close to where I live and have relatives  – what a small world.

Although it was raining hard and long last night the locals tell me that it was a far too dry season and a lot of the harvest did not mature.