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Second Section from Carita to Yogyakarta

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Stage 19: Java

Malingping to  Cimaja
Date: 09-09-2014 Time: 04:56 h Σ Time: 111:58 h
Distance: 87 km Σ km: 2329  km Temp: 20/40 °C
Up: 1365 m Σ Up: 23787 m Calories: 2540 kcal
Down: 1365 m Σ Down: 23679 m Σ kcal: 51919 kcal
Conditions: Road bad to very bad. A hot day, 2 steep climbs but very scenic.

I would call it a perfect mix of everything. A tough cycling stage considering the day temperatures, the road conditions and the very steep climbing sections, but awarded with scenic views and similar amount of fast downhills to relax the legs. We had to leave the coast line and climb over two ridges to get back to the sea. The hotel is excellent, both from accommodation and food. Beach is a short walk away, but not for swimming. It is a surfer paradise.

 

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Java Jive, Photos, Sections, Trans-Oceania

King of the Mountain

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Mastered today’s last climb back to the coastline. Campsite at the beach, onky a 14 km downhill away.

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Java Jive, Sections, Stage Details, Trans-Oceania

Stage 18: Java

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Carita to  Malinping
Date: 08-09-2014 Time: 05:23 h Σ Time: 107:02 h
Distance: 112 km Σ km: 2242 km Temp: 22/38 °C
Up: 1068 m Σ Up: 22425 m Calories: 2471 kcal
Down: 1085 m Σ Down: 22314 m Σ kcal: 49379 kcal
Conditions: Again quick 33 km after leaving campsite. Rather flat with good tailwind. However the smog is still bad – my new mask gave some relief. Turning inland we ‘climbed’ a bit into the green fields. Road mostly good. Turning back to the sea, the wind was blowing strong into our faces.

This was the right starter after the rest day. Time and distance wise short and doable. Very scenic ride after leaving the coast line. The air also turned more consumable after leaving the busy main road. We climbed a bit, but not very steep and long. Ended up in fields of banana and coconut trees and rice. Timber is also a big business. The sawing mills are everywhere and piles of wood waiting to be turned into boards. The people are very friendly but reserved. I stopped at a house with a big satellite dish and was invited to have shade on the veranda with the owner family. The kids were wearing European soccer team jerseys – as so many in the country. So I ended up playing soccer with little Messi and Benzema.

I am still riding with fever and coughing. Temperature control is still not calibrated. I am shivering at 35°C. Hope this will improve within the next few days.

 

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Java Jive, Sections

2. Java Jive

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Carita to Yogyakarta  —  September 8 to September 18

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 This shorter section highlights the western half of Indonesia’s most densely populated island. Javanese culture is a “cocktail of pre-Hindu, Hindu and Islamic influences.” From Carita, we‘ll ride south to avoid the hustle and pollution of greater Jakarta, and meander through tea plantations and terraced fields. At Pandangaran riders can enjoy Java’s premier beach and visit a national park set in dense jungle before peddling on to the artistic and cultural capital of Yogyakarta. Here a double rest day will allow you to see the city’s famous walled palace or Kraton area and the nearby Borobodur Temple Compounds, which are a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Bike the Outback, Great Ocean Road, Info, Java Jive, Opals, Missiles, and Vino, Spice Island Hopping, Sumatra Sutra, Trans-Oceania, Volcanoes & Temples, Wizards of Oz

Itinerary

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Proposed day-by-day trip breakdown: Aug. 18 – Dec. 19, 2014

  • 8 Sections
  • 124 tour days
  • 93 cycling days
  • 71 metric centuries
  • total distance 11042 km
Day Date 2014 Stage Depart Arrive Dist (km)
Section 1: Sumatra Sutra – Medan to Carita
1 Mon, Aug 18 1 Medan Berastagi 57
2 Tue, Aug 19 2 Berastagi Tuk Tuk (Lake Toba) 121
3 Wed, Aug 20 Rest Day – Lake Toba  
4 Thu, Aug 21 3 Tuk Tuk (Lake Toba) Tarutung 158
5 Fri, Aug 22 4 Tarutung Padang Sidempuan 110
6 Sat, Aug 23 5 Padang Sidempuan Kota Nopan 111
7 Sun, Aug 24 6 Kota Nopan Bukittinggi 183
8 Mon, Aug 25 Rest Day – Bukittinggi  
9 Tue, Aug 26 7 Bukittinggi Padang (Bungus Beach) 122
10 Wed, Aug 27 8 Padang (Beach 20k S) Pesisir Selatan 119
11 Thu, Aug 28 9 Pesisir Selatan Mukomuko 141
12 Fri, Aug 29 10 Mukomuko Seblat 143
13 Sat, Aug 30 11 Seblat Bengkulu 127
14 Sun, Aug 31 Rest Day – Benkulu  
15 Mon, Sep 1 12 Bengkulu Manna 141
16 Tue, Sep 2 13 Manna Bintuhan 75
17 Wed, Sep 3 14 Bintuhan Krui 141
18 Thu, Sep 4 15 Krui Gisting 150
19 Fri, Sep 5 16 Gisting Kalianda 142
20 Sat, Sep 6 17 Kalianda Carita 112
21 Sun, Sep 7 Rest Day – Carita  
Section 2: Java Jive – Carita to Yogyakarta
22 Mon, Sep 8 18 Carita Malingping (Bagedur Beach) 90
23 Tue, Sep 9 19 Bagedur Beach Cimaja 85
24 Wed, Sep 10 20 Cimaja Ujung Genteng 79
25 Thu, Sep 11 21 Ujung Genteng Cidaun 118
26 Fri, Sep 12 22 Cidaun Ciwidey 71
27 Sat, Sep 13 23 Ciwidey Cipanas 116
28 Sun, Sep 14 Rest Day – Cipanas  
29 Mon, Sep 15 24 Cipanas Kota Banjar 155
30 Tue, Sep 16 25 Kota Banjar Baturaden 150
31 Wed, Sep 17 26 Baturaden Wonosobo 105
32 Thu, Sep 18 27 Wonosobo Yogyakarta 101
33 Fri, Sep 19 Rest Day – Yogyakarta  
34 Sat, Sep 20 Rest Day – Yogyakarta  
Section 3: Volcanoes & Temples – Yogyakarta to Ubud
35 Sun, Sep 21 28 Yogyakarta Solo 142
36 Mon, Sep 22 29 Solo Sarangan 62
37 Tue, Sep 23 30 Sarangan Tulungagung 126
38 Wed, Sep 24 31 Tulungagung Batu 117
39 Thu, Sep 25 32 Batu Bromo 80
40 Fri, Sep 26 Rest Day – Bromo Tengger Semeru Park  
41 Sat, Sep 27 33 Bromo Bondowoso 157
42 Sun, Sep 28 34 Bondowoso Ketapang 107
43 Mon, Sep 29 35 Ketapang Lovina 82
44 Tue, Sep 30 36 Lovina Ubud 94
45 Wed, Oct 1 Rest Day – Ubud  
Section 4: Spice Island Hopping – Ubud to Dili
46 Thu, Oct 2 37 Ubud Senggigi 69
47 Fri, Oct 3 Rest Day – Senggigi  
48 Sat, Oct 4 38 Senggigi Labuhan Lombok 126
49 Sun, Oct 5 39 Labuhan Lombok Sumbawa Besar 109
50 Mon, Oct 6 40 Sumbawa Besar Soriutu 172
51 Tue, Oct 7 41 Soriutu Sape 128
52 Wed, Oct 8 Travel Sape Labuanbajo 4
53 Thu, Oct 9 Rest Day – Labuanbajo  
54 Fri, Oct 10 42 Labuanbajo Ruteng 126
55 Sat, Oct 11 43 Ruteng Bajawa 135
56 Sun, Oct 12 44 Bajawa Ende 126
57 Mon, Oct 13 Rest Day – Ende / Ferry leaves at 21:00  
58 Tue, Oct 14 Ferry Ende to Kupang  
59 Wed, Oct 15 Rest Day – Kupang  
60 Thu, Oct 16 45 Kupang Soe 108
61 Fri, Oct 17 46 Soe Kefamenanu 85
62 Sat, Oct 18 47 Kefamenanu Atambua 112
63 Sun, Oct 19 48 Atambua Dili 115
64 Mon, Oct 20 Flight from Dili to Darwin  
Section 5: Bike the Outback – Darwin to Alice Springs
65 Tue, Oct 21 Rest Day – Darwin  
66 Wed, Oct 22 Rest Day – Darwin  
67 Thu, Oct 23 49 Darwin Adelaide River 108
68 Fri, Oct 24 50 Adelaide River Pine Creek 115
69 Sat, Oct 25 51 Pine Creek Katherine 94
70 Sun, Oct 26 Rest Day – Katherine  
71 Mon, Oct 27 52 Katherine Mataranka 103
72 Tue, Oct 28 53 Mataranka Daly Waters 169
73 Wed, Oct 29 54 Daly Waters Elliott 153
74 Thu, Oct 30 55 Elliott Renner Springs 93
75 Fri, Oct 31 56 Renner Springs Tennant Creek 160
76 Sat, Nov 1 Rest Day – Tennant Creek  
77 Sun, Nov 2 57 Tennant Creek Wauchope 116
78 Mon, Nov 3 58 Wauchope Barrow Creek 100
79 Tue, Nov 4 59 Barrow Creek Aileron 149
80 Wed, Nov 5 60 Aileron Alice Springs 132
81 Thu, Nov 6 Rest Day – Alice Springs  
82 Fri, Nov 7 Rest Day – Alice Springs  
83 Sat, Nov 8 Rest Day – Alice Springs  
Section 6: Opals, Missiles, and Vino – Alice Springs to Adelaide
84 Sun, Nov 9 61 Alice Springs Desert Oaks Rest Area 169
85 Mon, Nov 10 62 Desert Oaks Rest Area Kulgera 108
86 Tue, Nov 11 63 Kulgera Tarcoonyinna Rest Area 126
87 Wed, Nov 12 64 Tarcoonyinna Rest Area Cadney Homestead 135
88 Thu, Nov 13 65 Cadney Homestead Coober Pedy 158
89 Fri, Nov 14 Rest Day – Coober Pedy  
90 Sat, Nov 15 66 Coober Pedy The Twins Rest Area 125
91 Sun, Nov 16 67 The Twins Rest Area Glendambo 125
92 Mon, Nov 17 68 Glendambo Woomera 120
93 Tue, Nov 18 69 Woomera Bookalo Rest Area 117
94 Wed, Nov 19 70 Bookalo Rest Area Port Augusta 62
95 Thu, Nov 20 Rest Day – Port Augusta  
96 Fri, Nov 21 71 Port Augusta Jamestown 128
97 Sat, Nov 22 72 Jamestown Riverton 127
98 Sun, Nov 23 73 Riverton Adelaide 124
99 Mon, Nov 24 Rest Day – Adelaide  
Section 7: Great Ocean Road – Adelaide to Melbourne
100 Tue, Nov 25 74 Adelaide Lake Albert 159
101 Wed, Nov 26 75 Lake Albert Kingston 148
102 Thu, Nov 27 76 Kingston Beachport 89
103 Fri, Nov 28 77 Beachport Nelson 122
104 Sat, Nov 29 78 Nelson Port Fairy 133
105 Sun, Nov 30 Rest Day – Port Fairy  
106 Mon, Dec 1 79 Port Fairy Port Campbell 91
107 Tue, Dec 2 80 Port Campbell Apollo Bay 96
108 Wed, Dec 3 Rest Day – Apollo Bay  
109 Thu, Dec 4 81 Apollo Bay Torquay 92
110 Fri, Dec 5 82 Torquay Melbourne 146
111 Sat, Dec 6 Rest Day – Melbourne  
Section 8: Wizards of Oz – Melbourne to Sydney
112 Sun, Dec 7 83 Melbourne Cowes 90
113 Mon, Dec 8 84 Cowes Inverloch 55
114 Tue, Dec 9 85 Inverloch Yarram 103
115 Wed, Dec 10 86 Yarram Bairnsdale 142
116 Thu, Dec 11 Rest Day – Bairnsdale  
117 Fri, Dec 12 87 Bairnsdale Orbost 95
118 Sat, Dec 13 88 Orbost Delegate 123
119 Sun, Dec 14 89 Delegate Cooma 134
120 Mon, Dec 15 90 Cooma Canberra 110
121 Tue, Dec 16 Rest Day – Canberra  
122 Wed, Dec 17 91 Canberra Nerringa 118
123 Thu, Dec 18 92 Nerringa Bulli Beach 160
124 Fri, Dec 19 93 Bulli Beach Sydney Opera House 115
Finish Sydney  
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