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Jakarta to Dieng Plateau Central Java
Dieng plateau on Central Java to Bali

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Mar
2004-09-14 16:42:50

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he doesn't have under legs and underarms. His length is no higher than an average car. All due to the traffic?

The monsoon decides in the end - Jakarta to Sindangbarang (south coast)

Some turnoffs outside of Jakarta's city centre, the traffic becomes less dense. At 13:00 we stop for a noodle soup and wait for the monsoon rain to stop. It keeps on pouring down the whole day and our day 'target' rains away as well. We ask the owner for a sleeping place in the area and she answers that we can stay at the restaurant. Next to it is a sleeping room that connects to the restaurant with a curtain. The next day we notice that lots of restaurant offer sleeping places since a lot of trucks are parked just in front of restaurants along the road.

The hills start to get steeper and higher as we cycle on. After 54 kilometres it starts raining (again). We search for a noodle shop and wait until the rain stops (it doesn’t).

We end up in Cebeber village, 15 kilometres south of Cianjur. Cycling in waterproof gear on a flat road is okay, but when it's 29 degrees Celsius, high humidity, no waterproof shoe covers and the chance of rain everyday, the decision is made easy. There seems to be a hotel in the village but we except the offer of a sleeping place at an Indonesian family of which only the son-in-law (Public Health student in Jakarta, visiting his girlfriend in this village) speaks English. The Indonesian phrasebook and the Dutch postcards come in handy to keep the communication alive.

For the first time in a week we don't wake up from the enthusiastic mosques. This time it's the Imam on the television that is on volume 7 and is turned on louder when the family notices we are awake. After eating another Mie Baso (noodle soup) with a lot of fish balls, which is offered to us after we have already a full stomach from the deep-fried bananas that were ...