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Southern Crossing

admin — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:21:57 +0000

I was up in Wellington for a couple of weeks around the Christmas/New Year period and somehow managed to spend 9 days of that tramping in the Tararua Ranges. I did two separate trips, one two and a half day trip over the classic Southern Crossing route with Hana, and later a 6-day tramp along [...]

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admin — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 23:44:36 +0000

Yep, it’s true, we got back to New Zealand in mid December and somehow two months has slipped by already. I’m endeavouring to get my blog back up to date though, because there’s plenty to post about! So watch this space. If you’re one of the readers/viewers who has been following our cycling journey through [...]

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highlux — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 02:37:23 PST

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Lotus flower-inspired war memorial in Nam Ha/Dinh Van. We spent the night here after a long and fast descent into the valley from the ranges.

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highlux — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 02:37:15 PST

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Climb number one of the day. We caught this one in the heat of the day and suffered a bit for 600 steep and rough metres.

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highlux — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 02:37:03 PST

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They look awesome, but the flavour's nothing awesome unfortunately.

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highlux — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 02:36:55 PST

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We hadn't tried dragonfruit until this day.

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highlux — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 02:36:48 PST

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Cruising through another small Central Highlands town.

Son of Krakatoa

admin — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 03:14:18 +0000

We had a couple of days spare in Kalianda before we were due to get a ferry across to Java and then onwards to Jakarta before flying back to New Zealand. Smoking (and sometimes rumbling) away in between the islands of Sumatra and Java lies a group of volcanoes, of which Anak Krakatau (in Indonesian) [...]

Final Days: Krui – Kalianda

admin — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 09:46:09 +0000

Day 227: Krui – Bengkunet (50m) 96km. Flat and very quiet. Good narrow road. Day 228: Bengkunet – Pringsewu, 121km. Two 600m climbs (1500m total climbing). First through national park second through more urbanised area. Day 229: Pringsewu – Kalianda (20m) 103km. LAST DAY OF RIDING! Flat and rolling ride in 40 degree heat. Past [...]

Coasting: Tapan – Krui

admin — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 09:09:54 +0000

Day 219: Tapan – Mukomuko (20m) 70km. Flat and hot day with short, steep rollers at first. Day 220: Mukomuko – Seblat (30m) 147km. 885m total climbing on steep, rolling terrain. 39 degrees at midday. Day 221: Seblat – Bengkulu (20m) 130km. 730m total climbing on steep, rolling terrain at first, then flatter. Sometimes very [...]