Video Clip: Bukittinggi to Banda Aceh Ride.

Check out the video clip of DDOCI Bukittinggi to Banda Aceh ride… Hope you enjoy watching it as much as we enjoy ride it..

Ride Report: Bukittinggi – Parapat (Part 2)

A first long ride on this trip. From Bukittinggi (Point A Google map above) West Sumatra to Parapat (Point F), we stop along the way for gas at Pasaman (Point B) near the border of North Sumatra, another refueling near Sipirok (Point C). We had lunch at Sipirok (Point D) and a long break before the final refueling of the day at Tarutung (Point E). Distance of 503KM in total from Bukittinggi to Parapat.

We reached Parapat late in the afternoon around 8 PM and it was raining. I must say this was one hard ride, we had minor accident, some of the worst road condition after Tarutung, the rain and riding in the dark, but did I mention about the food? The best things in this ride was the Minang Melayu food, hmm… so exquisite!

Ride Report: Bukittinggi – Banda Aceh (Part 1) Lambah Harau

Google Maps shows a distance of 1,274 Km from Bukittinggi to Banda Aceh. Ride across the heart of Sumatra Island, to Toba Lake and finally to the great Tsunami stricken area of Banda Aceh, Nangroe Aceh Darussalam. We will split the route in to 4 main stages, ride around Bukittinggi, from Bukittinggi to Parapat. Parapat to Medan and finally Medan to Banda Aceh.

We planned that 4 days should be sufficient to cover such distance and more; with the bike already being shipped to Bukittinggi we start our trip with a short flight from Jakarta to Minangkabau Airport about 80 km south of Bukittinggi.

Bukittinggi – Banda Aceh ride completed…

We finally made it to Banda Aceh after about 1200KM ride from Bukittinggi West Sumatra. Above was me in front of the famous Banda Aceh’s Baiturrahman Mosque just after we arrived in Banda Aceh from Medan. The ride was not without incident, fortunatelly nothing major. From 15 bikes, 13 made it to Banda Aceh. Most of the time the weather was awful to say the least, some of the road condition was the worse I have experienced riding in Indonesia. But there were section where it all worth it, the long (very very long..!) and smooth (very very smooth..!) curvy road near Banda Aceh, the  serenity of Lambah Haraw in West Sumatra, the delicious and distinctive spice in Minang Melayu food from Green Chilly Duck to Ayam Tangkap of Aceh, to the companion of friends enjoying the ride to celebrate our Independence Day!

Stay tune for the trip and photo report!

09 Sumatra tour continues, Bukittinggi to Aceh 1200KM

Saturday, August 8th’2009. We were preparing for another 2009 Sumatra ride, this time will cover more or less 1200KM from West Sumatra to the most up north part of Sumatra, the Province of Aceh. We will start from the city of Bukittinggi, ride north to Lake Toba, the city of Medan and finish in the city of Banda Aceh. 15 motorcycles: 5 Multistrada, 6 Monster, 2 ST, 1 SS and 1 Suzuki GSX-R1000.

This will be my first trip to the up most tip of Sumatra and I am excited about this ride!

Whazz up? New helmet and riding the GSX-R..

It’s been a while since I updated my blog. With Tweeter and Facebook this blog do got some stiff competition. But hey it has been a slow months motorcycling wise. My local track is still close till God know when, no new trip report, and I am not getting any new bike. Just doing a lot of Sunday morning ride around town with friend, but heck I need to update my blog anyway so here it goes.

Getting a new helmet…