Ridding through the central Sumatra highway that runs through the central mountains from Takengon to Bandaralampung, the southern tip of Sumatra was a real challenge. The roads run through some of the remotest areas, some beautiful scenery. But if there is only onething that we will remember it for, it we will for riding more than 2,000km, mostly through knee deep pot holes and mud pits. In the central Sumatra we would ride whole day just to cover 150km. It was mud pit after pot hole after mud pit!

images 1-3, fairly good sealed roads and beautiful scenery. Images 4-8, pot holes and mud pits and Image 9, crops such as rice and coffee sun-dried along the road