gareth richardson

gareth richardson
Of Abertawe Aberration 2
On the The Rickshaw Run South-East Asia 2012 (March)
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Jakarta Capital Region, Indonesia

finished !!! Final drive on the south Sumatra coast, 20 hours on a truck. Did the final crazy drive through Jakarta at 5am, no brakes no clutch so screw the red lights was like mario kart through town having a Bintang in the sun at the ASEAN headquarters boom!!

gareth richardson
Of Abertawe Aberration 2
On the The Rickshaw Run South-East Asia 2012 (March)
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Padang, Indonesia

just spent 18hours on a truck through central Sumatra with two tuk tuk's bouncing around in the back. Note when the map says highway it actually means dirt tack through the jungle. Currently waiting for the garage to open to repair our engine and Howard's drive shaft. Then 3/4 days to get to Jakarta not gone be much sleeping !!!@

gareth richardson
Of Abertawe Aberration 2
On the The Rickshaw Run South-East Asia 2012 (March)
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North Sumatra, Indonesia

long day repaired the rickshaws in the morning after exiting Medan under the cover of darkness. While the tuk tuk's were being repaired Steve and will went back into medan for another set of radios and some pillows to prevent serious arse pain. After driving for an hour or so we poor Howard started to get a bit I'll so we pulled over and found the clutch cable shaped in the same place as merfainwe so will and Gareth spent 2 hours making a repair only to find the diff playing up after a short tow up the foot hills we found the most amazing mechanic who spent 3 hours repairing Howard, turns out the starter motor was nakered as well as the clutch and the diff was being temperamental. While the tuk tuk's were being repaired we spent the time playing with the local children who were amazing plenty of awesome photos taken. Lying in the only open hotel at 1 am in a mountain town turns out to be an Indonesia 5 star :-)