Day 75

13/09/2009

A day at leisure in Medan so we got a becak (I think that's what they are called - a motor bike with a 2 seater covered side car) to a shopping mall which was packed with people looking for a bargain amongst the many stalls selling clothes and shoes.

We didn't find anything much, most of the men around here are Beth's height or less, so there isn't much in my size.

Generally had a lazy day knowing that once we got the vehicles back we would need to be driving 9-10 hours a day to get across Indonesia and have enough time left to justify shipping across to Oz. The roads here sound a bit like Laos in quality and twistyness.

Checking the bus schedules shows the time from Medan to Bandar Lampung (south east end of Sumatra) is 40 hours - 4 days for us.

We were able to watch the Italien Grand Prix this evening so witnessed Mr Hamilton throw away 6 points on the last lap. Nice to see Rubino on the top step, but where did those Force Indias suddenly come from?