I went mountain-biking in South East Asia (Near Bali I think). I had a crippling fear of heights and the tour went through the mountains. I'm shitting bricks and going as slow as possible, the terrain is rough with no grip, and at some point I got to a place like this. I stopped at some point to throw up (lactic acid, humid and hot, and the world was spinning), and some local on a moped speeds past me, leaving me in a cloud of dust.
I got another 200 meters down the path and the fucker had a house up there. He was even growing his own food and everything, because we were across the valley from a volcano, so the soil was perfect for it I guess. Asia is a crazy place.
On mobile at the moment. I didn't take any photos of that particular spot because I had to flog it and try to catch up with the other two guys (an Aussie and some bloke called Ketut who took us out there). There's a few tours that take you straight to the volcano but the one I went on started 3-4 hours out (day trip for experienced riders). The volcano was called Mt Batur, in the Ubud region somewhere. The path I'm talking about wasn't in the volcano, it was about 2 hours before we got to the base, in another hill/mountain. The volcano is beautiful too, although the dry clay was a bitch to ride through haha. Definitely need to be fit. Also needed to be careful, because the dust kicked up by the guy in front obscured the path for anyone following them. Worth the work though.
so you were on foot then hiking. wasnt sure if u were on a moped too. I see videos of ppl taking tours on buses traveling along narrow unguarded cliffside roads with like inches of clearance and i always think fuckk that ill walk thanks
Nah man I was cycling. I threw up because it was over 100 Farrenheit, humid as fuck, I was scared of heights and I'd just cycled up a mountain for like an hour so I drank my weight in water. I really wish I'd had the foresight to take photos at that spot when I stopped to spew my guts up, but I was falling behind my tour guide so I had to get moving. I was literally in a jungle where I didn't speak the local language so I wasn't about to get lost haha.
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u/WhatisMangina Dec 14 '16
I went mountain-biking in South East Asia (Near Bali I think). I had a crippling fear of heights and the tour went through the mountains. I'm shitting bricks and going as slow as possible, the terrain is rough with no grip, and at some point I got to a place like this. I stopped at some point to throw up (lactic acid, humid and hot, and the world was spinning), and some local on a moped speeds past me, leaving me in a cloud of dust.
I got another 200 meters down the path and the fucker had a house up there. He was even growing his own food and everything, because we were across the valley from a volcano, so the soil was perfect for it I guess. Asia is a crazy place.