Our First Border Crossing: Back to Indonesia 🇮🇩 Ep17 RTW

[@gili7333]

Love you’re combination of bikes, travelling, history, tears and humour.

[@abdundk]

What a great journey guys, 👍

[@antoniocoutinho511]

I cannot remain indifferent to these episodes, discovering this channel among thousands is a difficult choice and I don't regret it, it goes far, the paths are difficult but they give that charm of adventure. All the best to you both, stay well.👍

[@RidingOnEggshells]

Thank you Antonio!

[@kaningrat]

Smooth border crossing aye?. That's JOKOWI for you.

[@graemehill9260]

Great blogs guys . Keep it up . Keep your great sense of humour . You need it on a trip like you,re doing . Keep those DR 650,s slogging on .

[@shaynegriffin684]

Another great Vlog, again the history adds to the story. Safe travels, and take more care of your hats.....

[@Second_hand_used_car_sale]

Love from India🇮🇳 Assam

[@rodneysippel751]

Hi from Oz, , have missed you last few weeks. Great video. and totally interesting info on history of Timor. Thank you so much.

[@malala6020]

That cooked rice thing, in Indonesia, we call it ketupat, from coconut leaves. We make and have them on special occasion, mostly on "lebaran" (when we finish the month of Ramadhan)

[@RidingOnEggshells]

Oh that's very interesting thank you Malala we really appreciate your insights.

[@RidingOnEggshells]

Liss: Oh that is very interesting - we didn't know the name. Have to say it makes for very tasty rice. We had ketupat a lot in Timor. In Indonesia, we see more often in banana leaf style.

[@x0san]

@@RidingOnEggshells it is called ketupat when wrapped in coconut leaf, but called 'lontong' when wrapped in banana leaf

[@peterhird3542]

Hi Guys, The show goes on 👍 😊. Congratulations on your first of many border crossings that can be ticked off your list. We’ll wait with bated breath on what Indonesia has to offer. Cheers, P and K.

[@RidingOnEggshells]

Liss: Thank you. Felt like a big moment. And now we are rushing to our next one to avoid an overstay

[@raymondvoigt7336]

Excellent episode guys! Well done! The short history lesson on Australia's barstardry to Timor Leste was great. Safe riding and look fwd to the next instalment!

[@RidingOnEggshells]

Yeah it's a pretty embarrassing and recent history isn't it!?

[@owenhatton2857]

Well done on another great episode, the time you guys take in building the story really lifts the channel content above the basic a to b motorcycle vlog.

[@RidingOnEggshells]

Thank you Owen!

[@stevemarsh8664]

Great episode guys. Fascinating history lesson and good to get the first border crossing done. Ride safe.

[@nathanhouck2403]

Another great episode!

[@CraigShawCraigShaw]

It feels like your transcontinental journey has only now begun! Bon voyage!

[@RidingOnEggshells]

Thank you, yes we are finally on our way!

[@garthwaters5756]

awesome vids guys love em , Ride safe 🙂

[@jamiegurner3172]

great vlog happy safe travels

[@benderbender1233]

awesome!!! much luv. ✌🙂✌

[@RidingOnEggshells]

Thanks Bender!

[@Desert2snowoffwego]

History and context matter as the world moves forward in time. Ignorance assures conflict, learning what has happened in the past ( the actors and their schemes) has the promise of avoiding future conflict.

[@RidingOnEggshells]

Liss: Context is especially important. It is very easy to look at what happened in Timor Leste and think this was due to evil intentions from the outset. But if you try to understand the thinking at the time, you can begin to understand the actions even if you do not agree with them, and even if the outcome is not what anyone hoped for. As they say, the past is another country where they do things differently.

[@Northandleftabit]

Crazy how all the memorise of my trip are flooding back as i watch yours. Oh the glorious border crossings and the heat haha. Yeah i remember thinking exactly the same when i crossed into Indo but the population does die down on many of the islands. You have all the excitment of the indo ferries to come, get there early take snacks and just go with it :) Another great effort

[@RidingOnEggshells]

Oof yeah the ferries are coming and yeesh they are... You're right.

[@k_plax]

They are alive afterall!! Any new episodes due soon?

[@Northandleftabit]

@@k_plax haha yeah sorry man. We're nonwhere near as good as riding on eggshells when it comes to pumping out videos. They will be done though, we lost some footage so editing the next Kyrgyzstan video became very tricky. We might have to just do some voiceovers and crack on with it. The best is still yet to come.

[@k_plax]

@@Northandleftabit so glad. But fair enough. Editting is a lot of work. looking forward to it!

[@RidingOnEggshells]

@@Northandleftabit at this rate we'll catch up to you! But yeah it is an extraordinary amount of work to do. I dunno about you I find it harder the more I do in one go, and the longer I have to remember back to. We're looking forward to it!

[@istribulee]

You should visit East Java and borobudur temple

[@dankar5740]

Love from Morocco

[@HippoDrones]

Just binged the last 4 vids to catch up, wonderful to see you back on the bikes... awesome stories of your grandfather, terrifying crocodiles.... I think my nan was a crocodile that reincarnated into a nan who was def much more terrifying! 😀

[@HippoDrones]

(sidenote, I'd probably Patreon if you did a stingy tear of $1 a month, just sayin) 😉

[@RidingOnEggshells]

Hahaha poor granny! Good to see you back hippo. I'll see maybe we'll make a stingy egg patron level

[@billcotton1551]

I saw some 'Merican money there. The bugged boardroom sounds like something our C.I.A. would do.

[@RidingOnEggshells]

That's right Bill! And when you break a $1 they go down to using Portuguese 'centavos'

[@maksumzaifudin5859]

The culture, food, people of Timor Leste are the same as in Indonesia. Because in the past Timor Leste was a part of a province in Indonesia but there was a country that wanted to control oil in the province of East Timor (Timor Leste) by means of propaganda, between Indonesia and the people of East Timor for independence from Indonesia.

[@RidingOnEggshells]

I think that's a complex topic about which it would be hard to be both accurate and confident. The Portuguese colonisation for one, made many East Timorese feel they weren't Indonesian. The people and food are also, I think, quite different too. And they weren't part of Indonesia until Indonesia invaded. While I'm in two minds about whether becoming a part of Indonesia would be good for the people and their local identity and prosperity, I think it's funny to say what you have as if the only reason to disagree is to have read and believed the propaganda, when it looks like you've just read and believed the propaganda from the other side.

[@maksumzaifudin5859]

@@RidingOnEggshells What I learned when I was in school about Timor Leste's independence from the unitary state of the republic of Indonesia was because of the propaganda of a country that wanted to control oil in Timor Leste.Everyone may have a different opinion but we Indonesians believe in this story.

[@maksumzaifudin5859]

@@stevencampbell8465 There are many different perceptions among people which news is true and false.

[@maksumzaifudin5859]

@@stevencampbell8465Everyone has their own perception friend

[@houseoftyrell1544]

@@maksumzaifudin5859 you would understand once you broaden your horizon, our education system didn't tell the whole truth about the wrongdoing, same thing like Japanese or Dutch education system try to prefer not telling about their wrongdoing history in their education system. Not to mention anti communism still pretty strong in Indonesia since this whole thing started during cold war era under US propaganda to fight communism with CIA role appointed Suharto to overthrown Sukarno to wipe out communism. Then the whole story pretty much like what Liss & Harry said in their videos. There's plenty documents that revealed the truth about it, you might try to read Jakarta Method by Vincent Bevins, or watch award winning documentary The Act of Killing and The Look of Silence.

[@AR-bh3mn]

More Focused Development in West Timor 😌 East Timor is an independent country, of course Indonesia can no longer help the Development Budget... information: It is better to buy a lot of gasoline and groceries in Indonesia, because the prices are cheaper.

[@kiwiadventurer]

Well guys you're handling things ok. Border crossing are not my cup of tea, but I'm with you both through thick and thin. I found your story on Timor interesting. Safe travels.

[@RidingOnEggshells]

Thanks for that kiwi!

[@zrx1100zz]

Those damn hats can I recommend bandanas...... they're cheaper 😁🥃👍

[@drabbit61]

Thanks for reminding us of the Balibo tragedy and Australia's generally dark history in East Timor. Selamat Jalan

[@graemehill9260]

I have a 2015 V Strom 1000 . It is a glorified road bike capable of going on dirt roads but don,t take it off road . Too big and fucking heavy . I have a f 650 gs BMW for off road . The DR650 will do it all , though not as comfortable for long onroad miles .

[@margarita8442]

wont make it

[@graemehill9260]

@@margarita8442 another negative comment from a person who obviously knows stuff all about anything .

[@pejuangyutub6703]

what's the differences between east timor and west timor?

[@rastusbaker]

Do I put the kibosh on your bike?

[@jeanpierregodart1233]

Harry, is your bike still using oil?

[@RidingOnEggshells]

Thanks for asking Jean-pierre. It doesn't seem to be any more, no. I did think it might've just been hot, very-high revs that was the problem and since getting to Asia (and even our lap around Kakadu and Litchfield) it doesn't seem to be guzzling any more. I hope I don't curse it but the bike is running GREAT. Both of them are.

[@aussiewantok]

you go guys! Iran awaits you ;-)

[@RidingOnEggshells]

If they let Liss in!

[@bilafond]

SOUND quality from the helmet while on the move is very poor. unlike most such travel bike vlogs

[@margarita8442]

Is a good time to give it up !!!

[@margarita8442]

Give up this clapped out bikes !!! check out me riding on my CH@#$%^🐔

[@margarita8442]

Liss give this up - u deserve a good hair salon !! not this

[@margarita8442]

bikes are too clapped to go any further

[@prawns]

they arnt a high compression high revving short lived 4 cylinder sportsbike. They are a low compression single cylinder "tractor" pretty famous around the world for lasting damn near forever and a true around the world bike

[@graemehill9260]

DR 650 ,s can,t be killed . They live forever . Forget all the other expensive overrated bikes . The D R 650 is the best touring ,off roader there has ever been .

[@prawns]

@@graemehill9260 exactly. I came off sportsbikes myself - wanted something actually reliable that lasted and didnt bend me into a pretzel riding it lols (bought a brand new dr650 a bit over a month back) Famous in Australia for being unkillable

[@margarita8442]

they are on last legs

[@margarita8442]

As a professional hair stylist they are clapped out