Globe Gallivanting- motorbiking across the world

Seven million miles further… We left Bukittingi in Sumatra, after a day spent at a German guesthouse with an enormous 3month old miracle earthquake baby.  He was born on the day of the Padang earthquake (the one which caused so much devastation about these parts in September).  Many other mothers lost their babies that day due to the stress.  This kid looked like he had thrived on the challenge- he was the size of an 18month old, and could barely be carried in his little fabric sling.  Fortuitously he had been named King, and not something like Tiny Tim. (or Diminutive Dave…) Bukittingi was a little large and rambunctious for our boggled brains, so we headed for calmer climes…   There were 49 hairpin bends down to Lake Maninjao, with big trucks hurtling down and swinging around them on two wheels, and views that were dangerously beautiful for their location.  The bends were numbered, in case you missed one.    Maninjao is another volcan...