route planning....

tomorrow morning i will set out to leave the denpasar/kuta area and instead of just going west to go catch the ferry to the island of java, i will head east to circumnavigate the island of bali.. this should take 3-4 days and im guessing its about 350-400 km to go around.. ill stick mostly to the coast but i think i will cross some very small mountains on the eastern tip.. after i get to the west coast i plan to catch a ferry in gilmanuk to east java, which is a very large island with the biggest cities, then i will head north and ferry to an island called madura which, from what i gather, is a very poor island just north of east java that is very strict muslim... because it is devoid of fertile land and has a much worse economy than neighboring java there is said to be little to no tourism at all, and surely not on the east side where i will begin my cycle across.. that island is much bigger than bali and prob will take a week or so to cross.. once i hit the west coast of madura ill go back to java at the city of surabaya where ill renew my visa and hang for a little bit before setting out to ride across borneo and sulawesi.. both of those islands are very big and remote. borneo is the 3rd largest island on earth and i am very excited to cycle there.. i want to stick to a $2/day budget excluding ferrys and visas. which will be difficult but im up for it.. hopefully in the next 3 months ill become fluent in bahasa and have cycled across many amazing and remote islands.. this plan was %100 made possible by my friends erika and robin who cycled here from scotland.. they have been in the city of surabaya for a year and robin has cycled everything on my planned route, and much more of indonesia too.. i am soooo thankful for all of their advice on so many subjects, both in indonesia and the rest of the world.. they had some truly amazing stories from the middle east and china as well....great people and i am so envious of their 5 yrs on the road..