It will tell the tale of the locals as well as entice the audience with interesting facts on history, culture, and traditions.

We are also realistic that Indonesia is a developing country filled with heart-breaking stories of poverty and struggles that lurks in many corners of this country. This is why we have partnered with Andy Noya, with his Kick Andy Foundation, and Wahana Visi Indonesia, which is the trusted local partner of World Vision, to visit and show the viewers stories of the real people. We want to raise awareness of such conditions and also provide the channel for which our viewers will be able to make a social contribution back to the community.

This expedition will be broken down in five big phases. The first phase of this expedition will kick-off in Kupang, on the island of Timor, and venture West through 9 provinces, over 6,000 km and hundreds of volcanoes until we reach the finish line: Jakarta. This segment will start on 30 April 2011 and we expect will take 45 days to complete.

The Ring of Fire crew consists of 5 off-road motorcycles and 2 support cars that are well-equipped with state-of-the-art communications devices and satellite technology that will facilitate conversations among vehicles, navigation throughout the journey, as well as live broadcast and video conferencing of the trip, whenever possible.

We are honored to feature Andy F. Noya, the host of Indonesia’s number of talk show Kick Andy, as our special guest in some parts of our journey. During the trip, Media Indonesia will provide a full-page weekly update report of the expedition in their Sunday newspaper.

I invite you to join us in our journey. Let us show you the true colours of Indonesia!

Youk Tanzil
Rider, Expedition Leader, Executive Producer