Arriving in Bali, right at the construction start, our client had the idea of a complete redesign of the layout of the track that we’ve been planning for the last 18 months. Why not?!

Just as we wanted to get going, Bali showed us why February is called the rainy season. Roads and fields were completely flooded. Our first work day became a day off. Back to the hotel.

Second day, our client tells us that in week two of three, we won’t be able to work because of Chinese New Year and Balinese holidays. Well, it only took two minutes of being confused until we realised that meant a week of surfing! And we like challenges at Velosolutions anyways… why not doing some night shifts then!

It kept on going that same way, having to deal with the wrong machines, the wrong asphalt, late asphalt deliveries, cold asphalt deliveries – the guy driving the asphalt truck was walking barefoot on his fresh load of asphalt… and that’s not because he was very tough!

It came to the point where we really didn’t know if we were going to able to finish the project properly to Velosolutions’ high quality, so we just had to believe in it and keep on pushing to the max. This meant working on the edge of collapsing, constant diziness and feeling sick. Our workers dealt with rashes, Bali belly (Diarrhoea), coughs, fevers… but we made it!