Travel Blogs from East Indonesia, Indonesia
I Don't Do Churches
... ; "Ah, no... One of my friend last night he die." And with that I feel like the biggest cock in the whole of Indonesia. Charles' friend had been unwell for quite some time and last night he finally succumbed to his illness. Learning the news of his ...
Mama, Mia!!!!
Pizza, Pizza, Pizza!!! The whole time we were out on Kanawa island we were dreaming of the pizza back at Labuan Bajo. The island food was not the worst that we've had, but after a few days we were nearly drooling at the thought of a real ...
illegal entry in malaysia
... . Again the immigration office is closed for the great festival and the officials say we have two possibilities; either being arrested for illegal immigration or going back to Indonesia. we choose the second way and arrive back at nanukan at 11.30 pm ...
Lombok to Flores boat adventure
One of the only things we'd planned to do in Indonesia was a boat trip from Lombok to Flores, the trip takes 4 days and 3 nights, we had looked at doing the trip with a company called Perama but after discovering one of their boats capsized last year we ...
Gunung Rinjani
Our volcano hike started bright and early at 7:30am. We were so naïve for the first 3-4 hours. We were laughing about how hard and steep it was and how we thought it MUST get better. But somehow, it just got worse and harder as the day went on. We had ...
tin tin at the royal palace
When I die and my life flashes before my eyes, I hope all those special moments that I have forgotten in my life pass before me. I will have spent my life reliving the ones that I remember, so it's the ones that have passed by so quickly that I ...
Boat trip 7-8 jan
Ari was the boat owner and cap: 6281239452702, price around 2,600,000 rupees for 4 people incl. food, water and fuel (approx. $260). Toilet and shower very basic but clean. Lots of fried food. Visited: Rinca island (better take the long trail but we did ...
There be dragons
We were picked up early and then picked up a new set of Dutch friends. Interesting side more, the Dutch colonized Indonesia and then gave it back, but there is still a large Dutch influence in these areas and also Dutch tourists or retired folk. So we ...
FIle this under TMI
I've been in this little Internet kiosk, with the random mosquitos and the crappy fan, for about 4 hours now, finally catching up with this blog. The place is a bit dingy, with black partitions about four feet off the ground, and some weird black benches ...
Kupang
... city in the 70's or 80's as the gate to visit Flores, Alor and Rote, famous for the surfers. Nowadays there are flies to Flores and Alor and is not necessary to stay in Kupang. The surrounding landscape is beautiful, wetter than East ...
Scuba Diving
I had to be at the dive shop at 8:30am for my morning dive. I woke up an hour earlier, to dress, eat breakfast, and walk around to look for a new place to stay. I found a few places that looked perfect... perfect except for their price. All the nice ones ...
Day 1 Kertosono - Batu (BNS)
... nikmat rasanya. Setelah itu kita langsung berangkat menuju BNS (Batu Night Spectacular). BNS adalah sesuatu yang baru di Indonesia, karena theme park ini hanya buka waktu malam. Dan dinginnya kota Batu membuat suasananya menjadi sempurna. Ini adalah ...
Komodo
Tout le monde connaît Komodo pour les dragons, et il est évident que nous n'allions pas y séjourner sans prendre le temps d'aller rencontrer ce colossal et lunatique varan. Colossal d'abord, parce que la bête, à qui l'abondance ...
The Dragons Den...
Our luck was in.... On our short trek round the island we saw plenty of wild animals such as pigs, dear, etc etc but the main highlight was a Komodo dragon in all its glory making its nest no more than 10 metres from us. We stood for a few minutes ...
Island of Paradise
Small beautiful and really hot island. Awesome beach I can't take my eyes of that. Few people, delicious fish, small boat, good for snorkeling, & ...
Bandung to Labuan Bajo --> Tiredness
... cabbies and charging exorbitant prices to take guests from the airstrip to town. FYI: Exorbitant = Rp.50,000/person, or roughly $5.00 In Indonesia though, you can usually go pretty far in a cab for a couple bucks. So $10 for two people was very expensive ...
First join NGO
Bekerja di CARE.....memasuki dunia NGO, yg pernah menjadi hayalan dan cita-cita menjadi ...
Berangkat dari Kupang
Berangkat ke So'E ( Ibu Kota Kabupaten TTS) memakai mobil (jalan darat) selama 3 ...
Flores...the name paints it all.
no ne spomnim se tocno kaj sem nazadnje napisala .....tko da sam na kratko o Floresu...k itak tut ce bi hotla ne bi mogla z besedami opisat lepot tega otoka. res toook lepo, tok naravno, surovo, divje, zeleno, ljudje tok prijazni. Komodo dragoni so ...
Tour operator
Hi all today i went to Rinca island with the customer from NL, did the trek for 5 kms saw the komodo dragons , megapod bird, wild buffalo, wild dear, wild boar, king cobra , macaques and so on , bit tired but its ok i enjoy it . After that ...
Border crossing between Indonesia and East Timor
At first kind of nervous but after all........visa on arrival for 20 USD (valid for two ...
Ocean Queen Resort
We left earlisch in the day for a 3-5 hour (depending on the traffic) from Jakarta to go the resort the Ocean Queen just west of Pelabuhan ratu. The Ocean Queen Resort has several villas with 3-4 rooms so you can stay there with a ...
Komodo Island
Komodo Island is a Unesco World Heritage Site and home to the famous dragon. They live up to age 50 and can weigh 150 pounds. Although they are not venomous, their saliva is very deadly. They eat once a month and kill a deer or other animal by biting ...
Day 2 Batu
Keesokan harinya, para wanita bangun pagi untuk menyiapkan sarapan untuk semua. Lauk untuk hari ini adalah Rawon. Rasanya pas banget pagi-pagi setelah mandi kan dingin sekali lalu makan rawon yang masih panas. Jadi ingin makan rawon hehe .. Setelah ...
from maumere to moni
we travelled from maumere to moni and stop at sikka beach and ende for lunch on another beach ...

