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Travel Blogs from East Indonesia, Indonesia
Clandestino
... . Io non posso fare niente, ma quando arrivi al confine probabilmente ti chiederanno venti dollari per ogni giorno trascorso illegalmente in Indonesia, anche se non c'e' niente di ufficiale e dipende da chi ti trovi di fronte". Sono gia' un tantino piu' ...
Flores
We were with a great group of people, most of whom have done a lot of travelling and had some great stories to tell about diving, mountain trekking, desert races, tall ship racing and so on. The oldest were Danish couple in their early 80's! ...
Flying Day.
... Kupang, except flights via Sydney, Perth, Melbourne and Singapore, Bangkok or Hong Kong, is to fly via Dili. Other connections within Indonesia were difficult and unclear so I bought the one flight only, in blind, and will try to find something when got ...
Katastrophen- Faehre / Desaster-Ferry
Destination 175: km94'559 23.7.07 Rien ne vas plus! Heute, Montag dem 23.7., haette die Faehre gemaess der Angestellten des Tourist Information Centers in Ende (sie hatten mit der Betreiberfirma der Faehre ASDP telefoniert und die SOLLTEN es doch ...
Selamat Jalan! (Tot ziens!)
... . We vlogen direct door naar het verste eiland Flores en keerden per land en zee terug naar Java. Indonesi'' was perfect als eindbestemming, er hangt een relaxed sfeertje, zo van niets moet en alles mag... nog even uitblazen voor onze ...
Back on Land!
Am 18. Juli gings also los auf unsere Boottour Richtung Komodo National Park. In Senggigi im Nordwesten von Lombok versammleten sich ca. 40 weitere Touristen die wie wir mit Kencana Tours auf das Bootabenteuer kamen. Nachdem alle ihre Getraenke ...
The huge komodo dragons!
We flew from Borneo to Bali, stayed in Bali for only a couple of days and then headed East to a little island called Flores. The main, actually only reason for this long, long trip was to go see the mighty Komodo dragons on the islands of Komodo and Rinca ...
Timor Leste Consulate in Kupang
... day is that I met Fernando, traveller biker, like me, from Madrid. He has the same problem and same bad fillings about East Timor. Like a two prisoners we went to the bar on the sea harbour and spent rest of the day exchanging experience and drinking ...
The Indonesian Moby Dick
... in the stifling humidity to our hotel 1 km from the port. We had decided that as we were so far east in the chain of Islands that makes up Indonesia, we would continue on to the Whaling village of Lamalera to meet some real life whale hunters. We ...
Dragon spotting on Rinca Island.
Highlights. Bus Etiquette. Here's the official low down to bus travel in Flores. Buffaloes - back seats of the bus. Pigs - roof of the bus. Ducks/chickens - underneath the front seat (legs tied together). Goats - roof of the bus. Mopeds - tied to the ...
Farewell shipmates
Landed in Lubuan Bajo in the afternoon with one thing on our minds - shower! The town seems to be far more expensive than a run down Indonesian town should be, but we eventually found a guest house with a decent room and fresh water shower. Wow that ...
Rinca and Komodo Island
We arrived at Rinca Island in a little bay Loh Buaya where the local ranger station was. This was a pretty exciting place and the information we were given basically said there were more Komodo dragons on this island than Komodo itself. Well this ...
Egyszer fenn, egyszer lenn...
Reggel eleg koran sikerult felebrednunk, es gyonyoru volt latni a sziklakat a hajnali fenyben... Azt tudtuk, hogy a sziklak tetejen vagyunk, merthogy ugye 'fent' kezdtunk, de ugye sotetedeskor semmit nem lattunk a tajbol... egesz Begnimato a sziklakra ...
Dirt tracks and Dragons
... his friends on the side of the street and hundreds of motorbikes constantly getting in our way. It was far from boring. Indonesia has totally served its purpose in helping us slow down the pace and I would be more than happy to extend our ...
West Timor
... thinking there is nothing to do, beware of the following series of events which may sneak up on you: You meet some off duty Indonesia Police Officers in the lobby of your run down hotel for which you are paying $6.50 per night because the $4.00 per night ...
Wailamung Village and Maumere (Mt Kelimutu)
... in the morning to get to see the sunrise! Kelimutu is a volcano, close to the town of Moni in central Flores Island of Indonesia containing three summit crater lakes of varying colors. Tiwu Ata Mbupu (Lake of Old People) is usually blue and is the ...
Back to Coupling mode
Os novos descobridores: os Franceses, para além dos curiosos Alemães e dos Imperialistas Chineses. Durante estes dois dias voltei a um estado que me é muito familiar, o estado “encerado”, com um pavio, que é possível acender ...
The Consulate Part 3 : New Hope.
At the morning I went again to consulate, this time with Fernando. I parked my bike on the same place, but security guy started grumbling. 2 metres backwards made him happy. The girl at the counter when saw me just vanished away and after minute, ...
Bali
... , a good laugh was had by all - with plenty of great food along the way!! Bali Info: Unlike most of Muslim-majority Indonesia, just over 93% of Bali's 3.1MM population adheres to Balinese Hinduism, formed as a combination of existing local ...
Here there be dragons
Another day another internal Indonesian flight but only 1 hour late & pretty chaotic with late gate changes but we made to Labuan Bojo on Flores. The Komodo dragons are only on 2 islands (Komodo & Rinca) & both are only accessible by boat so ...
ruteng
4h de Labuanbajo, après de magnifiques routes de montagnes et de plateaux me voilà arrivé à Ruteng. Pas de bol le seul hôtel pas trop cher et correct est complet pour un meeting. Voilà comment se retrouver dans un hôtel miteux avec la télé ...
Forgotten
De desconfiar viagens de 24 horas...porque normalmente demoram 36! Meus senhores, não precisavam de ficar tão ressabiados pela minha tentativa (sem sucesso) de ganhar alguns pontos na negociação do preço do bilhete de ontem. Não era preciso ...
Flores
... the patience of a saint, it's better to face the problems with a sense of humor, rather than get mad. Also trvelling in Indonesia can be risky, safety standards we take for granted in Europe are non-existent here, but it's a risk worth taking. PT: ...
No love for life
Mas que grande palerma! 23 anos...boto aqui uma de 100.000 Rupias como o rapazola não chega ao quarto de século. Tudo bem que é um entusiasta, e tal, gosta muito de natureza e bichos e está estagiar mas...escusado é estar com um pau a atiçar ...
Lubuanbajo at last!
Boy was I glad to get to Labuanbajo! And yes Labuanbajo is as hard to pronounce as it sounds so I'll just call it LB. Lovely as the scenery and everything was and as much as I will cherish my memories of Flores, it was blooming tough going, ...
Stomach Turning Road Trippin'
We've had no Internet connection for the past couple of days, which is the reason I haven't posted anything recently. Things are going to change soon though, when we get back to Bali. I'm writing this in the afternoon of the 30th. Here is a recap of ...
Snorkeling at Maratua, Kakaban & Sangalaki
Morning comes with cloudy sky. Be the first to the restaurant is me and Widya new activity while in Derawan Island. This morning dish is fried rice with a glass of mineral water. When it's done, we get back to room to prepare snorkeling gear to be bring ...
The orphanage
Comovente, o convite do Sandro Duarte do internet café, “vou visitar um orfanato que costumo apoiar, queres vir comigo?”. O som é audível a várias dezenas de metros. Uma canção muito alta é entoada por um coro de miúdos. ...
Pelni boat from hell
... where people were gathering. Still there's no ferry in sight. We had no idea what the program was and being our first day in Indonesia we only knew a couple words of the language. We remember someone telling us to get to the front of the crowd to get a ...