Chez Felix Hotel & Restaurant Flores

... as it&#8217;s up quite high. It&#8217;s almost just a bit chilly in the evenings&#8230;. Almost, but not quite. You don&#8217;t need to worry about having a fan in the room, and there have been no signs of mosquitoes.<br><br>Market Day<br><br>Our first full day in Moni was spent just exploring village life. Today was market day for the village, and as we were only 500m or so from the market, we were woken early by the sounds of the cars ...

... and waited for the buses to arrive to fill up with gas. We found two more passengers (local guys). And then we picked up a family of 3 &#8211; along with their dead chicken! <br><br>So now we are ready to go. The driver jumps into the driver&#8217;s seat, then his two 'friends&#8217; also jumped into the car. There were 4 in the back seat (plus the dead chicken), 5 in our seat (including a young girl) and 3 in the front, with 2 people sharing ...

En route pour Flores Island<br><br>Nous quittons le tumulte Australien de Kuta pour l'ile de Flores. Elle est située a environ 250 km a l&#8217;Est de Bali. Elle fut autrefois occupée par les portugais qui lui donnèrent son nom, l&#8217;ile aux fleurs. Elle est peuplée à 85% par des catholiques mais les traditions animistes restent très marquées. De nombreux villages gardent une architecture traditionnelle avec ses cases aux toits de palmes. On vous dit ...

... to send an elite 3 man team, armed with peanuts, on a dangerous mission swimming silently in the moonlight to scare the bejeesus out of the other boat. They were pleasantly surprised to see us - mission failed. We finished up on Flores island, smelly and tired but went out for dinner, drinks and goodbyes with the gang. We went our separate ways the next day - our way was the poor mans way, a 2 day b*s and ferry hike back to Bali. Definitely worth it though.

... dont go until they are full so we drove round &amp; round Ende in a search for passengers! Eventually we set off &amp; if possible the road was even more scary &amp; twisty than in the West of Flores! Still we had seats &amp; didnt have to hang on to the roof at the back like some people. Moni is the village at the base of KeliMutu a famous volcano with 3 lakes in its crater, each of which is a different colour, currently they are Turquoise, dark green ...

... proprio nessuno; mentre camminavo per la citta', pardon cittadina, ieri pomeriggio e' stato come tornare a Sumatra. Tutti, ma proprio tutti, che mi sorridono guardandomi come fossi un marziano, ed esercitando le loro classiche tre frasi in inglese, soprattutto i bambini: "Hello mister!", "How are you mister?", "Where are you going mister?". Non fa molta differenza cosa si risponde, visto che il loro inglese non va oltre quelle tre frasi; ma con un po' di buona volonta', e ...

... I would later be travelling back through overland. Flores turned out to be a pretty magical island. Made up of stunning valleys, mountains and volcanos. Flores' most famous 'sight' is Mt Kelimatu, with its multicoloured crater lakes. Supposedly, minerals in the water of these craters account for the everchanging colours. My journey to Kelimatu was a long one and would not have happened had it not been for 2 people. To cut a VERY long story short, I set ...

... to be a fake beach on the back platform of the craft. Imagine coming to in the middle of the night with your sleeping bag flapping in the howling wind and the horizon bouncing,snad under you, mad irish people flanking you as the full moon lights up the land that time forgot!! Bloody ace!! What a trip. We stopped at various uninhabited atols for snorkelling jumping off top of boat and BBQ's, stopped at Komodo and saw the amasing Komodo dragon in its ...

... Gehzeit; Muscheln, Korallen und Seeigelskelette sammeln; am Sandstrand liegen, gegrillten Fisch essen, am Lagerfeuer sitzen und dem kleinen Konzert der PeramamitarbeiterInnen lauschen; um 21 Uhr Abfahrt in eine sehr turbulente Nacht, mindestens 5 der 13 TouristInnen an Bord werden seekrank, darunter auch Petra :-( 2. Tag Bootsfahrt 7.00 aufstehen, 7.30 Landgang an eine kleine Insel, auf der der Ausbruch des Vulkans Tambora im Jahr 1815 einen Salzwassersee hinterlassen hat; wir ...

... ne skodi. snorklanje je bilo tam res nekaj neverjetnga. res nisem vidla se cesa tazga , tok pisanga, tok cudnega, tok raznolikega v naravi. pol pa se una 3 raznobarvna jezera na vulkanu, sploh noro. en je biu res cist turkizen. v vasi pod tem vulkanom sva z Nino ostali kar nekaj dni ker je blo tko peaceful in domacini so naju vzeli kar za svoji, tko da je bilo res prijetno. letalo sva preziveli:)