Dahlia Hotel Ruteng
Jl Bhayangkara Ruteng, Flores, East Nusa Tenggara, 86511 , Indonesia
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Trip to Ruteng
Am 25. May haben wir frueh morgens wiedermal vergebens probiert ein roller zu bekommen aber um ca 12 Uhr hammer dann einen bekommen, von jane einem einheimischen fuer 300 000 Rupia 3 Tage. Sind dann mit einem anderen Hollaender,Tim, der uns ein Tag vorher das Moped weggeschnappt hat weil er es fuer 12 tage wollte und Max (der verleiher) somit mehr …
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Traditional villages
... forever, maybe a bit melodramatic but they don't have bus stations in the towns in Flores, they abandon you on a main road a couple of kilometres away and depending which direction you're headed the bus 'stations' are in a different locations! So far I'd been relying in my hotels as usually someone working there would know the bus driver and a quick call and they'd come collect me from the hotel :)
I finally sorted my bus out for the following day (I'd missed the bus out as ...
Bus journeys and teaching English!
I got back to Labuanbajo too late to get the bus to Bajawa and as I was keen not to spend a day in Labuanbajo I went to the information spot to enquire if there was any way to get there, he had a 'friend' (everyone here has a friend that can help with pretty much anything you can think of) who could take me in a people carrier to Ruteng, halfway to Bajawa, which basically act as a shared taxi for only 10000 (75p) more than the bus so I was off to Ruteng! The benefits ...
Stomach Turning Road Trippin'
... she tried a tiny nibble herself--and made some funny faces at the strange flavor (which was lime--it was a chewy candy coated in sugar).
Soon we were back on the road headed for a hill town called Bajawa (Bah JAH wah), about the mid-point of our overland tour. The roads continued to be extremely twisty and narrow. We climbed into the mountains where it began to rain. The vegetation became more and more jungly. I found out that clove trees are not ...
Twisting Our Way to Ruteng
... of sunshine, passing through small villages consisting of ramshackle huts. Soon enough we were climbing into the mountains via a narrow paved roadway that twisted and turned with stomach churning regularity. There were very short stretches of level, straight road followed by dozens of hairpin turns. Once we finished climbing the first mountain, we were immediately twisting our way down the other side and on to the next mountain. This went on for approximately 6-1/2 ...
