Flores Sare Hotel

... given a menu and a pad of paper on which to write your order. After deliberating for awhile, you write your order, then wait for them to come back and read it. This may take awhile. When they do come back, they tell you that half of what you ordered is off the menu. (We later found out why: they don't have much in the way of refrigeration due to the unreliable electricity. So they don’t have chicken, for example, unless there is a group of ...

... 6 passengers).<br><br>I asked how long this was going to take: about 3 hours. I just about choked! After some discussion with Alan, we agreed however, that we would not pay the money, and they could recruit some more passengers. Why did it take 3 hours? Because that's when other busses would be arriving from other parts of the island, and they would have people that also wanted to go to Moni, our destination.<br><br>So, we parked in the cool shade ...

... in the town area rather than going to the nicer beaches further out.<br><br>They say that Pittsburgh is the armpit of the nation in the US; well, Maumere is the equivalent of that, here in Flores! The town was pretty much a dump. Rubbish everywhere (and believe me, we've seen some pretty bad rubbish in our travels so far!), stagnant and smelly open drains, a surprising amount of graffiti around the place &#8211; and Alan lost ...

... a couple of stops along the way for some good snorkeling. But the main stop was Komodo Island home of the famous Komodo Dragons, the largest lizard in the world. We did a short walk on the island following a trail of tourists. On the way we didn&#8217;t get to see the dragons but &#8220;luckily&#8221; there were 3 dragons near the ranger&#8217;s huts. These 3 are sort of residents there waiting to be fed, although officially this is not allowed anymore as ...

... pesant ! On arrête de râler sinon nous devrions écrire un roman pour vous raconter nos péripéties. <br><br>En chemin pour Flores un couple d&#8217;espagnol s complète notre équipée. Nous décidons ensemble, d&#8217;affréter un bateau pour nous rendre sur les iles tout proches dont l&#8217;ile de Komodo. Celle-ci est tres connu pour ses gros lézards qui sortent de Jurassic Park, communément appelé « les dragons de Komodo » <br><br>Nous avons eu de la ...

... just in time....except the clean clothes but we were gonna be living in our swimming togs and not showering for the next few days so who cared.<br>So we set off on a b*s across Lombok island to catch our boat, picking up provisions along the way such as pineapples, rice, noodles, eggs, vegetables and 2 live chickens strapped to the front of the bus. When we arrived at the harbour there were two boats, both with a capacity of 20 but luckily there were ...

... talking and suddenly, we land in Labuanbajo airport, in the island of Flores. THAT is a really small airport. We meet our guide (don't remember name, sorry. So we call him Mowgli 2), and after some time in a very hot car, we get to the boat that is going to be our home for nrxt days. It is a nice sailship, with 8 members of tripulation, and allowing 8 more people as passengers. We are 4 spanish ...

... next bit. It was a little comment that Alex made about his wedding ring that prompted me to ask how long they had been married. With a brief glance at each other they both told me with a huge grin that they had been married ONE WEEK. I have never been so mortified in my life as in that moment when I realised that I had gathcrashed their honeymoon. As it turned out, I seemed to be far more bothered about it than they were and I could not have met a ...

... in broken english 'me no yummy!!' which then became the 'cheese' at subsequent photo calls. On arrival in Luban Bajo I was sick as a dog wqith cold and fever. This was particularly bad news as my sinuses were so blocked I could not dive and prospects were poor for the next few days. Thats a ****** I thought....you travel to one of the best dive sites in the known world and come away dry. Oh well. It was going to be too much hassle and time to ...

... im Nationalpark Camp sehen wir einige Exemplare dieser Riesenechsen, die bis zu 100kg schwer und 3m lang werden und in sekundenschnelle eine Ziege oder auch Wasserbueffel erlegen koennen; beim Spaziergang durchs Nationalparkgelaende sehen wir keine Komodos, aber einige Wildvoegel und Hirsche; nach 2,5 Stunden im Nationalpark fahren wir ein kurzes Stueck weiter bis zum Roten Strand von Komodo und gehen dort fuer 1,5 Stunden an Land; der Strand erhaelt seinen Namen durch die ...