Hotel Susteran Ruteng
Mission catholique Ruteng, Flores, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia
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Twisting Our Way to Ruteng
We're getting a little behind on the blog, as it is now the 28th and we are no longer in Ruteng, and we have seen SO much since we left Labuan Bajo. As a result, this may not be the most comprehensive travelogue, but I'll do my best.
Our driver, whose name is Gabriel (we think)) picked us up at the Bayview Gardens hotel in Bajo at 7:45 …
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Traditional villages
... doesn't lend to a very long chat! I tended to spend my time playing with the children as you don't need language as much. The kids never had a lot to play with, I wished I'd had the forethought to take some small toys or sweets for them. Some little kids we played for a while with half a coconut shell. Some other kids we played catch for ages with a sad looking balloon and drew pictures in the dust. It was an amazing experience and the kids seemed happy just to have a tourist to play ...
Bus journeys and teaching English!
... sitting on me jabbering on really fast in indonesian at me, I tried my best Indonesian on her but gave up when it became clear she wasn't interested in getting any response from me. This was punctuated with her occasionally prodding my nose (people here love western noses and random people sometimes like to talk about and touch my nose, it sounds weird but you get used to it!). After a while she bored of me and I was left to watch the scenery, the roads ...
Stomach Turning Road Trippin'
... on to the next, passing small villages, wide vistas, unending rice fields, sheer 1000 foot drop offs (roadway with mostly no guardrails or if there were, they were either bashed over or made of bamboo fencing), narrowly passing fuel trucks, bemos and motorcycles, etc., we finally entered the town of Bajawa. We decided to eat lunch before finding a place to sleep. Gabriel took us directly to his choice, called Dito's, whose motto is "Have Enjoy Your Meal." We ...
The Indonesian Wedding
... há ataque na pista. A música intermedeia o tradicional com o ocidental. Os dançantes são...todos!
No capítulo “musica tradicional”, os convidados desdobram-se em dois grupos de “creepers” (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLPZmPa Hme0&feature=related) e repetem, sincronizadamente, para a frente e para trás, os mesmo passos mágicos até que o som esteja completamente extinto.
O senhor de barbas faz “refills” do Arak, ...


