Korina Hotel Bajawa

... a &#8216;Coffee Hot Chocolate&#8217;. Yum &#8211; this was the best mocha ever!<br><br>For most travellers, Ruteng is really just a place to stop for the night, to break up the journey &#8211; which is what we did. But we found the people here to be some of the nicest people that we met. There were many young students who very politely would come up to us and say "Excuse me, I&#8217;m ...

... that would rival those in Bali. We passed by imposing, smoking volcanic mountains. We stopped at a beach with the most amazing coloured stones, in particular these turquoise blue-coloured ones.<br><br>We planned to stay 2 nights here after having a full day of driving. This would give us a full day to explore Bajawa and the nearby villages.<br><br>In the morning, our driver took us to two traditional villages: first ...

... andere mensen) hebben we de laatste plaatsen op de boo t. Deze vertrekt maar eens in de zes dagen vandaar dat we iets langer op Lombok verblijven dan we van plan waren. De boottocht is tegelijk ook een toertocht. Dat betekent dat het meeste reizen in de nacht is en overdag bezoeken we allerlei plaatsen onderweg. Dit zijn voornamelijk onbewoonde eilandjes met paradijselijke stranden waar het schitterend snorkelen is . Heel relaxed allemaal. Wat ze ...

... Lisaksi asioiden hoitaminen taalla on erittain hankalaa. Valilla tuntuu, etta ainoat sanat mita paikalliset taalla osaavat ovat "not possible" ja "fully booked". Nelja lentoyhtiota lentaa kaupunkista Balille. Kaikillla lentoyhtioilla on myos "toimistot" kaupungissa. Tyypillinen tilanne on tama: toimisto toimii jonkin hotellin tai kaupan yhteydessa ja on taynna tupakansavua. Toimistossa on 5-10 ihmista, joista ehka yksi ...

... mir hat es eig nichts gemacht, da ich nach vorne und somit auf rene geflogen bin....naja aber rene hatte ne schoene Schuerfwunde am Knie.... <br><br>Wir fuhren dann weiter nach Ruteng, durch Nebelverhangene Berge in denen es Arschkalt war (gut...wir mit Tshirt und kurzen Hosen) vorbei an reisfeldern und Terassen. Wir kamen dann am Abend in Ruteng an, checkten in ein Hotel ein und gingen in ein kleines aber gemuetliches restaurant essen. Dort ...

... had a VIP room with stunning views and a mirror on the bathroom wall - it didnt mean that the toilet was plumbed in though, but we did have a cold water shower. Out side our room we had a tap dancing pig for company who entertained us with his tapdancing on his bamboo cage all night long! the cockerels dont know when dawn is so they go off at all hours. Stayed three days exploring he countryside and visiting a traditional village called Bena abit like the cotswolds would have been a ...

... Swiss Chalet hotel! The Swiss theme ended as you walked inside! A horrible hotel with tiny rooms almost no light, damp, &amp; as we found out later bed bugs, oh and constant noise as the walls were just hardboard. Anyway it was only for 1 night! Food options were limited as it was Christmas but after wandering past the Cathedral &amp; the Virgin Mary grotto we found a chinese cafe open for some noodles &amp; beer.

... up with a trashy mystery. I met a very nice couple-the only other people at the guest house, he from England and she from Denmark, who I ended up joining to see, or not see, the lakes at 4:30 in the morning on motorbikes. I've been very fortunate to have met so many nice people along the way, who I often have dinner with or trade ideas for where to go next. From Moni I took a public car, which was about $1 more than the public bus, thinking that this ...

... settled for a Rough Guides recommended place that was very basic, if well meaning. We did get a good view over Bajawa a fairly drab town surrounded by some dramatic volcano's. Running hot water is non-existent in this part of the world so we enjoyed a bucket of hot water to freshen up. We got a lovely dinner in across the road where we bumped into the only other 2 tourist couples going the same direction as us. There's not really a lot of culinary choice around ...

... bags of shallots. The entire back of the bus, the aisles up to and sometimes above the level of the seats, and the roof. Thousands and thousands of tiny onions. Lovely. It started with me, and then everyone else who climbed on the bus stopped and said the same thing, "Oh my!" Luckily Travis and I were first on the bus (except for the shallot man), so we had the pick of seats. This meant that we chose to sit before the door and take advantage of what ...