Villa Silverin Bajawa
Jl Bajawa-Ende, Samping Pura Hindu, Wolokole Bajawa, Flores, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia
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Flores
Of course there was no ferry to Timur
from here. Why I wasn't surprised? At the morning completely
different person in ticket office said that It's not from here, it's
from another island. I asked where is the one, which is loading now
going to? He said to Labuan Bajo, on Flores. I bought the ticket and
boarded ferry.
A few boarded lorries later in to ferry
drove white, ginger hear girl on scooter. ...
Lazy Lombok to Hunting Komodo Dragons in Flores!
... I would probably opt for a dolphin or other marine-creature if given the choice, but I have to admit the dragons were particularly impressive and fearless.
Once we were signed in Safri gave us the choice of an easy, medium, or hard trek… we went for medium (it was boiling!) The last piece of advice he gave us before starting the trek was to be careful where we stepped as three types of deadly snakes lived in the forest, including the 'Spitting Cobra'… ...
Traditional villages
The next day I got up early for the bus to Bajawa, another 5 hours, I was glad I'd decided to split the journey up! The journey was in a real bus this time where we had less people than seats, luxury! The music was a bit random lurching from vengaboys to aerosmith to boyzone and Phil Collins with a bit of Indonesian pop thrown in, you never quite knew what you might get next! The roads were steep and windy again and there seemed to be a lot of repairs in progress which mainly appeared ...
The Natives Are Sure Restless!!!
... to reply, "I am fine" in Indonesian. I can't find my notes to write the words here, and I have since forgotten what I said, but at the time I was very proud of myself.
We began our walk through the village after signing in and paying a small donation. There were various villager women along the way, sitting on their porches, some offering to sell us vanilla beans. When they smiled at us, we noticed they all had red, stained teeth from chewing on betel nut. It was a ...
Stomach Turning Road Trippin'
We've had no Internet connection for the past couple of days, which is the reason I haven't posted anything recently. Things are going to change soon though, when we get back to Bali. I'm writing this in the afternoon of the 30th. Here is a recap of our adventures from Ruteng to Bajawa:
After a somewhat sleepless night, at least for me, we woke bright and early, took cold showers then wandered down to another building in the convent complex for ...


