Villa Silverin Bajawa

... We had hand towels AND bath towels. And all for less that we had been paying at other places. And it included breakfast! The only condition: we had a 9pm curfew which is when the gates closed. Not a problem for us &#8211; I&#8217;m usually dead to the world by then!<br><br>We found a nice little restaurant for dinner &#8211; Agape Café. They roast their own coffee, and I couldn&#8217;t resist ...

After getting up early for sunrise to see the Kelimutu Lakes near Moni, we continued our journey towards Bajawa, another town in the hills. Bajawa is known for the many traditional villages in the area.<br><br>This leg of the journey was our longest one &#8211; about 7 hours of driving all-up. Having our own driver and our own car certainly made a difference for us. There was no let-up in the winding roads &#8211; I doubt ...

Hallo allemaal, <br><br>Hier het verslag van ons laatste stukje in Indonesië, het eiland Flores.<br><br>Voor mensen die wat ouder zijn en op school nog het rijtje Indonesische eilanden heeft moeten leren weten dat de volgorde Sumatra, Java, Bali Lombok, Sumbawa, Sumba, Flores, Timor is. Waarbij Sumba eigenlijk onder Flores ligt. Om vanuit Lombok naar Flores te komen moet je door Sumbawa. Nu is Sumbawa niet het meest interessante eiland in Indonesië dus ...

Elama on ihmeellista. Saavuimme Labuan Bajoon perjantaina illansuussa kolmen paivan upean laivamatkan jalkeen. Paastyamme sivistyksen pariin kuuntelin puhelimeni vastaajan, jossa oli mm. kaksi viestia ja yhteydenottopyynto Helsingin kaupungin adoptiopalvelusta. Tiesimme heti mista oli kysymys. Sahkoposteissamme odottikin sitten vahvistus. Olimme saaneet lapsiesityksen Etela-Afrikasta. Matkasuunnitelmamme menivat valittomasti ...

... Autos und versuchten Konversation aufzubauen.....das Fussballspiel hat dann schlussendlich keinen mehr interressiert, alle standen um uns rum und wir gestikulierten und sprachen mit den Einheimischen so gut es ging....ich hab nur noch drauf gewartet, dass sie das spiel unterbrechen :) Unterwegs fuhren wir auf ne Baustelle zu und auf der Strasse lag Sand und Steine und rene machte den fatalen fehler etwas zu lenken und Baaaaammmmmmm hats und voll ...

We caught the public travel bus a new form of transport for us. basically a minibus with 12 seats that you prebook &amp; it picks you up at you house/hotel &amp; takes you to your destination door to door. This is v convenient in Flores as the bus depots tend to be right on the outskirts of town. It is also very luxurious compared to the normal buses as we only had a maximum of 19 people in the 12 seater &amp; only one totally broken seat! and only a few people throwing up - the ...

... car is 30kms an hour. So the 120kms to Ruteng took us 4 hours &amp; we were glad we were not on the public bus with chickens, rice &amp; at least 3 persons for every seat! The scenery is incredible as long as you like green mountainous jungle and dont get travel sick or suffer vertigo as the sheer drops from the tiny piece of tarmac are terrifiying in places. Arrived in Ruteng in the early evening &amp; found ...

... to feel the pain. From Bajawa I took the bus to Moni, where I went to Kelimutu-the lakes that change colors, but unfortunately, it was really foggy, so we only saw the green lake, which was still very pretty. Moni is a sleepy little town, mostly just rice fields and a few houses, I did find a bookshop that a Dutch man who lives there has in his house. I went with high hopes of trading my book for another good book, but Daniel Steele had taken over, so I ...

... gardens with nice blue pebbles. It has to come from somewhere I suppose. Just before we hit Bajawa, we came across a rather random motor-cross event. A bunch of locals were zipping around an open field on dirt bikes. A large crowd was watching and seemed to be willing on a crash. Once we arrived, we kind of attracted their attention and you could see girls giggling and guys staring at us. Hello Mister! We got to Bajawa and had a look around the three hotels ...

Assured that there would, indeed be a bus going to Bajawa today, we set our alarms for 5:10, told the friendly hotel lady that we'd like breakfast at 5:20, and then we would be all set to wait for the bus, which was supposed to arrive at 5:30. It didn't. I guess it's lucky that we spent the extra few rupiah to book the ticket with our friendly agent, because the bus arrived at 5:20 and honked at us to come, so we didn't get breakfast at all. Poor ...