Ruteng, Flores, Indonesia

... lodging in town... we were unaware of the fact that an island-wide sports festival called 'Pordafta' - the Olympics of Flores - was being held in Ruteng that week. There was literally no room anywhere, and it was too late to move on to the next town. ...

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... driver to take us to the station, were met with a grin, but no action! ( you get a lot of grins but no action in Indonesia, its not that they dont understand, its that they think they can do it when they feel like it, and you can just wait!!)Eventually he ...

... passed through four of these regions during our 200 mile journey over Christmas, travelling along what is known as the Trans-Flores Highway. Ruteng (23-28 December) Ruteng, the capital of the Manggarai region, is four hours from Labuanbajo, and home ...

... their old tribal traditions. Very interesting, if very wet.   So the rest of the day we spent driving across Flores to Ruteng. We were pushing on a bit quicker then first planned as Pukey McPuke, aka Lisa McSherry, was feeling fairly carsick. The ...