Waikabubak, Indonesia

Sumba, one of the lesser known islands in Indonesia, lies about 500 kilometers southeast of Bali. Unlike the island chain stretching from Sumatra to Timor, Sumba is not actively volcanic. Instead, undulating hills cover its full length, and as both of us ...

... "hello mister, hello mister!" people are very friendly, but there is no such thing as English, so I started 2 learn Bahasa Indonesia ☺ (Schnellkurs)! ☺ Went to the pier and tried to figure out the plan for the day, but as I have returned ...

I took an early morning bus from Waingapu to Waikabubak. All the Waisomething mean "water" - wai is water. The bus needded 1.5 h to collect the passengers and we arrived 2 our destination at 1pm, after five hours of stopping and loading/unloading of goats, ...

I stayed one month at the kaka family's house in the centre of waikabubak. A small and laidback place. I enjoyed the motor bike trips to all the remote areas.