http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Flores/Labuanbajo/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Asia , Indonesia , Flores , Labuanbajo en-us Fri, 24 May 2013 08:45:43 +0000 Fri, 24 May 2013 08:45:43 +0000 After having booked for three dives the previous days I woke up early in the morning and headed out to the Divine Diving shop. There I met the two Indonesians who would be our guides that day Juffens and Hila. The other divers that day were Bruno and Josette a Swiss couple in their midsixties and Nick and Sofie a Dutch couple about my age.The first thing to do was go to an office in the http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Flores/Labuanbajo/blog-778669.html We39re currently at the Gardana Hotel in Maumere awaiting our flight tomorrow morning back to Bali. Karate Kid 3 is on TV and Will Smith39s son is currently tied with the China man 11. We have finished a whirlwind tour of Flores in a little over a week. This is absolutely not enough time to do the island justice but we were here mainly for the diving so seeing bits and pieces of the rest http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Flores/Labuanbajo/blog-733469.html Having been on the road for almost 7 months I feel contentment in just stopping. Whilst enjoying the cycling adventure it is nice not to have the pressure of needing to reach the next destination using pedal powerSorry the blog has been neglected. We had written up daily until our arrival in Laos but just lacked internet access to post it as we went. I will post the entries but please don39t f http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Flores/Labuanbajo/blog-717351.html I. I39m not lost...I39m...discovering A few months ago something demagnetized the strip in my passport which now annoyingly ceases to scan. Now imagine that the same thing happened to me still in the womb...I39m convinced that somehow the polarity got switched. So it39s not that I don39t have a sense of direction it39s just that it39s completely and utterly wrong every http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Flores/Labuanbajo/blog-717188.html Nestled between the islands of Sumbawa and Timor are the islands of Flores Komodo and Rinca with their jagged hills carpeted in savannah and fringed with mangroves. This pristine paradise is only a 1.5 hour flight from Bali but a world away. These islands are isolated and unique. The convergence of cold and warm water currents attracts dolphins sharks mantas and blue whales. The coral is prist http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Flores/Labuanbajo/blog-710388.html M After bidding a very sad farewell to Lombok the time had come to enter the very last leg of our epic journey to Flores one of the countrys easternmost islands. In the end we decided to take overland public transport via the island of Sumbawa which consisted of a gruelling 36hour busferryovernight busferry combination. So we gritted our teeth and mentally prepared ourselves for our http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Flores/Labuanbajo/blog-704383.html Surviving the Komodo Adventure.I flew to Labuan Bajo with the notoriously precarious Maparti Airline. While the staff were pleasant and the flight mostly smooth I couldnt help feeling faintly anxious throughout much of the journey. This was until my attention was snatched away from their tainted flight record and onto the captivating sight below. As the plane neared its destination I was presen http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Flores/Labuanbajo/blog-693346.html After skipping coffee with the President of the United States upon our arrival in Bali it seems he managed to get his own back the following morning as we began our journey to the island of Flores 2 hours east of Bali. We made our way across the shimmering tarmac to our tiny plane our weary bodies cooled only by the shade of Air Force One and took our seats. We sat through all the usual infligh http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Flores/Labuanbajo/blog-671791.html Well here I am 12hours away from London... and whilst im really looking forward to seeing friends and family visiting my favourite sushi place and wandering around the streets of London I will miss Indonesia and all the amazing places Ive been.. but then again Ive spent more money in the last month than I have in the last 5 months put together ... however that is mainly due to the fact http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Flores/Labuanbajo/blog-611986.html It was a 36 hour journey from Senggigi to Flores by far the longest journey I have ever taken so I was actually quite excited. We booked the bus through a tour agent in Senggigi and it cost us about 300000Rp I think. We were picked up from our hotel in a luxury airconditioned car and driven to the bus terminal about half an hour away. From here there was a lovely guy who had been assigned to http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Flores/Labuanbajo/blog-566011.html Labuan Bajo what a poop hole The city has trash everywhere the rats and the smells are starting to gross me out again but the people are still amazingly sweat and filled with hellos and smiles We found a great little family ran place up a hill off the main road called Chez Felix. We let them know that our intentions were to stay 3 nights to start and see where we go from there. To our http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Flores/Labuanbajo/blog-536463.html We left Gili Air to travel east to Flores where the Komodo Dragons are at via a live aboard boat. The journey started via a ferry transport from Gili Air to Lombok and then a bus across Lombok. A couple really cool things about this bus trip the first AIR CON the second was we picked up our food for the boat on the way and we picked up 9 live chickens that road in the bus with us I felt http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Flores/Labuanbajo/blog-536457.html This is itHeading west from Labuan Bajo FloresSeptember 12thThis morning Eric and I woke up with a bit of a hangover and sort of stumbled down to the dock in Labuan Bajo on Flores. Our six day liveaboard cruise around Komodo has been planned for a while and it is hopefully going to be the most expensive thing I will do on this trip. It is possible to do daytrips from Labuan Bajo to the various d http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Flores/Labuanbajo/blog-532609.html Komodo is the reason people dive. I'm not sure I'm going to be able to do it any justice because words cannot describe this yetuntouched underwater paradise. The corals are multicoloured and as lush and vibrant as the vegetation on land the schools of fish are varied and abundant the sea turtles are peaceful and within armsreach. It makes you understand where the fine people at Pixar got the http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Flores/Labuanbajo/blog-529476.html httpwww.komodoadventuretours.com offers largest selections of travel products to major part of Indonesia include Adventure Eco tours Trekking Hiking Sailing Wildlife Exploration Volcano Climbing holiday package and much more tours throughout Indonesia. Our services are featuring all corners of Indonesia with our prices and services based on quality and personalized service. At Komodotad http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Flores/Labuanbajo/blog-529235.html Claire I thought I'd start for a change Well I can safely say that today has been far the best day so far I can not begin to describe how perfect today was We arrived at the harbour at 7.30 and quickly realised that the pier was not a joke and that you did actually have to climb on all fours in places to get from one wooden plank to the other Indiana Jones style. Also that the holes dotted a http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Flores/Labuanbajo/blog-526918.html Ellie We set off today to Labuan Bajo with a ticket saying Lion Air in hand. We landed in a propellor plane saying Wings Air. Hmmm. Well as a lady called Olga who happened to be a Jehovah's witness had advised us on Hoga TII This Is Indonesia. We're here at least. We've had an interesting day rather too interesting to be documented in full here because we're anxious to start toni http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Flores/Labuanbajo/blog-526708.html Let op er zijn twee pagina's voor foto's zie onderKelimutu National park Moni Nusa Tenggara nog steeds in IndonesieAls je hier niet dood gaat door een vulkaan word je er wel mee doodgegooid Kelimutu National park zijn onder andere drie vulkanische meren met ieder drie verschillende kleuren alle drie de meren zijn te zien vanaf een viewpoint maar je kunt ook over de rand lopen om nog dichte http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Flores/Labuanbajo/blog-507440.html We bought our tickets in Padang Bai and said fairwell to Bali again as we set off towards Lombok. Other intention was to try to get to Flores several islands further east in order to visit Komodo National Park and see some Komodo Dragons in the wild but the hassle of getting there was very off putting. We'd decided to go to the main bus station on Lombok to see how easy it would be to get t http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Flores/Labuanbajo/blog-489819.html Le moins que l'on puisse dire c'est que notre dpart de Gili Air fut un grand dilemme. D'un autre ct nous tions tous deux prt faire le saut et reprendre la route. peine sommesnous arrivs sur Lombok que le rideau se lve et le spectacle de la vie quotidienne indonsienne reprend. Voitures carrioles motos bicyclettes enfants et autres se ctoient sur la voie publique. http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Flores/Labuanbajo/blog-484174.html