Blogs from Komodo, Indonesia, Asia - page 4

Going East with SUNDOWNER Finally we make it!!!! For me this is the First time cruising with our SUNDOWNER. A 48ft motorsailer-catamaran . But Reinhold already did many cruises with his previous boat. We started the cruise on the 16th of March 2011. This time we go East. FLORES. We always dream to go to Flores. We planned to go around Flores with our motorbike but never make it. Until we have this boat where the fun begun. Labuhan Poh, South Lombok We left Serangan Bay around 6am. We went slowly due to fuel saving consumption. We reached Labuhan Poh afternoon. We come to this place quite often with charter guest. Drop the anchor and stayed over night. Good anchorage. It’s mud, perfect for our anchor type. Gili Air, Lombok The next morning at 8 am ... read more

Started the day with a walk to the closest ATM, at 7am it is already hot and we both perspire all the way there and back again then it was a traditional Mie Goreng for breakfast in the hotel dining area. It is nice to relax and do nothing this morning but enjoy the outdoor shower and watch an old movie. At 12pm we were delivered to the airport domestic terminal where we gorged ourselves on Dunkin Donuts before checking in for our Wings Air flight at 1pm. It was a smallish prop plane and it was quite full, lucky we werent hungry or thirsty because there was nothing available on this flight. At 3pm we descended into Labuanbajo and I swear it was the most scary landing I have ever endured, we slid all over ... read more

Salamat datang! Welcome back to Bali. I am now staying in Sanur, on the SE coast this time. A much more laid back atmosphere than the chaos of Kuta Beach. Mostly an older, middle aged crowd (wait a minute-I am middle aged as well!), and a much more sedate atmosphere. I also decided to splash out on more upscale accommodation at the Alit Beach Resort, right on Sanur Beach. I get functioning air conditioning, a queen sized bed with mosquito net, television with english channels, swimming pools, resort living and daily breakfast. And all this luxury is costing me about $33/night. There's time for tightening the budget later. My journey to Komodo Island began on Sunday, December 5th, on the Peramatour Boat #212, with 12 other adventure seekers. I booked deck class, which meant I would ... read more

Vores fly fra Singapore til Bali var godt en time forsinket så vi var ikke på hotellet før klokken 22.00. Det kombineret med turoperatøren havde rykket afgangstiden for vores Komodotur frem to timer med opsamling allerede kl. 5.30 næste morgen, gjorde at vi alle startede med et pænt søvnunderskud. Vi fløj en times tid øst på til Flores, hvor vi blev bragt til vores skib. Den gode nyhed var, at vi havde skibet for os selv sammen med en guide og to besætningsmedlemmer. Den dårlige var at, blandt de primitive skibe, var vores den mest primitive. Der var intet spisebord, døren til agter kahytten blev ved at falde af, og da det begyndte at blæse fløj stigen (til at komme op efter badning) over bord, taget (en presenning) fløj halvt af og styrehusets vindue faldt ned ... read more

We'd been recommended the Gili/Lombok to Flores boat trip and despite it being a bit pricey (IR 1,500,00 or 100 quid each) we booked it as it sounded like an interesting adventure. Boat Trip - Day 1 We got the morning shuttle boat from Gili Air to Bang Sai harbour on Lombok, then a minibus to beach resort Sengiggi, where we paid in full at the boat tour office and stocked up on essential supplies for the journey (beer, wet wipes and biscuits!!). We got chatting to a British guy who had just come back from the trip who said he was complaining because the boat was awful, the food was horrible, the crew very pervy over the girls and people's things were stolen off the boat. GREAT we thought, just what we want to hear ... read more