The Vilage of Bena

Bena is a Ngada village near the town of Bajawa. These villages are fascinating pockets of culture remaing from the Dongson miration over 2700 years ago from China. Ancestor worship is still vital to these communities, as well as live sacrifice and the traditional huts. These villages only triggered my curiosity further, i was told about a village not far away where the men were only 1m30 tall!

To The Cape Of Flower via Sape, then Bajawa

April 5th 2007
Like the navigator Antonio de Abreu before me I headed East across the arphicalego, towards the Cabo das Flores Instead of searching for Sandalwood I was looking for Komodo Dragons and coloured volcanic lakes. For currency I carried Indonesian Rupiah, whereas the Makassasrese before me would have used Gold, or maybe even elephant tusk. Flores had definitely seen changes. Six-foot Satellite ... read more

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The Dutch began to colonize Indonesia in the early 17th century; the islands were occupied by Japan from 1942 to 1945. Indonesia declared its independence after Japan's surrender, but it required four years of intermittent negotiations, recurring hos... ... read more

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