LabuanBajo Harbor

A nice little town on the west coast of Pulau Flores. It was from here that we caught the boat to Komodo and Lombok

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Sea Passage to Komodo Islands and Lombok

September 28th 2008
Greetings from Senggigi in Pulau Lombok, the easternmost island in the Nusa Tenggara chain. I left Labuanbajo on the island of Pulau Flores by boat where I booked a 4-day passage aboard a tiny deathtrap named the Tiga Putra, which means "three brothers" in Bahasa Indonesian. I asked our ever-cheerful captain, Iman, if any of the brothers who owned the boat were aboard for the trip: ... 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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