“Breakfast” at the Asia Wisata consisted of stale doughnuts and lukewarm coffee, a bit of a variation on the usual … Continue reading FRIDAY, 22 MAY – RUTENG TO BAJEWA

All the buses to Ruteng were booked by people going on the hajj to Mecca, but there was a passenger … Continue reading 21/5/92

As we drank our early morning coffee at 6 am, the flocks of fruit bats were returning from Flores: croaking … Continue reading 19/5/92

We were all up for breakfast at 4:30 am and we are down at the waterside by 5:30. The boat … Continue reading 18/5/92

We hung around in Labuhan Bajo and spent a part of the day organising the boat that would take all … Continue reading 17/5/92

The ferry bound for Flores left from the small fishing village of Pelabuhan Sape and we all caught dokkas (small … Continue reading 16/5/92

From Bima, we went to Sape where we met up with the first four of the people who would eventually … Continue reading 15/5/92

We caught a bus to Bima on Sumbawa, and it took seven hours. Continue reading 13/5/92

At 6 am we went down for an early morning swim in the funky surf which was so warm that … Continue reading 12/5/92