merantau
Senior Member
Arrived in Labuanbajo at midnight. The town was asleep. Found a hotel with an open door but no one was around so I went upstairs and found an empty room. Went to take a shower - no water. Damn! Crashed as really tired after traveling all day. Minutes later fan went off - no power. Slept fitfully then got blasted awake by the mosque which, unbeknownst to me, was right next door up a laneway. Got up, found some water in another room, showered and packed up. Found the manager downstairs, squared things up with him and I was on the road again before daybreak.
Bamboo petung - this giant variety is endemic to west Flores
Intersection of the road that climbs up from the north coast to meet the west-east highway at Aegola
Met this group from Java - BMW 1200, BMW 800, Kawasaki Versys and Kawasaki W800
They were heading fir the coloured crater lakes at Kelimutu.
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Early morning maintenance at Bajawa
Before Bajawa
Plenty of hills both near and distant.
Roadside rest spot
Came across these venerable steeds in Riung, a one-horse town on the north coast. They'd traveled some seriously rugged roads to reach this spot. Harley WLA 1942, early 60s BSA 650 and 350 single
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650 BSA
350 AJS The leader of the group, Yo-Yo, was celebrating his 60th with a month long trip out of Jogja. He wore a sarong and smoked his kreteks through a long, ivory cigarette holder. Bohemianism writ large.
The old and the new.
Road less traveled. Once you leave the main drag, traffic is as sparse as
Dry knoll just inland of north coast heading to Dangga.
Ebulobo volcano accessed from Boawe village.
The restaurant at Lucas Homestay in Bajawa.
Flores is mainly Catholic. It was a saint's feast day so the statue was being paraded to the church.
Inerie volcano
Rural scene on road to Aimere.
Flores means flowers in Portuguese.
Inerie again.
Approaching south coast the land looks parched again.
Vistas aplenty.
Not a lot of traffic.
South coast.
White Sands Beach a few km west of Waebela hamlet
Church of Christ the King at Poma on the road to Riung.
On the way to Riung
And again
ditto
ditto
Road to Riung is cut up as you descend out of the highlands.
First sight of the sea.
Kemiri or candlenut trees
Giant kapok.
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