Indonesia | Claudia & Carsten's World Expedition

INDONESIA - Flores

Off to Flores we go! One of the things we most wanted to see in Indonesia, was the dragons on the islands of Komodo, so first we had to fly to Labuan Bajo in the island of Flores.
Labuan Bajo Airport	OK....	Local Food. Gado Gado.
Fish	In old times there was whale hunting	Labuan Bajo Port
Bay	First day of Ramadan Indonesia is the country with the highest Muslim population in the world. Almost 90% of the people identify themselves as Muslim. Flores however, is mostly catholic. As a tourist you are not allowed to drive your own car, so we decided to take a 5 day tour around the island.	Rice plantations
Local buses	Rice plantations
	Rice

View from Sumba Island		First night Our first visit was to the village of Wae Rebo, in the regency of Manggarai. It was a three hour hike, so we had to spend the night in a local hotel before walking up the next morning.
	Cloves	Manggarai kids

Wae Rebo Village Like it happens with many cultures around the world, these villages are disappearing because the young people don't want to live here and would rather live in the modern cities. To prevent this, the son of one of the Kings of Wae Rebo developed a tourism program together with the local authorities, so they turned the village into a tourist attraction and receive visitors who spend the night here and learn of their customs and traditions. It was a beautiful stay and we enjoyed it a lot.
	Entering Wae Rebo When you enter Wae Rebo, you need to be received by the elders, who want to know about you and welcome you to stay with them.	Elders and us
Making food		Faldy is an attraction Faldy, who is of Manggarai origin, was our guide. He had dreadlocks, which seem to be an attraction for the local kids.
		Girls from another tour group teach games to the local kids.
Coffee beans	Coffee beans	Coffee Production One of the things they produce in the village is coffee. Some of it gets exported by traders.

	I feel very tall on this island....	Spider

Our beds They were quite hard, I must say.	Dinner This was the house built for the tourists, so we could eat and sleep here together with other tourists and guides.	Traditional Music
Going back	Food Not much is produced in the village, so whatever they buy or sell they need to carry themselves up and down the mountain.
	School	Todo Village In the old times, this was the center of the Manggarai kingdom and the home of the royal clan.
We needed long dresses to get in	Spiderweb rice fields This was in Ruteng
On the way to Bajawa	Local coffee shop	Food Market

Bananas for the road	People cook the banana flower

Faldy, Noyman and Carsten Noyman was our driver, he was from Moni, in the regency of Ende.	Beautiful volcanoes	Traditional Ceremony in Bajawa
These ceremonies are part of their daily life. We just happened to pass by as this was going on, so we stopped to see it.

Around Bajawa	Manulalu Bed and Breakfast The best view in Bajawa!!!	Some moths grow big in Flores
	Local Bus	Village tour day
Village of Luba
Village of Bena

	Village of Tolo Lela
	Bamboos and mosquitos...	Malanage Hotsprings

Driving to Ende	Bluestone Beach
Moni	Kelimutu Volcano	Sunrise
Kelimutu Volcano
		Village of Wologai

Bye Bye Flores!

INDONESIA - Flores

Off to Flores we go!

One of the things we most wanted to see in Indonesia, was the dragons on the islands of Komodo, so first we had to fly to Labuan Bajo in the island of Flores.

Labuan Bajo Airport

OK....

Local Food. Gado Gado.

Fish

In old times there was whale hunting

Labuan Bajo Port

Bay

First day of Ramadan

Indonesia is the country with the highest Muslim population in the world. Almost 90% of the people identify themselves as Muslim. Flores however, is mostly catholic. As a tourist you are not allowed to drive your own car, so we decided to take a 5 day tour around the island.

Rice plantations

Local buses

Rice plantations

Rice

View from Sumba Island

First night

Our first visit was to the village of Wae Rebo, in the regency of Manggarai. It was a three hour hike, so we had to spend the night in a local hotel before walking up the next morning.

Cloves

Manggarai kids

Wae Rebo Village

Entering Wae Rebo

When you enter Wae Rebo, you need to be received by the elders, who want to know about you and welcome you to stay with them.

Elders and us

Making food

Faldy is an attraction

Faldy, who is of Manggarai origin, was our guide. He had dreadlocks, which seem to be an attraction for the local kids.

Girls from another tour group teach games to the local kids.

Coffee beans

Coffee beans

Coffee Production

One of the things they produce in the village is coffee. Some of it gets exported by traders.

I feel very tall on this island....

Spider

Our beds

They were quite hard, I must say.

Dinner

This was the house built for the tourists, so we could eat and sleep here together with other tourists and guides.

Traditional Music

Going back

Food

Not much is produced in the village, so whatever they buy or sell they need to carry themselves up and down the mountain.

School

Todo Village

In the old times, this was the center of the Manggarai kingdom and the home of the royal clan.

We needed long dresses to get in

Spiderweb rice fields

This was in Ruteng

On the way to Bajawa

Local coffee shop

Food Market

Bananas for the road

People cook the banana flower

Faldy, Noyman and Carsten

Noyman was our driver, he was from Moni, in the regency of Ende.

Beautiful volcanoes

Traditional Ceremony in Bajawa

These ceremonies are part of their daily life. We just happened to pass by as this was going on, so we stopped to see it.

Around Bajawa

Manulalu Bed and Breakfast

The best view in Bajawa!!!

Some moths grow big in Flores

Local Bus

Village tour day

Village of Luba

Village of Bena

Village of Tolo Lela

Bamboos and mosquitos...

Malanage Hotsprings

Driving to Ende

Bluestone Beach

Moni

Kelimutu Volcano

Sunrise

Kelimutu Volcano

Village of Wologai

Bye Bye Flores!