Komodo and Rinca
Blijf op de hoogte en volg Katja & Rob
08 December 2016 | Indonesië, Komodo
After our visit to Kelimutu, we went to Bajawa and visited a traditional village. Now in Indonesia every area has its traditional village as these are selfmade tourist attractions. The most traditional thing is they are mostly boring. However THIS traditional village was really reaaly nice and therefor in fact not traditional. The pictures speak for themselves. From this place we made a little stop at a hot spring, and it was indeed hot ( tried it) which makes sense if you are travelling in an area where it is already hot. Next stop, Ruteng where we stayed at a hotel with the name FX72. They claimed to have a beautiful view which is true. What they didn't say that FX72 is probably a secret code for "smelly room with talking toilet" My advice to future travellers; when you see the sign Ruteng....don't stop
we finished our trip in Flores in Labuanbajo where we were planning to make a few dives as they claim to have amongst the most beautiful dives sites in the world. Unfortunately Katja suffers from some kind of infection in the upper lungs so we visit the local hospital to see a doctor and we get some medication, however no diving for the next days. So we decide to take the time to chill out a few days in Labuanbajo. As there are great restaurants and 2 really good coffeeshops, not in the Amsterdam meaning, but like places where you can drink coffee ( interesting concept!). The best place to eat is Warung Mama. A warung is a small local restaurant and the food is prepared in advance. We didn't see mama, but her food is delicious.
The last 3 days we spend on a boat, with our guide Sandy, captain Andi and 2 crew members. We visited the islands of Rinca, Padar and Komodo and a handfull of smaller islands where we made stops to snorkel around the reef. Besides the weather ( too much rain) it was great. Beautiful views of the islands, beautiful coral with hundreds types of fishesand of course the little trekkings to see the dragons. We perfected our mudsliding technique on slippers. We can now slide very slowly and elegantly into mudpools. The nights on the boat were interesting too, not only beacuse the cockroaches came out of their hidings, but also because of the other things happening around us. Monkeys trying to steal bananas, rats trying to enter the boat via the mooring rope, a giant manta ray feeding around our boat. The only strange thing was the little shield; beware of crocodiles? Weren't we snorkeling in this area before?
The last day was one of the highlights. We went to Manta Point where, guess what, you can spot manta rays. This is completely open ocean with fast currents and it took some courage to jump in with only fins and snorkel. But we did and we were rewarded with huge manta rays swimming under us as giant sailing ships. We even saw our first blacktip reef shark. So a thrilling and exciting experience. After this, and despite the many rainshowers we returned sunburned and happy to Labuanbajo and are ready for our jump to Papua (( Irian jaya), our next destination.
we finished our trip in Flores in Labuanbajo where we were planning to make a few dives as they claim to have amongst the most beautiful dives sites in the world. Unfortunately Katja suffers from some kind of infection in the upper lungs so we visit the local hospital to see a doctor and we get some medication, however no diving for the next days. So we decide to take the time to chill out a few days in Labuanbajo. As there are great restaurants and 2 really good coffeeshops, not in the Amsterdam meaning, but like places where you can drink coffee ( interesting concept!). The best place to eat is Warung Mama. A warung is a small local restaurant and the food is prepared in advance. We didn't see mama, but her food is delicious.
The last 3 days we spend on a boat, with our guide Sandy, captain Andi and 2 crew members. We visited the islands of Rinca, Padar and Komodo and a handfull of smaller islands where we made stops to snorkel around the reef. Besides the weather ( too much rain) it was great. Beautiful views of the islands, beautiful coral with hundreds types of fishesand of course the little trekkings to see the dragons. We perfected our mudsliding technique on slippers. We can now slide very slowly and elegantly into mudpools. The nights on the boat were interesting too, not only beacuse the cockroaches came out of their hidings, but also because of the other things happening around us. Monkeys trying to steal bananas, rats trying to enter the boat via the mooring rope, a giant manta ray feeding around our boat. The only strange thing was the little shield; beware of crocodiles? Weren't we snorkeling in this area before?
The last day was one of the highlights. We went to Manta Point where, guess what, you can spot manta rays. This is completely open ocean with fast currents and it took some courage to jump in with only fins and snorkel. But we did and we were rewarded with huge manta rays swimming under us as giant sailing ships. We even saw our first blacktip reef shark. So a thrilling and exciting experience. After this, and despite the many rainshowers we returned sunburned and happy to Labuanbajo and are ready for our jump to Papua (( Irian jaya), our next destination.
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08 December 2016 - 05:11
Hans Van Ruitenbeek :
Lieve Katja en Rob, leuk om jullie avonturen zo te kunnen volgen, de comodo varaan ziet er akelig gevaarlijk uit!
Ik blijf jullie met belangstelling volgen.
Veel plezier -
08 December 2016 - 07:27
Britte:
Wat een hoop gedaan en gezien! Wat bijzonder en dat snorkelen klinkt zo gaaf!! Geniet ervan!! Onze tickets zijn geboekt dus we komen ook hoor.
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21 December 2016 - 22:51
John Bunnik:
Hoi Katja en Robbie, zo te lezen hebben jullie het nog steeds wel een beetje naar je zin :-) Hebben jullie nog last gehad van de aardbevingen? Was toch niet al te ver van jullie vandaan.
Bij E+H alles okay. Inmiddels 50 Mio voorbij en Rob H zo trots als een aap met 7 stengels :-)
Kerstbijeenkomst al gehad. Je kerspakket kan nog wel een paar maandjes wachten. Daar hoef je niet eerder voor terug te komen :-)Yvonne en ik wensen jullie alvast een hele speciale vrolijke Kerst en Jaarwisseling daar in Azie. Blijf gezond, blijf genieten en blijf die berichtjes maar sturen, dan kunen wij er ook een beetje van genieten.
Zie jullie in Maart wel weer. Groetjes, John
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