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August 19th, 2011 | Asia

Ferry to Flores…

Before going to bed the previous evening, I had chatted to the hotel manager about the ferry to Flores…

“The ferry leaves at 8.30am, so you will need to leave the hotel at 6.00am to reach it in time…!!” he had said…

“But it’s only 50 odd kilometres to Sape…!! Why do I have to […]

August 17th, 2011 | Asia

The Long Haul to Bima… Part 3.

Sumbawa…!!

"Er… Will this be a beach landing then, skipper…??"

The jetty runs alongside the beach allowing only one boat at a time to dock…!!

The name sounded more African than Indonesian to me, and looking out at the scorched and mountainous landscape from the deck of the ferry, I was […]

August 17th, 2011 | Asia

The Long Haul to Bima… Part 1.

If someone had told me that I would get from Ubud in Bali, to Bima in Sumbawa, in the space of twenty hours, I would have smiled sweetly at them while wondering why they had stopped taking their prescribed medicines…

Then again, if I’d have known that this is what I would have to do […]