The last two weeks we have been diving in the Komodo National Park and have traversed Flores Island from Northwest to South to the Middle to the South to the North to the Northeast. ;-)
- Dive Spots: Premium! Really, really excellent although the current was not as much as expected, what lead immedeately to less big fish such as manta, sharks or barrakudas...but corals and fish schools and everything else: absolutely TOP!
- Boat: Small and bumpy...good luck there weren't a lot of big waves :-)..but we had it on our own. A crew of five for two passengers ..not bad ;-)
- Komodo Dragon: Sleeping.
- Flores Island: a lot of curves. For about 600km, which is the length of the "Trans-Flores-Highway", it took us three driving days (21 hours as a whole) to cross and criss-cross the island. Not one single strech of straight road! All curvy and in rather bad shape! Average speed: 25km/h to nill. Ufz!!!
- Accomodation: really, really basic. Nothing to relax in.... :-(
- People: exceptionally friendly! Incredible! A smile on every face! :-) ! Thank you Flores people for making us smile and feel special all along the way! :-)
- Landscape: green, green and even greener! Jungle all over! The island is also supposed to have vulcano peaks, but they were not really visible to us due to clouds and fog. :-( So it could be a tale again ;-)
- Beach: mostly black. Ours: empty and relaxing after all the driving round curves :-)
- Look at the pictures if you are curious: Diving Komodo NP & Flores Island.
And remember: Keep smiling even if the road is bumpy & full of curves and obstacles and although it's raining and you can't see the way because of all the fog and dust!! :-)
Regards, Renate & Rainer
No comments:
Post a Comment