Kabupaten Alor

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- Nov 1, 2018 · ⛅ 33 °C Altitude: 16 m
  Indonesia East Nusa Tenggara Sebanjar Maul Baulangi -8.23322, 124.400128°13’60” S 124°24’0” E
Day 166
Arriving on Alor Island
November 1, 2018 in Indonesia ⋅ ⛅ 33 °C
Welcome to Alor Island. After a slightly crazy, half horror, half comedy trip on the ferry we arrive on Alor. Half horror, half comedy because the crew decided it was a good idea to blast the music at 2am and also check tickets around 4am. The boat has a stench of cigarette smoke as I think almost the whole male population smokes (this includes the captain on the plane we took from Denpasar to Bali)! So with the lack of sleep, it was really nice to finally get to Kalabahi on Alor Island.

The positives though...we got to see sunrise :) Lila proves again that she can sleep through anything as she got quite a good night's sleep. We got to Alor and found the best Es Campor which was very welcome in the hot weather.Read more
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11/4/18Reply
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- Nov 4, 2018 · ⛅ 32 °C Altitude: 21 m
  Indonesia East Nusa Tenggara Sebanjar Maul Baulangi -8.23317, 124.400158°13’59” S 124°24’1” E
Day 169
Sebanjar Beach
November 4, 2018 in Indonesia ⋅ ⛅ 32 °C
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We spend a few days on Sebanjar beach, which has quite nice snorkeling from the beach. It's nice to be using our snorkeling gear every day, as they have been in our backpack for the past 5 months. The beach is a pinkish white sand, due to specks of red in the sand from red coral. There is a huge amount of broken coral which makes a wall behind the beach. There is gorgeous transparent waters at the right time of the day. However quite strong currents mean we have to time our swims and snorkeling.

It's a shame we can't take underwater pics as there is a huge variety of different hard and soft corals and lots of different fish. We see lots of cardinal fish, quite a few Nemo's, lots of sea stars (Lila's favourites), angel fish, parrot fish and quite big schools of fish too.

Lila is getting more confident and happy snorkeling and swimming and today did some swimming without her back bubble (so she is very proud) :)Read more
Traveler Great swimming Lila!
11/6/18Reply
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- Nov 6, 2018 · 🌧 30 °C Altitude: 17 m
  Indonesia East Nusa Tenggara Batuputih -8.12782, 124.511768°7’40” S 124°30’42” E
Day 171
More exploring Alor
November 6, 2018 in Indonesia ⋅ 🌧 30 °C
It's really nice driving through beautiful small villages which dot the coastline of the island. Lots of smiles and calls of 'mister mister' as we go past. The faces of the people of this island are an amazing mix and you can see resemblance from nearby Papua, Islander, Australian Aboriginal and even Indian and African.

We stop a lovely mangrove beach. Lila finds an idealic swing over the sea which is currently at mid high tide. We get a nice shelter here for some monsoonal rainfalls, before continuing along the coast passing amazing turquoise waters with quaint little wooden fishing boats in sheltered bays.

We reach beautiful 'Pantai Battu Putih' which is essentially the end of the road. The road does continue however they say it's about 1 hr for 2 km to get the the neighbouring village! We turn back for town as more rains threaten and get treated to a gorgeous rainbow as we find some more shelter from another downpour.Read more
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11/8/18Reply
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- Nov 3, 2018 · ⛅ 33 °C Altitude: 19 m
  Indonesia East Nusa Tenggara Sebanjar Maul Baulangi -8.233, 124.399978°13’59” S 124°23’60” E
Day 168
Exploring around Alor
November 3, 2018 in Indonesia ⋅ ⛅ 33 °C
We find a motorbike to rent again to explore the western part of the island. The bike is probably the oldest we have rented this trip, having a temperamental kick start and a special thing with the wires to work the lights.

We spend a day in Kalabahi town to get our outward ferry ticket and find they now charge children over 2yrs an adult ticket. We stop for our favourite Es Campor and then take a ride to find a nice beach with a resort which is closed. We end the night with a yummy dinner at a guesthouse in town and Lila discovers she likes tuna fish. On our way back we get a flat tyre and are initially told we wouldn't find anywhere open to repair it at this hour. Lila and I then get whisked off on another motorbike to an open petrol stop with compressor and in the mean time Jean is stopped by an off duty policeman who says he can fix the puncture!

The next day we head to check out the neighbouring villages. There is gorgeous coastline as well as lush gardens and beautiful mangroves.

On the Sunday we try go to the local market to find that it's only got 2 stalls open and it usually is busier after church. On the way back we see lots of people out in their best clothes on the way to church.Read more
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- Nov 7, 2018, 9:00am · ⛅ 31 °C Altitude: Sea level
  Indonesia East Nusa Tenggara Dulionong Pelabuhan Kalabahi -8.21959, 124.513488°13’11” S 124°30’49” E
Day 172
Es Campor / cendol
November 7, 2018 in Indonesia ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C
We visit our favourite Es Campor place today for the last time, as our ferry back to Flores leaves tomorrow morning. It's our favourite because it's super tasty and has such a great variety of different textures and flavours. Es Campor is basically a dessert drink filled with mixed jellies and fruit. This one is great because it has fruit, 3-4 types of different jellies, bread, red rice and has a sweet coconut drink plus ice. It's such a nice treat on a hot day (it has been hot every day we have been here). The young guy who owns the cart is really nice, he started working in an Es Campor cart when he was Lila's age, never went to school, but is now opening up his 3rd cart!Read more
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- Nov 5, 2018 · ☁️ 32 °C Altitude: 47 m
  Indonesia East Nusa Tenggara Mataair -8.21206, 124.516528°12’43” S 124°30’59” E
Day 170
Kalabahi town
November 5, 2018 in Indonesia ⋅ ☁️ 32 °C
Today we move to Kalabahi town, the main town on Alor Island. We thought we would base here for a few days to be closer to explore the eastern parts of the island.
We take the Bemo (shared van taxi) from Sebanjar for about 30km to Kalabahi town. We get off all feeling a bit nauseous from the ride!

We head off in the late afternoon and find a nice beach with mini island created by low tide. Lila enjoys throwing her slippers in the water and finding them. And the water is so warm it's like swimming in bath water!Read more
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- Nov 7, 2018, 11:44am · 🌧 31 °C Altitude: 95 m
  Indonesia East Nusa Tenggara Serenglang Alu Pilisi -8.17081, 124.806338°10’15” S 124°48’23” E
Day 172
Air Panas Tuti (hot spring)
November 7, 2018 in Indonesia ⋅ 🌧 31 °C
Today we visit a hot spring (Air Panas in Bahasa) in the eastern part of Alor. The spring is located a little in the middle of nowhere, in surrounds which are almost unearth like. There are amazing orange and green colours in the surrounding waters and we see 3 geysers with water spraying out and a man made pond with boiling water. There is a faint smell of sulfur, however not as strong as others we have been to. The weather is quite hot to bathe here, so we head back on the road to the beach.Read more
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- Nov 7, 2018, 2:00pm · ⛅ 30 °C Altitude: 97 m
  Indonesia East Nusa Tenggara Maukuru Alu Maowa -8.16012, 124.929798°9’36” S 124°55’47” E
Day 172
Exploring Alor Timor
November 7, 2018 in Indonesia ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
After visiting the hot spring we head along the coastal road to visit more of the eastern part of the island. It's a beautiful ride next to the sea with small mountains that meet the water. We pass villages with lots of smiling people, roadside stalls selling fish, vegetables, fruit and petrol. Looking towards the sea there are always small boats with people, small groups of kids playing in the water or people spear fishing.

We stop for a swim at a nice pebbly beach. There are local village kids here and Lila has fun blowing bubbles in the water and playing with them in the sea. We continue further along the road and find another pebbly beach, this one desserted, and we stop here for a swim in the lovely transparent waters.Read more
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