Lewi Dua

This morning we visited a nearby cave Liang Bua / hobbit cave, where in 2003 they had found the remains of an ancient species 'homo floriesiensis', also nicknamed 'hobbit' (60,000- 100,000 yrs ago).

We visit the local Ruteng market before getting back on the road for our last day of our motorbike trip to the eastern town of Labuan Bajo. We pass beautiful rice paddies along the way, before we almost race storm clouds across the mountains. It was probably the most windy roads of the trip going up, down and between mountains.
The rain finally catches us when we are about 25km from Labuan Bajo. Our rain gear (which Jean saved from being forgotten in a motorbike we had rented in Thailand) comes very much in handy now!

We arrive in Labuan Bajo just before dark, return the motorbike and visit the port, before having the most expensive and worst meal of our time in Indonesia.Read more