Labuanbadjo @Flores

Can't deny that the rainy season has started, finally. 😅
More and more days are starting with a clear blue sky, but clouds coming up around noon or early afternoon. Not every day, but completely sunny days are rare now. No complaints, as rain is warm and usually it's only raining not longer than 30-60mins and everything is dry again, soon, even if my clothes are soaked. 😅
Arrival at Flores, which is the connecting city to Komodo National Park and so it's very touristy, during a cloudy afternoon was still nice.
As I was kind of waiting for it, finally I got my first real "Bali belly", feeling really sick (luckily one day only), but forced me to take a 3 day break for recovery.
Nevertheless luckily I was able to do some short exploring trips in the surroundings, on the 2nd and 3rd day, but I wasn't able to go on the Komodo boat trip with the Spanish couple from the ferry, as planned. In the end even that wasn't too bad, as my boat trip was awesome, too, but that'll be another posting. 😉
As soon as I left the city, it was quite easy to discover some hidden beautiful spots, probably due to the off-season, nearly no tourists, and often more local ones than foreigners, to see.
Beautiful hills and beaches, awesome views, there's always a tiny or even bigger island, anywhere you look out onto the ocean, so picturesque! 😍
Exploring the Mirror stone cave was nice too, I literally was the only person in the huge caves, which felt sometimes a little bit spooky and made it an even better experience. 😅
And I have to mention that Cepi has gotten it's first injury 🤕🙈 I think I even remember the unimposing but deep and sharp pothole which damaged it's front tire. A very nice guy with his cute son jumping permanently around, quickly spotted the tire's hole and fixed it quickly, but I'll need to get a new front tire, sooner or later. 🙈
But looking at the condition of Indonesian roads, especially in the rural areas, I'm happy it took more than 5.000 km on my scooter, till something like that happened. 😅 As long as nothing worse happens, I'm still unbelievable happy to go around by bike in Indonesia! 🥰🍀Read more