I was in Melaka 2 weeks ago, managing a
company training. As I was going into the function room, my colleague greeted
me and say :
Colleague : Excuse me, the function room is
locked, can you open it.
(Clearly thinking I am with the hotel)
Me : Oh really! Let me go get the hotel
staff.
Colleague : Eh! Lily! I thought you were
one of the hotel staff. You look so tanned that I can’t recognize you.
(Obviously! I said to myself)
Well, I guess I am abit very tan
after coming back from Flores LOB trip. How in the world I get this tan?
Well, it started with Sham asking me
whether would I be keen to join an LOB trip in Flores.
“Naaaak!!!!” Without hesitation. Without
even a blink. I'll check my annual leave later I told myself, if need be, I’ll take unpaid
leave. I mean, LOB in Flores… only idiot will say no. #Eh (over sangat lah
pulak)
#TeamMalaysia
Sham briefed me the detail whereby our trip
was made possible by Be Borneo Tour (you can check their Instagram too -
@BeBorneoTour), and that I need to push it on my Social Media platform.
Kamoooonnnn… a place this amazing with crystal clear water, beautiful sunset
view and a dragon, I will freak out if they say I can’t post anything everything on
Social Media.
I. Need. To. Show. Off.
Comprende!?!
Before I start my story telling of the
dragon, the undercurrent that made our boat swiveled 360 degree, the many
whirlpool that we saw, the part that I was stranded alone on the beach of a
lonely island… I should first, share with you on what we learnt (took us 1.5
days to master this and yet we still stutter when asked). Here goes….
Together with my 'teachers' from Indonesia
We have been trying to learn, understand
and memorise these fun facts during the whole of our trip. Alot of effort and
time been put into this and I sincerely hope I got this right :
On Flores / Nusa Tenggara Timur
1. East Nusa Tenggara or Nusa Tenggara
Timur (NTT) is the southernmost province of Indonesia and capital is Kupang.
2. NTT consists of more than 500 islands,
the three largest being Flores, Sumba, and the western half of Timor (West
Timor). We only visited a few islands near Flores.
3. The name Flores was given by the
Portuguese ie Cabo de Flores or Cape of Flowers.
4. Labuan Bajo is the entry point for trips
to Komodo Island and Rinca Island; home to the famous Komodo dragons of which
am so looking forward too. Even their airport is called Komodo.
5. There are 760 islands out of 1,192
islands in NTT have not been named until now.
Interesting right!
Do you know that there are 17,504
officially listed islands in Indonesia? Giler banyak!!!
The struggle to learn on Flores is real.
On Labuan Bajo
1. Labuan Bajo is the entry point for trips
to Komodo Island and Rinca Island; home to the famous Komodo dragon.
2. Labuan Bajo has 4-6 daily flights
arriving from Bali - KUL-DPS-LBJ route (flew with on Air Asia and Wings Airlines)
3. It’ll cost approximately RM450-500 p/pax
p/way from KUL-DPS-LBJ and that was 2 weeks before flying date.
4. Komodo Airport is located just 2 km from
the town, if larat memang boleh jalan (you can actually walk to the town if you
are up to it).
5. Ojeks (motorbike taxi) and bemos (small taxi
bus/van) pass every 5 minutes if you get tired of walking and it cost
approximately IDR3,000-5,000 p/pax p/way.
6. The town is pretty small, you can
literally walk the whole town within half a day.
7. Labuan Bajo sunset is awesome!!
That’s about it for now, stay tune for my
next entry. Meanwhile, the below pictures was captured in Labuan Bajo, a day before we embark on our LOB trip.
This
trip is in collaboration with Ayuh Pelesiran and Be Borneo Tour. #AyoPelesiranXBeBorneo
Teaser for the next blog entry.
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