Labuan Bajo - gateway to the Komodo National Park

Only 1.5 hours flight from tourism to Bali, past smoking volcanoes, in the middle of nowhere an ultra-modern, semi-finished airport is suddenly visible on the as always if you need it urgently the ATM is not working ....

The rest of the sleepy fishing village is located in the Indonesian rural style: Dusty roads, most shops are open at the front wooden huts on the street humans and animals abound, even in non-usual number of different means of transport.

The roads wind their way up the small hill and from the top you can observe in the individual lanes the daily lives of Indonesians.

I try to log in waste separation although there probably still very much educational work for the population needs to be done.

The majority of the population belongs to Islam and especially if like me you exactly the fasting month of Ramadan travels through Indonesia you see a lot of closed restaurants and hears the prayers of the mosques at night.

Actually, I asked myself this island of Indonesia just something tourist before, but we can

Again, in these remote areas especially the younger people wanted to be stylish on the go, this indicates this poster of a hair salon.

There are either luxury hotels which are outside of the village and its beaches are unfortunately dirty just like almost everywhere here, or you quartered themselves in simple accommodation. These are relatively expensive for Indonesian standards. Here one must reckon with nocturnal animal visitors ....

Unbelievable that only a few minutes away from the chaos ship, dirt and noise from Labuan Bajo away one of the most beautiful Marine National Park is located. Here around the islands of Komodo and Rinca can see the sea from sheer fish almost did not. The coral glow in unique colors, one is simply in a different world.

The brown hills of the surrounding islands are the perfect contrast to the deep blue sea. You meet fishing boats of the locals who have settled on the smaller islands and is fascinated how these people survive practically in such circumstances without an existing infrastructure.

Although I due to the intrusive Men do not recommend it as a woman traveling alone to Labuan Bajo, the Komodo National Park offers by far the most spectacular underwater life that I have ever seen and the sunsets are a culmination of each exciting day on Flores.