Part 4: Shuttle Bus
from Bima to Sape
We get to the bus station in Sape, and Pallavi waves off the
bus vultures until after we’ve had a cup of coffee. She then negotiates a price
for a bus which is leaving at 6:00 a.m. to make sure we get to Sape in time for
the 9:00 a.m. ferry. We sit on the bus with a few interested guys, and again
use the ukulele to make friends. What else do you do at 3:30 a.m. Finally,
years later, we join the bus, going over the remainder of the island of
Surabaya in the early morning. We were only partially relieved when the
conductor, after taking pictures of himself with each of us, showed us all of
the other pictures he had taken with foreigner women.
Part 5: The Ferry from
Sape to Labuan Bajo
This ferry was 7 hours long, but we were so exhausted from
the over airconditioned, windy road bus ride that we both slept for about 2
hours well and properly. A few games of Scrabble Dash later & it was over.
Part 6: Labuan Bajo
We ride into this beautiful port town on the island of
Flores, do a hunt for accommodation, meet a few Italians who were on our Ferry,
shower, and finally have a great dinner, and find the Italians
again to see if
they are interested in going to see the Komodos the next day. Apparently,
during my shower, Pallavi has chatted with a few foreigners at our place just
chilling outside who said they got a group of 8 together and just got a fishing
boat to take them to the island of Rinca, one of the two islands on which you
can see the Komodo dragon. We somehow find the Italians and strike a plan to
meet at 7 a.m. the next day to go and arrange a boat, find more foreigners, and
head over to Rinca.
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