We caught a bemo (mini bus) to the market. It was here that we caught the next bemo to Batutumonga. As there were 4 of us travelling together the driver left straight away and we didn't have to wait, which was great.
The road was terrible with pot holes, ruts, sheer edges but the scenery beautiful. The driver was great and allowed us to have many photo stops! We saw one big car stuck in the ditch, so we helped him out with our 'super human' strength. He was very grateful!
We finished our journey at Moma Yos Homestay where we received a friendly welcome. After dropping our bags, we headed out to explore. We passed a lot of cute little children in pretty villages who waved and shouted excitedly.
We visited very old graves cut in the cliff faces, where remains had fallen from them and were lying on the ground.
We visited another set of graves and the house where we purchased our tickets from had the most amazing headdresses on display. They were used by the men in traditional dancing and they were made with old Dutch coins from when the Dutch ruled over Indonesia.
It was a beautiful walk through rice paddies with every useable patch of land being used to grow food. This ranged from onions to coffee.
Dinner was served at our homestay where the Travel Scrabble provided the evening entertainment.
The road was terrible with pot holes, ruts, sheer edges but the scenery beautiful. The driver was great and allowed us to have many photo stops! We saw one big car stuck in the ditch, so we helped him out with our 'super human' strength. He was very grateful!
We finished our journey at Moma Yos Homestay where we received a friendly welcome. After dropping our bags, we headed out to explore. We passed a lot of cute little children in pretty villages who waved and shouted excitedly.
We visited very old graves cut in the cliff faces, where remains had fallen from them and were lying on the ground.
We visited another set of graves and the house where we purchased our tickets from had the most amazing headdresses on display. They were used by the men in traditional dancing and they were made with old Dutch coins from when the Dutch ruled over Indonesia.
It was a beautiful walk through rice paddies with every useable patch of land being used to grow food. This ranged from onions to coffee.
Dinner was served at our homestay where the Travel Scrabble provided the evening entertainment.
