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By Nico Prins
Yesterday, after a seven hour ferry journey, I finally arrived in Labuhan Bajo. Unfortunately, this is as far East as I go. My plans to see isolated villages and multi-coloured sulfur lakes is just going to have to be put on hold. Instead of actually having fun, I will be spending the next two days sitting in my room, under the cover, trying to get over what I hope is a bad case of flu and not Dengue or Malaria.
Although some people would be getting worried at this point – Labuhan Bajo does not have an international hospital – there are far worse places in the world to be and although I am ill, I’m pretty certain I’m far from dying. So instead of focusing on the depressing, I’m going to put a happy spin on life and give you ‘Five Fantastic Things About Labuhan Bajo.’
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1. There are Lots of Great Restaurants
Labuhan Bajo has attracted people from all over the world who have tried to build a life for themselves here. There is an Italian restaurant – no surprises – Dutch restaurants, American restaurants and lotd of Indonesian restaurants. What’s more, a lot of thought has gone into the decoration of some of these places making them nice to actually relax in – cafe Mediterraneo is a firm favorite with me.
2. The Internet Works
After more than two weeks dealing with an internet connection that is so slow I would struggle to even load up the page that Pacman was on, I’ve finally got fast internet – I promise I’m not dribbling as I say this. *Oh, cough – the Internet doesn’t actually work at my hotel at the moment…
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3. There are Hotels
For the last three days in Sumba, every city that I’ve stayed in has a maximum of about two good hotels. There is no choice, you either stay in the nice hotel or – you risk getting bitten by big spiders that stays in the corner of the dirty hotel and makes your hand look like a mushroom. On the flipside, I’m pretty sure all of the hotel owners in town have got together and fixed the priceas most places start at Rp450,000…
4. The Hotels have Hot Showers
A cold shower is about as welcome to someone with a cold as a Doctor checking up on your – this is a very male problem – prostate gland.
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5. The Sunset
I’ve saved the best till last; the sunset. There is simply no way you can feel miserable when you get to see this view every evening!
Labuhan Bajo