Yulianus Irwan

Tradisi doa Rosario yang dilaksanakan setiap dua kali setahun pada Bulan Mei dan Oktober bagi kami di Flores atau mungkin di tempat lain sungguh sebuah momen yang tidak bisa dilewati begitu saja. Sembahyang giliran dari rumah ke rumah menjadi momen saling jumpa untuk mendaraskan doa Rosario lima peristiwa dan setelahnya kami menikmati suguhan kopi, teh, air putih panas ditambah dengan aneka kue atau ubi yang semuanya dinikmati sambil menukar cerita merayakan perjumpaan di tengah kesibukan pekerjaan harian. Saya sendiri adalah warga KBG Mater Boni Consili (MBC) Paroki Kumba, Ruteng yang terdiri dari 34 kepala keluarga. Saya memang tidak intens mengikuti doa Rosario setiap malam tapi cukup lah bila tidak sedang menemani tamu melakukan tur, saya sudah pasti hadir bersama dengan warga yang lain ikut berdoa Rosario. Pada bulan Oktober kemarin (tidak rasa su masuk November) doa Rosario selama sebulan itu berjalan tidak jauh berbeda dengan bulan-bulan Rosario sebelumnya di mana setiap malam

               It has been a while since the last time I shared my travel stories in this blog. The story to Todo village with Indonesian travelers in January 2022 was the last time I could put marks on this platform, if you wonder why, it is simply because my visit to Timor has come beyond my expectations.      Traveling to Timor is not my first time, some of my friends thought it was my first time to Timor, even a close friend of mine, Maria from Poland who has been to Flores three times worried if it would be my first time to get on the plane, away from Ruteng. None said it right. I have been to Kupang in 2010 or 13 years ago when I was at the last year of my high school at SMK Sadar Wisata Ruteng for guiding contest towards all vocational high school students in East Nusa Tenggara Province.      Maria’s worrying about me getting on the plane made sense. Even though it was not my first time but I could still count how many and nothing really changed me on how exciting to see the

  Hello, Flores Traveler readers, I'm Arin. few months ago in December 2022, I was invited as a partner by Flores Traveler management to become a surveyor for several tourist boats. This is a little note of my journey after doing survey work with the FT team for 2 days. Regards. Consciously or not, getting information instantly is a trend that has been formed since gadgets were created and began to be widely used as a means of communication and fulfilling the need for information, via the internet and social media. Apart from that, some habits such as hearing and trusting information obtained from people can have quite fatal consequences and may become a mistake if they are not accompanied by direct surveys to gain satisfaction and confidence in the work of service providers or service providers. One of them is a person or community who works as a tour guide or agent who provides services and information to tour guests regarding access such as facilities and amenities, lodging, p