Travel with Irwan

Most of the activities that the travelers do in Flores Island categorized as adventure tourism. It is reasonable due to the place is very mountainous, vary culture, and it needs more physical activities to reach the tourism destinations. According to the Adventure Travel Trade Association, adventure tourism is a tourist activity that includes a physical activity, a cultural exchange, or activities in nature. Adventure tourism is about connecting with a new culture or a new landscape and being physically active at the same time. It is not about being risky or pushing your boundaries. In fact, it is especially important to know and respect your limits while you are in an unfamiliar area. Tengku Lese Waterfall ( source ) During 10 days stay on Flores, Roel and Maaike (Dutch) chose to explore Flores for 4 days. The idea was simply to experience the real life of Indonesia. The tour was started from Labuan Bajo where they have ended up snorkeling and trekking to Komodo Island. One of...

Komodo dragon and three colored lakes of volcano Kelimutu have made the East Nusa Tenggara province famous, and Flores island especially known by world. Moreover Komodo dragon has become one of new seven wonders of the world, the people are stunned by it. Not only Bali, now foreigners also have alternative way to spend holidays in the small heaven in the east part of Indonesia, in Flores. According to the data tourism department of East Nusa Tenggara province, since the beginning to July of 2016, noted 14.000 foreign tourists visiting East Nusa Tenggara Province. This is increasing 15 percent from the previous year. This is spectacular thing. No wonder, we can see tourists everywhere here. They walk in city, they travel by car and motorcycle, some of them visit t...

6 Interesting Reasons You Need to Know Why Wae Rebo is Unique 1. Cone Shaped Traditional Houses Wae Rebo is one of the three biggest traditional villages in Manggarai that maintains its traditional houses called "Mbaru Niang” (Cone Shaped Traditional house). According to the chief of Wae Rebo village, Bapa. Alex, Cone shaped traditional is the first and oldest Manggaraian structure of traditional house. "Mbaru Niang" is a symbol of protection and the unity the people. He also said that the circular shaped floor is a symbol of harmony, unity, and justice among communities and families inside Mbaru Niang. Bapa Alex (79), a chief of Wae Rebo traditional village According to the story shared by the chief of Wae Rebo, Bapa Alex, people of Wae Rebo originally came from Minangkabau, West Sumatra, Indonesia that traveled to other islands in East part of Indonesia in thousand years ago.  He also said that the age of the village Wae Rebo is about 1200...

Manggarai is a regency located in the west part of Flores. It consists of 3 big regencies. They are: West Manggarai regency, Manggarai, and East Manggarai. Like many other places in Flores, Manggarai also plays much role on its animism on marriage. In which the relationship is culturally legalized by worship to the spirits with medium of chicken and buffalo and in addition as an impact of Catholicism, the couple has to be married in the church to receive an official document in council department. The marriage system in Manggarai and Flores is mostly called as "marry in" and "marry out". "Marry in" is used in which husband has to give dowry to wife. As balance, the wife will move to her husband and takes care of her husband's families for lifetime and this marriage system is applied for the patrilineal system in which the parents give their heritage to sons only. "marry out" is a system that is only applied for matrilineal system ...

Traveling in Flores is mostly categorized as an adventure. It's because of the long windy road, and Mountains. In addition, the distance from one region to another is around 4 hours drive. That's why it needs minimum 6 days to explore Flores island. The trans Flores has been very well done that the government always looks after quiet seriously    but when you get to the places on country side you will find it more adventurous as the road is very bumpy. The travelers have some choices for driving on Flores. It can be with car, truck, bemo, and motorbike.   Almost all the tourist destinations on Flores can be reached by car. This is quite good option for people who have limited time to spend for their holiday.   Having Bemo, trucks, and motorbike are mostly taken by some travelers who have long visit and they want to experience of being locals. Like two girls, Natalie and Laura from England they chose to get on motorbike to visit Waerebo. ...