Niki Niki

Niki Niki – West Timor

In Niki-Niki there are some beautiful farms and traditional homes. Some of them are shaped sort of like an Eskimo igloo with big mound with a small opening to keep the drafts out.

I loaded up my pack with oranges and nescafe and organized a local guy from Kefa to help me take a few photos without being too much of a tourist.

We agreed on a price and he took me around for the day.

When we saw something interesting we would introduce ourselves and ask permission to come on the property.

They were a lovely people and were happy to invite us in.

One woman was very proud of the cloth she was weaving. It had a special significance but I couldn’t quite make out what it was.

My driver speaks the local language, which was a good ice breaker, but speaks no English.

Some of people offered us betel nut and we always offered oranges. I tried to give the sweet green mountain oranges to the kids.

For the adults we had those packages of nescafe 3 in 1 that I am addicted to myself to get me going in the mornings.

At one place my guide explained carefully to them the procedure on how to make it.

First you boil some water and then you open the package and stir in the nescafe. You don’t have to use it all at once.

It was really cool. They found it quite interesting.

Maybe it’s a better way than just jumping in here and snapping away.

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