Hotel Adi Dharma – Alor Indonesia – Kalabahi Located just a short walk from the ferry terminal in Kalabahi. Economy rooms start at 40,000. VIP rooms start at 72,500 with air con. I like this place because there is a large covered area that is great to hide out in during the rainy season. You […]
Traditional Alor Homes The native home in Alor is built off the ground on stilts with a loft for sleeping. The platform below is used for lounging during the day. Big flat round wooden disks on the stilts act as rat stoppers to keep these varmints from climbing into the living quarters. The roof peaks […]
Baranusa on Pulau Pantar A public boat leaves at 8am almost every morning from Kalabahi to Baranusa on Pulau Pantar arriving around 5 hours later depending on how the tide is running. The boat leaves from the harbor next to night market which is about 200 meters from the Adi Dharma hotel. The weather was […]
Pulau Pantar – the east side A church on Pulau Pantar uses the casing from an old WW2 mine as a bell and some of the old men speak a little Japanese. Times were very hard during the second world war here. A few motorbikes follow the coastal road but I did not see any […]
Apui on Alor Island Apui is a mountain village in central Alor. It is not that remote but after hearing a local guy talk about it I thought it was going to be a hard trip but it turned out to be a basic 5-6 hour round trip from Kalabahi. Panzir or old Toyota Landcruiser […]
Lego Lego celebration This is one of the last old traditions still alive in Alor. The people will sing dance around this banyon tree all night and into the morning of the new year. Gongs and leather drums are used to keep the rhythm during the lego lego dance on New Year’s eve on Pulau […]
Hotels in Kalabahi, Alor Hotel Pelangi Inda in Kalabahil NTT The Pelangi Inda Hotel across the street from the museum is the nicest place to stay in Alor. It’s on the same road as the Dive Alor diveshop and is a convenient place to base your travels from. They have a free pick up service […]
Bamboo fish traps of Alor. The bubu fish traps, woven of bamboo and rattan, are set in the corals in waters around 5 meters deep. The fishermen do not use lines and buoys but just remember where they dropped them in and swim down to retrieve them after 3 days. A small door in the […]
Moko drums of Alor If a family has lost it’s moko it is considered to be on a downhill slide and they loose a lot of respect in the community. These drums can be used as a dowry when a wife is taken and they are used in celebrations bring in the new year. How […]
Alor misc rambling The following evening there was a big celebration with the moko drums and gongs at midnight to welcome the new year. Their song that reverberated into the night and into the morning. It was fantastic! Traveling with a laptop and digital camera changes the dynamics of your trip. It can be really […]