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From Ruteng in the heart of Flores, an island of the Indonesia archipelago, we headed to Labuan Bajo, or Labuhanbajo, on the west coast of the island.

On Flores the town of Labuan Bajo is known as a relaxing beach town popular for diving, sailing and other water activities.

We had little active excursions planned for our stay in Labuan Bajo and simply wanted to...

From the island of Java we had travelled to the island of Bali and now it was time to hop on all the way to Flores, an island of Indonesia that lies north of Sumba and west of Timor.

Ruteng is a town located on the western side of Flores Island and not that an important city to visit for its tourist attractions but a common place to head to first.

As soon as we...

From Java we took the ferry to Bali where we arrived in Denpasar, south east of Bali. From Denpasar we drove to Sanur Beach which is part of Denpasar but starting to attract its own share of tourists and visitors thanks to its growing center and fine beaches.

We stayed at a very nice Sanur Beach Hotel with a great view and straight on the beach! Booking your hotel here is perfect...

From our Mt Bromo hike we drove further to East Java and arrived in the Kalibaru Region where we checked into the Kalibaru Resort to enjoy our last days on Java.

In Kalibaru we visited the Glenmore plantation where a tour guide showed us around the plantation and the factory to explain us more about the crops and what goes on at the plantation.

Our guide showed...

Via Sarangang where we made a stop at the lake to have lunch and rest before our long road trip to the eastern part of Java, Indonesia we drove in direction of Mount Bromo, one of our final stops on Java Island before we headed to Bali, another beautiful island of our Indonesia island hopping adventure.

The trip to Mount Bromo via Sarangan will take you about 6 hours by car covering...