Dare to be you
Dinsdag 21augustus
Al heel vroeg worden we gewekt door het gedreun van de roadtrains. Na een klein ontbijt gaan we onmiddellijk de baan op richting New Norcia. Een heerlijk gevoel…bijna alleen op de weg! We rijden in een glooiend landschap met heel wat schapen. Oharme die dieren…zo slordig geschoren! Dit is echt wel zonder respect gebeurd! Papa deed het indertijd toch veel beter! Die kon scheren met liefde!
Upon arrival in Perth, Western Australia, rain and cold greet us. We arrive in wintertime here. After the heath of Indonesia, a huge adaptation! But the warmth and helpfulness of the people at the airport and on the buses make us soon enjoying being here. From the airport we head to Munster, near Fremantle where we stay our first couple of days with Julie, Nick and their dog Jack.
Our last days in Indonesia we’ll spend in Bali…
All begins there with a visit to the immigration services, because we need an extension of our visum. It is already the tigst time we try to get an extension. In Kupang we forgot about it, in Maumere we planned to ask the extension on the 31th of july, but on the last day of the month they don’t work and in Labuan Bajo the office is not yet open. So all depends on the working here at Denpasar airport… Promising…
We’ll leave the diving for some time now… The next couple of days we’ll discover the Archipelago over land and the seasurface. From Kepa we cross the narrow sea street and go by ojek – a motorbike with driver – to Kalabahi, the capital of Alor. Our drivers know the streets well and in no time we’re where we need to be. On the bikes we enjoyed the early sun. Getting up early is at least good for one thing. We pass a bank to update our money rates…
Early morning, we sail from Kanawa back to Labuan Bajo, Flores. There its a real trial to get enough money from the terminals to pay all bills and spent some more hours in the city. However city, one street, covered with restaurants, dive shops and hotels is a more appropriate description.
Our flight leaves at 16:30, so we get some time for a meal, a couple of walks up and down the street (until we found all necessities) and finally get a bemo to the airport, three streets further.
On the Road 
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