Labuan Bajo and Environs on East Nusa Tenggara Island (1) : Animals, People, Places
Labuan Bajo - 1 Animals
Labuan Bajo - 2 Animals
Labuan Bajo - 1a People I walked out of town looking for a beach that was relatively clean. Everywhere, but especially in Indonesia, I saw incredible amounts of plastic and other debris in the ocean. About 2 km out of town I came to the beach used by the locals. These three lads invited me to swim with them - something that has happened in countries like Turkey and Morocco, but would never happen in Canada or the USA. Cheerful, genuinely friendly boys like these are a joy to be around!
Labuan Bajo - 1b People
Labuan Bajo - 2 People Two younger boys playing together at water's edge.
Labuan Bajo - 3 People Boy in Labuan Bajo with henna colored hair.
Labuan Bajo - 4 People
Labuan Bajo - 5 People
Labuan Bajo - 6 People
Labuan Bajo - 1a Places View of the left side of the town from above.
Labuan Bajo - 1b Places Views of the right side of the town from above.
Labuan Bajo and Environs on East Nusa Tenggara Island (1): Animals, People, Places
Labuan Bajo is the town on the western coast of East Nusa Tenggara where you stay in order to visit the island of Komodo where the ‘dragons’ live. This gallery is set up in the same basic format as the other Asian galleries. People, places, plants, other living creatures. The town itself seems to be dominated by a Muslim population. However, once you go out into the countryside (which I did on a rented motor scooter) it becomes mostly Christian (little churches and other indicators). Indonesia is a complicated country to come to terms with. Hopefully I am mostly just trying to be an honest observer, however, after comparing the islands and four countries visited – and then adding those perceptions into the accumulated computer that is my brain – well, a few tentative theories can’t help but coalesce.