Thanks for your kind words… I am becoming optimistic about Flores.

That’s a great recommendation. I think we might get a couple of days in there. We’ve just had visa hell, a complete farce, which I’ll blog about. So a couple of days on an island seem just the ticket. Any recommendations of good dive stores? The one that divers highly recommended to us has closed (Dany SSS). I can’t, 100%, say that there isn’t much in Sumbawa, as we didn’t do the tombs and similar. There is, also, a hotel in Sumbawa Besar that offers diving — it’s called something like the Cerabata Beach Bungalows, outside town, the guy at Laguna Biru told us about it. As regards Sumbawa, I think if you put your mind to it, you could find things to do — the Periplus map identifies traditional villages, and there must be some gorgeous walks if you could find a guide. And the West Coast is very, very beautiful. To be honest, though, Halmahera and Maluku in general has so much more to offer than Sumbawa.

Ah… I’m the eternal optimist. So I figure things are going to go just great from Sunday. If not today! It’s sold here in clear plastic bottles, so if it is the same thing it’s an Indonesian licensed brand. I haven’t tried it. I probably should.