Saturday, October 19th

We were all anxious to leave and go back to Labuan Bajo to a nice hotel and better restaurants. Tim booked a car and driver to take us back. The driver spoke no English but understood ‘stop’, a word we used a lot as we wanted to take pictures along the way.  We appreciated that he went slowly and confidently around the same up/downhill hairpin turns.                                           

Drying and winnowing rice by the roadside

 We were delighted to be dropped off at ‘LaPrima’, a beachside hotel with a pool, and a spectacular view from our 6^th floor room.  Yahoo! A shower in hot water, pool warm as a bathtub, air conditioning, and linens on comfortable beds:  one extreme to the other!