WAINGAPU - SUMBA - THE FINAL STAY - 21 AUGUST 2019

WAINGAPU


COSTS

Tanto Hotel - 550 000R with an Indonesian breakfast

car to airport 100 000R

Wings Air flight - flight coast plus 15 kg of baggage each.


THE STORY

We arrived at Waingapu and stayed at the Tanto Hotel. We settled into our room but soon changed to another room as the cupboard was doused moth balls, which gives me a terrible headache.

After recovering from the toxic abuse of the other room, we set off into town for some panadol. I was still sick with the sinus infection and Jacinta seemed to coming down with it as well. It was a long motor exhaust fume walk to the apotek (chemist).

After that, we backtracked to Sacca’s Restaurant where I had a great baked fish and Jacinta had baked chicken for dinner.

The next day we woke. packed, had breakfast and organised a car to the airport. There was a free shuttle bus but it was leaving a little late for us.

At the airport, we had no problems with the Wings flight to Denpasar, Bali. We had paid for 15 kgs each and the bags were slightly over but they didn’t charge us for it. The surfboards were 200 000R each but this time I didn’t have to pay for the weight of the boards as well.

WAINGAPU - SUMBA - BETWEEN STAYS - 16 AUGUST 2019

WAINGAPU

15 AUGUST

We arrived safely at Tanto Hotel, checked in and settled into our room.

We walked to the left of the hotel to the Sacca Reto and had lunch. Nice!

Back at the hotel we tried to sort out plane tickets. To cut a long frustrating 4 hours story shorter, we were successful. Next was easy – grandkumala in Bali and airport pick up by Nyoman.

We had a walk to the supermarket and stocked up on supplies for Tarimbang and had a coffee in a cafe just outside the market.

16 AUGUST

I had the worse sleep. I wasn’t feeling well with a very sore throat and a bit of a temperature the night before. The traffic was noisy, the room next door was noisy to midnight and the mosque called to prayer at about 4:30 am and then I didn’t get back to sleep so I was a bit of a mess.

WAINGAPU - SUMBA - BETWEEN STAYS - 9 AUGUST 2019

WAINGAPU

We stayed at Waingapu three times during our Sumba trip. Car travelling tended to be better than the truck/buses but it was still tiring because of the roads and the time it took between destinations.

8 AUGUST

We arrived in Waingapu from Tarinbang two hours later. Marthen drove a little wildly and the roads were narrow and windy but we made it safe and sound after dropping Peter off at the domestic airport.

We settled into a nice clean room at the Tanto Hotel and spent the afternoon catching up on internet and messenger.                                                                                                                                                                                                                

When it cooled down we wandered into the town and found a supermarket where we bought up on supplies for Kelala.

We had dinner then an aircon sleep.

9 AUGUST

I woke early and caught up with some internet. When Jacinta awoke we had breakfast – Indonesian style and packed our gear for Kelala, the next leg of our journey.

We still had a bit of time before leaving so I went for a walk through town to find Venny’s Bakery. It was a cool walk – saying hello to a few people, checking out the churches and buildings and having a longer conversation with an Indonesian man who had hair the same colour as mine.

Back at the hotel, We did our final pack and boarded our car for Kelala.