{"id":2470,"date":"2011-08-15T10:46:56","date_gmt":"2011-08-15T10:46:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/?p=2470"},"modified":"2025-10-01T16:32:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T16:32:15","slug":"photos-from-flores-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/?p=2470","title":{"rendered":"Photos from Flores Island"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We bailed out of our planned 28 hour passage to Labuan Bajo after a few hours.\u00a0 The winds were too light to sail and there was an uncomfortable swell from the north.\u00a0 So we anchored out in Ciendah and tried again the next morning.\u00a0 Same outcome &#8212; light winds and uncomfortable swells.\u00a0 So we are now in Riung (since yesterday) and looking to leave tomorrow.\u00a0 We had a nice walk around Riung today and bought some fruits and veggies at the market.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some photos taken since we left Kupang.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>M.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2471\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2471\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_0638.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2471\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_0638.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_0638.jpg 640w, https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_0638-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2471\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">View overlooking the bay at Batu Boga, Flores<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2473\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2473\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/P1000611.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2473\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/P1000611.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/P1000611.jpg 640w, https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/P1000611-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2473\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Floating fish shack with Mt. Bolling, Adonara Island in background<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2474\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2474\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/P1000656.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-2\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2474\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/P1000656.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/P1000656.jpg 640w, https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/P1000656-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2474\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fisherman prepare to go to sea at sunset, Batu Boga<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2478\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2478\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_05101.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-3\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2478\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_05101.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_05101.jpg 640w, https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_05101-300x217.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2478\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Krokos Islets with Lembata Island in the background<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2480\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2480\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_05751.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-4\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2480\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_05751.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_05751.jpg 640w, https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_05751-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2480\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Children, Waimalung<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2482\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2482\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/P1000596.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-5\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2482\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/P1000596.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/P1000596.jpg 640w, https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/P1000596-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2482\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Volcano, Lembata Island<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2484\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2484\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/P1000620.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-6\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2484\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/P1000620.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/P1000620.jpg 640w, https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/P1000620-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2484\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Catholic Church, Tanjung Gedong<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2485\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2485\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/P1000138.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-7\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2485\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/P1000138.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/P1000138.jpg 640w, https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/P1000138-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2485\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Laura shops for veggies, Wailamung<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We bailed out of our planned 28 hour passage to Labuan Bajo after a few hours.\u00a0 The winds were too light to sail and there was an uncomfortable swell from the north.\u00a0 So we anchored out in Ciendah and tried again the next morning.\u00a0 Same outcome &#8212; light winds and uncomfortable swells.\u00a0 So we are &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/?p=2470\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Photos from Flores Island&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2473,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-indonesia"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/P1000611.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2470","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2470"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2470\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}