Marcel (our guide), Karina (Greece), Mirka and Marek (Slovakia), and Georges (Greece)As I went for morning walk, I ran into Georges, Karina, Mirka and Marek, who were looking for another person to share the cost of renting a guide and bemo for the day to visit the traditional villages and hot springs around Bajawa, so I joined them.
Coffee fruit
Vanilla beans
Cinnamon tree
The village of Luba. The Umbrella-like structures are called ngadhus, representing female spirit. The little houses are called bhagas, representing male spirit.
Satellite dish in the background- the village is not so primitive as it looks
Robert and Marta from Poland. I met them on the drive from Ruteng to Bajawa.
The village of Bena
The buffalo horns show the number of animals sacrificed during a festival, as well as the wealth of the family.
Stone totems
View to the sea from Bema
The hot springs - the river on the left was cold and the river on the right was very hot. You can find a place to lay down in the middle, getting alternating currents of cold and hot.
The village of Bela: Georges, teaching the children a game.
I sat and talked with this woman for a while. She has 5 children, from 7 years old to 6 months old. When I showed her this photo of herself, she stared and stared at it for the longest time. I wonder how often she has seen herself.
Laundry in the village of Bela
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