WE HAVE BEEN TAKING TOO MUCH FROM MOTHER EARTH, IT IS TIME TO PUT SOMETHING BACK

FLORES

WE HAVE BEEN TAKING TOO MUCH FROM MOTHER EARTH, IT IS TIME TO PUT SOMETHING BACK

Nelly AApril 8, 2020April 12, 2020

KAMPUNG PALUE, FLORES, 3 March 2020. JOINING THE PALUE WEAVERS/ENVIRONMENTALISTS OF FLORES, INDONESIA TO SAVE THE PLANET. For years, the Earth was begging for us to behave ourselves, just a...

SOLOR

Exploring Solor’s Textiles and Culture 2020 – At Bubua Tagamu Village, South Coast of Solor

Nelly AMarch 15, 2020March 17, 2020

Solor is a small island in the Solor archipelago. on 27th-29th February 2020, Piter Ame of Yayasan PKBM Bensa Ema has invited us to visit several weaving villages around West Solor...

FLORES

WE NEED A GOOD BALANCE BETWEEN CULTURAL PRESERVATION, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVATION.

Nelly AMarch 12, 2020March 24, 2020

These ladies are members of a small weavers group in Larantuka, eastern Flores Indonesia. My team spent half a day here last week, learning about their culture and traditions and...

FLORES

Flores Adventure – A day in Bena Village, Ngada Region of East Nusa Tenggara

Nelly ASeptember 22, 2016January 5, 2018

We left the Manggarai region with amazing memories in our minds. So much we need to celebrate on the beauty of the part of Flores we left behind, but some...

FLORES

FLORES ADVENTURE – RUTENG, THE LAND OF THE CACI WARRIORS

Nelly ASeptember 19, 2016January 3, 2018

Our next stop after Lingko rice fields was Ruteng. Ruteng is a small town on the western end of Flores Island, just a few hours journey from Labuan Bajo. Ruteng...

FLORES

Flores Adventure – Cancar, The Magical Lingko Spiderweb Rice field

Nelly ASeptember 17, 2016January 3, 2018

Our journey through Todo was very interesting, passing busy villagers with their busy lives. We met so many people along the way, particularly curious children. I cannot forget the moment...

FLORES

Flores Adventure – exploring Lembor, en route to Wae Rebo

Nelly ASeptember 13, 2016January 3, 2018

We set off from Labuan Bajo towards Ruteng not too early in the morning. We got ourselves ready for this journey in a laidback manner. After a relaxing morning and...

KOMODO ISLANDS

Komodo Adventure, Part 2 – Pink beach

Nelly ASeptember 10, 2016January 3, 2018

The Komodo Islands If you are one of a kind of explorer that always curious and eager to see the namesake dragons that exist nowhere else on this planet but...