Part 2
So the Wooky was confined to the hut for the first week in Saparua recovering from dengue only emerging briefly each evening to try to eat something to keep his strength up. In between checking on the patient, my time was spent swinging in one of the beach hammocks, reading or simply gazing out to sea. It was a gruelling schedule and at mealtimes I relaxed with a beer, chatted to our fellow guests and met some interesting people.
Part 1
The Wooky was incapacitated with dengue fever for the first half of our stay at the simple paradise that is Putih Lessi Indah on the small island of Saparua in the Lease Islands, Central Maluku (across the water from the relatively large island of Seram). He spent the first week doing little but resting and me, well, I didn’t do very much at all, and I did it in very beautiful and peaceful surroundings.
So we found ourselves back in Bali and were resigned to spending a week to ten days here sorting out our visas. It rained almost the whole time – proper tropical downpours.
After travelling around more remote part of Indonesia it was a bit of a shock to the system arriving at Denpasar airport. It was taxi mayhem and we were pounced upon by drivers from all directions as soon as we exited the terminal.
Visas
I’m no expert and we both agree there is a little ambiguity around the different tourist/social visas. so I thought I would share what we have learned
(1) 30 day visa on arrival (free) Continue reading
Kendari was intended as a visa stop and nothing more. We arrived with 6 working days to renew our visa. We were feeling a bit of pressure.
This town in south east Sulawesi is not on the tourist trail but we had chosen it because we could easily reach our next stop, the Maluku Islands, from here.
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