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| Situated on a narrow peninsula with flat-topped Gunung Meja and the
active volcano Gunung Ipi at the sea end, the port of ENDE is the
largest town on Flores and provides access for Keli Mutu and Moni. Ende
suffered severe damage in the 1992 earthquake that razed Maumere and
killed several hundred people here. The town still seems shaken by the
whole thing - ramshackle, battered and with little to attract the
tourist other than banks and ferries to other destinations. However,
black-sand beaches stretch down both east and west coasts: the Bajawa
road runs right along the seafront, so just catch a bemo out to Ndao bus
terminal and the beach begins right there. The town is also an ideal
starting point for exploring villages that specialize in ikat weaving.
NGELLA is a weaving village about 30km east from Wolowaru terminal in
Ende, near the coast: take a bemo or truck (Rp1500). |
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