3 Colors

Huge and green forests

Warm sunshine in the morning and noon

Cold air at night

Traditional clothes, sarong as their skirt or pants

Friendly inhabitants, big smile everywhere

Cheap local food, fish, fruits, vegetables...

cassava, or brown rice as their trademark

Modest houses from straw, bamboo, coconut leaves

Transportation by horses, cow carriages

Rocky streets

And the spectacular one is 3 colors lake "KELIMUTU"

This is the sign in naming those characteristics

WELCOME TO FLORES ISLAND!

I always adore this place, where my Dad was born

He lived in a small village Iliwodo, Ndori, Flores, East Nusa Tenggara

before he moved to my hometown, Malang, East Java

I came there when I was two and sixteen years old, twice

It was amazing staying there

Every morning I had my breakfast with fried banana

Lunch with chicken soup and brown rice

Drank coconut water

Dinner with grilled fish, tuna or stingray

Everything cooked traditionally

Took some woods, drew a line by stones,

fired it, and put the wok or pan on it

It tastes more delicious

I played on the beach with my cousins, aunties, uncles

Walked with my bare foot on the white sands

Searched the shells

Sat down in the edge while cleaned up the oranges skin 

and tasted the sweet flavor

The top of it was KELIMUTU lake visitation

Totally gorgeous the view is!!!

When I was there, the colors were black, dark green, bright green

Only in Indonesia this miracle is

I could only stand up and take a deep breath, exhaled it 

Truly fresh air

Soekarno (1st President) monument was still existed, on top of the hill

I felt that my legs seems broken when I climbed it, so high, exhausted

But so excited when I could pass it and sit on a high place

I will show it to the whole world

and memorize it into a book

My next book will be a horror novel,

using Flores island as the setting

Just wait and see

And...I will dedicate it to my beloved uncle,

who has just passed away a month ago

Hope he likes it and reads it from heaven

RIP, Pakdhe...I miss you...

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