On our honeymoon, we went to Labuan Bajo in Flores to take a 2 day boat trip to Rinca and Komodo Island. This was for the sole purpose of seeing the infamous Komodo Dragons. I’d heard so much about them – goodness knows how old they are but I’m pretty sure they’re prehistoric. Famed for…
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Bel Far Niente Or The Art of Doing Nothing
Tom first mentioned this phrase over dinner one night when we were sitting in practical darkness accompanied by the sounds of waves lapping at sand and crickets chirping. We were on Gili Meno, a quiet island just off Lombok, good for, as the local guidebook stated, snorkelling, sunbathing and honeymooning. ‘Bel far niente,’ he said,…