In Reply to: Boat trips to Flores posted by karenandallan on Saturday, 4. February 2006 at 10:29 Bali Time:
ones with a horror backpacker trip story. Over packed boat, not enough mattresses, encountered storm where we discovered that they had 'forgotten' the lifejackets and other safety equipment and thought that we would probably sink, capsize, drown, or whatever, limited food though this was dependant on what they crew were able to catch that day, toilet that was a plank with a hole in it hanging over the side inside a wooden box (and often situated over the tender which was a bit funny) and other passengers who had never been on a boat at sea before and who mostly had none or limited english. Am I glad I did it, yes! Would I do it again, no way! Would I reccomend anybody else to do it? Dont know! But I am surprised that they hasnt been a tourist drowning yet though I'm sure there has been plenty of mutinies (we thought about it) We got it from Sengiggi and it wasnt that cheap either.