{"id":9490,"date":"2020-02-29T07:44:41","date_gmt":"2020-02-29T12:44:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sunflowerit.ca\/travel\/auto-draft\/"},"modified":"2025-07-03T15:03:42","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T19:03:42","slug":"volcano-komodo-dragons-and-more-tourists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sunflowerit.ca\/travel\/south-east-asia-2020\/trips-asia\/other-trips\/volcano-komodo-dragons-and-more-tourists\/","title":{"rendered":"Volcano, Komodo Dragons and more tourists"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

2020.02.21 \u2013 Tambolaka[Sumba Island] \u2013 Ende (Indonesia) \u2013 We stretched our morning breakfast time as our flight to Ende was scheduled for mid-afternoon. At 1:00pm, we took the hotel shuttle to the nearby airport. Not surprisingly the check-in counter for WingAir, a discount airline of LionAir, was not even opened when we arrived. Later when we managed to check-in, we were given seats in the first row of the plane. We experienced the first hand notorious reputation of WingAir for being late (or even sometimes canceling flights with few passengers). Thankfully our flight did take place with only one hour delay. In Ende, our hotel airport shuttle van had been waiting for us. We were pleasantly surprised by the new and modern hotel we booked. The staff were friendly and spoke good English \u2013 a big difference from our experience in Sumba. In the evening, we walked to the restaurant in the neighborhood for supper. It appeared the locals did not see too many tourists as we were frequently greeted on the streets by young and old with \u201cHello Mister\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n