What do you get when you have 28 backpackers and a boat that sleeps only 20? A very good time, surprisingly.
Indonesians are not necessarily dishonest, per se, but we were sold a huge lie. Luckily this lie ended up being a great thing.
We wanted to go from Lombok to Flores and the best and cheapest way seemed to be the Komodo cruise, which was a 4d/4n boat ride to a few islands, including the highlight- Komodo Island to visit Komodo National Park to see none other than---komodo dragons! Our travel agent man told us there were 26 others going, a truth, but on the brochure it said the boat could carry a maximum of 20 passengers. We asked about that before booking but he said we were taking a bigger boat, a lie.
When we arrived at the boat, we saw this:
The travel agent dude also told us there were showers on the boat, yet another lie. For us 28 on board, (oh and another 6 crew) we had one measly bathroom. With no shower. No running water. Just one stinking toilet.
My mouth hung open for about 5 minutes after seeing it for the first time.
The boat was separated into 5 sections- the top which slept 20, the bottom covered part which was our eating/hang out area and also slept 6, the front uncovered 'layout' spot, the kitchen, and MY bedroom, or what we will call my bedroom. We paid and extra $30 each and got this weird separate room attached to the kitchen. Anyways it was well worth the extra moolah.
While we had some lies told to us, and some mishaps (leaving everyone's whiskey on Lombok) we made up for it by seeing stunning islands and making due with beer.
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