Indonesia - Rote Island

Before going to Rote island you have to stay a night in Kupang. We ended up staying in a Mexican themed place, that had beautiful tile work and just very quirky in general.

Then we arrived at Rote to Anugura Surf Resort, it's right by the ocean and has stunning sunset views out the front. Meals are included in the board here so it has a really nice social vibe. We made some really nice friends who have been coming here for the last 30 years or so. Rote is pretty remote but it sounds like it has built up in the past few years. Back when they were first coming for surf trips there was no running water or electricity. Now they have filtered water, electricity and our room even has AC, so we felt pretty spoilt.

Beautiful cove on the East coast of Rote

A church made to look like a ship, think it's the ark??

Then we completed our Open Water Padi, we loved it and I'm now totally hooked on diving!!

Toad Fish

Us diving

Reef shark

Our dive group with Mike from Rote Dive Adventures

Heliana Island where we dived

I've tried to be restrained with puppie pictures... there a lot more where these came from. There is a litter of 6, the poor mum!

Some cute kids

Cheeky goat!

The local Rote ice cream man! I have tried to befriend him but he hasn't stopped by us yet.

This is the local Nemberala market, the local produce looked stunning.

Paddleboard out the front of the resort

We went on a little outing with our friends we'd made to 300 steps, which had more like 415? Beautiful view and saw some more rural areas on the drive out to the steps.