Leaving' Larantuka

August 21, 2013

Today marks our 3rd and final day in the super cute little town of Larantuka, where instead of taking endless photos we signed endless autographs for the kiddies.  

The King of Larantuka drank some palm alcohol for himself and then poured some out for his dead homies.  (He may have called them ancestors, but same difference!)

Fish are friends not food.

The Jr. High School marching band paraded us into town...

…with traditional dancers of course!

Nothing like dragging a foreigner into the traditional dancing for a good laugh!  The foot work here blows Kevin Bacon's dancing out of the water anytime.

U.T.I. in Indo??  No problem!  The staff love us and thanks to our celebrity status our health care and antibiotics were free!!!

Yatchies at the welcoming gala dinner.

Check out the combs in their hair … apparently it's for decoration.  Take a good look at the skirts . . . they take over 2 weeks to make!

Here is cotton getting spun into yarn.

And here is cotton getting woven into fabric...

...with sweet patterns!

I finally tried my chance at the bamboo dance of death.  This was the beginner version - the poles didn't close on your ankle as they just went in a vertical fashion.  Wendy still wiped out though!

I finally got to visit a school!  I checked out the first grade classroom of course.  In this regency, the parents have to pay for school, but the government offers scholarships to those who can't afford it.