Alor Regency East Nusa Tenggara
The Allure of Kepa Island
Tuesday, November 17, 2015
Our motorcycle stopped in front of a cliff nearly 100 meters high. The sandy path that we had been following for an hour ended abruptly there. A limestone wall was in front of us, trees to the right, and bushes to the left. I decided to get off the motorcycle and walk through the bushes.
My fellow travelers, photographer Aditia Noviansyah and Apo who was giving him a lift, waited on their motorcycle. After pushing through the last layer of brush, clustered between two coconut trees, a stretch of white sand stretched for about a kilometer in front of me. "I had nearly given up hope because of that cliff," said Apo, who it turned out had caught up with me. The 18-year-old native of Alor owned the motorcycles we rented.
Our motorcycle stopped in front of a cliff nearly 100 meters high. The sandy path that we had been following for an hour ended abruptly there. A limestone wall was in front of us, trees to the right, and bushes to the left. I decided to get off the motorcycle and walk through the bushes.
My fellow travelers, photographer Aditia Noviansyah and Apo who was giving him a lift, waited on their motorcycle. After pushing through the last layer of brush,
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