2014 March
Visited Homestay Karot – Orong in West-Manggarai with Marcel Marung, for evaluation with the community. 10 families participate in Karot Homestay. They have improved their homes, installed toilets, developed activities for their guests – Ikat and basket weaving, Arak production, traditional dancing, hiking. End 2013 volunteer Rianne van Beek spent several weeks in Karot to support the families. We discussed restoration of Rumah Adat – they need to seek funding for this and for installation of road signs to Karot, because without signs the village is difficult to find. We just asked a couple of times along the way.
Karot can be accessed from Labuan Bajo by public transport via Nggorang within 4 hours. Transport from Labuan Bajo to Nggorang ranges from Rp. 10.000 and 15.000 and takes approximately 30 min. From Nggorang, public transport (Autokol) departs from the police station.
For the love of an island 