Togean Islands - Fishing

so happy - until she got a big coral instead of a big fish

the team, to the right and left our local fisherman (they are so small...), and...

crazy Mardi.. who wasnt event with us, but like to get attention ;)...

Togean Islands - Food

Accomodation in the Togeans always includes 3 meals, this is our dinner.

At Fadhila Cottages we had a own garden on the islands hills to grow fruit, veggies and herbs. In the pic is Mardi, one of the guest house´s guys, showing me the jungle (and obviously the garden)

Getting fresh coconuts for free...

And we went fishing ourselves...

Togean Islands - How to get there (ferries)

Puspita: Wooden ferry goes from Gorontalo to Togeans to Ampara and back. 2009 it left Gorontalo every wednesday night. arriving at the togeans 15h later. In the Togeans it stops at Dolong, Malenge, Katupat, Wakei with approx 1-2h loading unloading time each.

Tuna Tomini is the car ferry that goes Gorontalo - Wakai (only) - Ampana and leaves Wakai every Sunday afternoon towards Gorontalo.

Togean Islands - from dusk till dawn

Our bungalow (No 8) ! located directly at the beach, very private nice little corner. At high tide 1m away from the water.

sunset

sunrise

sunrise view from our bungalow...

Togean Islands - Sunsets I

We ended up staying all of our 10 days on the islands at Fadhila Cottages just off Katupat. This is the view from our jetty.

Togean Islands - What is it about?

Palmtrees

Little islands accessible only by boat

Diving

And secluded beaches / beach bungalows
Doesnt that sound nice?

Sulawesi - Togean Islands

Here we go, some pictures from paradise... Togean Islands are a group of islands in the Tomini Bay of Sulawesi, Indonesia. It is difficult to get there, communication infrastructure doesnt exist in many places etc. Therefore tourism is still low... I will tellour story by uploading a small selection of many incredible pics we took...
however, a quite nice overview of many islands is here:
http://www.traveltwins.dk/SE%20ASIA/Indonesia/togean%20islands%20site.htm

And if you need a copy of the map in greater detail, send me an email...

Lao - Mr Ley 5623954

Oyur boat driver - Mr Ley

Mr Ley will take you to the little island, and lets you stay for as long as you want, providing shelter and ice... bring your own food and approximately 10 USD each!!

Its been a beautiful day, nice driving, the boat the islands, peace and a stunning sunset (again)...
To finish a great day, we ahd some fish at the lake and stayed in the best accom we had so far on the bike trip...
but we are looking forward to go back to our lovely guesthouse in vientiane!

Lao - 2 locos at Nam Ngum Lake

How much does the world cost?

Lao - Nam Ngum Lake

The Nam Ngum Dam was build to generate electricity in a huge hydro powerplant. swamping a huge valley, flooding many villages but also creating a beautiful lake with hundreds of little villages - which used to be the mountain tops of course...

Once at the lake, we chartered a boat and drove out to some of the islands for 2h. We found a little paradise, an islands barely the size of a living room, but with fireplace, selfbuild campsite and 5 trees ;)

there it is...

Lao - On the way to Nam Ngum Dam

River fishing next to the street

coming back from a doubtful waterfall we never found...

Lao - Ban Pako Eco Resort

taking a dip in the resorts fresh water spring next to the herbal sauna... nice idea and probably sells good.. however, the sauna was quite rottened and the waterhole rather a joke and definitely not worth the hike through the jungle...

my own little Ban Pako KuschelMonster - 100% lovely

Sunset activities at the Nam Ngum

The resort looked as if it was done really well, 5 years ago... and hasnt been taken care of ever since.. after a night in the middle of our room, everywhere else it rained through the roof... we got a free breakfast at least... but the upscale prices are not justified anymore, for sure!
It is located beautifully though, as the sunset pics might show...