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ENDE-SOUTHEAST FLORES

The capital of Flores, situated on the S coast. The center of the town is W of the town but the town itself spread from W to E in 6km.
If you travel from W by bus, you have to change to local bemo 2km W from the town. From N, almost E side of the town. The hotels are spread through out the town. You have to depend of bemos. They all try to charge more, 5000/p. You can bargain down to 2000/p easily. To get the local price, 1000/p. You have to push a bit harder with lots of smiles.
The old part of the town is W side, near the beach. Local market and shops are here. The new center is NE from the Katedoral which is E of the old section. The big road A. Yani connect The old section to the airport and E side of the town.

Ende Regency is one of the six regencies which divide the island of Flores, East Nusa Tenggara Province, Indonesia. Ende is the capital of Ende Regency. The population of Ende Regency is 236,616 (2003).

Situated on a narrow peninsula with flat-topped Gunung Meja and the active volcano Gunung Ipi at the sea end, the port of ENDE is the largest town on Flores and provides access for Keli Mutu and Moni. Ende suffered severe damage in the 1992 earthquake that razed Maumere and killed several hundred people here. The town still seems shaken by the whole thing - ramshackle, battered and with little to attract the tourist other than banks and ferries to other destinations. However, black-sand beaches stretch down both east and west coasts: the Bajawa road runs right along the seafront, so just catch a bemo out to Ndao bus terminal and the beach begins right there. The town is also an ideal starting point for exploring villages that specialize in ikat weaving