i was at the bus station in bima, sumbawa, sleeping on a stopped bus around midnight when i heard about the earthquake through my sister in the algarve! that day i had left lombok in the early morning and when i arrived in sumbawa i got on a bus decided to cross the island and get on a boat to sumba because they only go twice a week and i didn't want to get stuck in hot and dry sumbawa. my bus only went as far as bima and it was run by a really nice group of guys :) one old man and 2 teenagers - all of the fans of Figo ;) the old man told me to sleep on his bus until we'd leave for sape at 4am. it sounded crazy to me... but i did as he said. was setting the alarm clock on my phone when i heard it ringing (wow, hadn't heard that sound for ages!!). it was catarina with news from sumatra. i was fine, as sumbawa is really far from sumatra. but i'm really worried with many of the people i met in that beautiful island! funnily enough... if i had gone to mentawai where i wanted to meet the tribe and make the mythical tattoo... i would have been right at the center of the big mess xx news of the earthquake only reached sumbawa the next day and people were devastated... the only thing that made people smile was the relief of not having a tsunami following the earthquake. then things slowly got back to normal.. as they're so used to the earth shaking around here. i was a bit worried with taking the overnight boat and n was great in finding out the last updates for the tsunami report and all that by sms (obrigada n!) but it turned out the boat would only leave the following day at 10pm. so i was stuck in sape, sumbawa for a whole day and 20 hours! and it turned out to be GREAT :)
sape is a super dry and desolate harbour city without any tourists or tourist sights and it's filled with nice people with great smiles who are happy to just chat with you and talk about the world in general, politics and love and education and the riches of each country and religion and the weather and football and music and anything else :) i enjoyed the time in sape :) and then got on the night boat to sumba xx
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