FedUpFormerDE (Monday, 22 July 2024 03:54)

Anne is an AMAZING resource motivated by altrusim not profit, a real rarity in this age of overtourism and instragram influencers (read: untermenschen!) living like leeches by exposing places for profit or ego. She contributes her time to help both travellers and locals. Good karma abounding.

Birgit (Thursday, 18 July 2024 10:51)

Via Anne zijn we in contact gekomen met onze chauffeur Mr Ivan. We zouden in Maumere onze reis over Flores met hem starten. Omdat de vlucht van Labuan Bajo gecanceld werd konden we Maumere niet bereiken en waren we een dag eerder dan gepland in Ende. Gelukkig bleek hij ons ook die dag al te kunnen ophalen. We hebben een fantastische tijd op Flores gehad dankzij hem. Hij is een goede chauffeur, spreekt goed Engels, een man met humor, hij bracht ons veel gezelligheid en we zijn op plekken gekomen die we zonder hem niet hadden kunnen bezoeken. Ook wist hij heel veel over de natuur en geschiedenis van Flores en Indonesië. Hij heeft onze reis nog specialer en onvergetelijker gemaakt. Heel veel dank aan Ibu Anne!!

Andrii Derypasko (Friday, 05 July 2024 15:00)

Anne quickly responsed to my question about transport in Flores and gave me several options to get from Maumere to Labuan Bajo. Thank you so much! I really did not believe that I find something online. 10 million thanks!

Nathalie and Lucas (Monday, 01 July 2024 15:04)

We spent a beautiful week in Flores in May thanks to Anne. She gave us the number of a driver to organize our trip and it was wonderfull. Well organised, a lot of communication and a perfect way to visit the Island.
Anne is very professionnal and so nice. She helped us a lot. Thank you again for your help and support. Nathalie and Lucas

Adeline Tan (Friday, 28 June 2024 15:07)

Thank you Anne, for a most informative website - which helped me to plan the 4-day classic tour of Flores from Maumere to Labuan Bajo!

Unfortunately, I was unable to visit Maumere as my flight was cancelled due to ash from the Mt Lewotobi eruption.

Nonetheless, my driver whom Anne recommended - Rino - was very efficient in getting me on a drive from Bajawa (where my flight had been rerouted) to Ende (where he drove to himself). It made the experience a lot more bearable! And I suppose I now have an excuse to visit again! �

Rino himself was a great driver, guide, and friend. He was always early (not just punctual �), patient, answered all my dumb and not-so-dumb questions, and made many stops along the way so I could take a gazillion photos. I feel genuinely thankful for the opportunity to have seen this part of Indonesia, which not many people know about and, more importantly, for all the wonderful people in Flores who have allowed me to be a part of your lives - even if only for a short while.

Once again, thank you for doing what you do, Anne! I’ll definitely be back and hopefully, we’ll be able to meet in-person too. ��

coolsuly (Saturday, 22 June 2024 17:36)

Dear Ms Anne, We would like to express our heartly appreciation of what you have been doing to the people of Flores-Indonesia.

In this material world, when all is measured by money, you have proven that it's not always the case. You dedicated your precious time and also your own financial means to support and increase the life of people in Flores by making such a complete, updated/current and honest information about this beautiful island.

Based on your honest and fair information about the associated cost incurred and very well explained about the driver, road situation and the itinerary, we finally made the decision to visit this island. If we do not come across your webpage, we would not visit this island.

Before we come across this webpage, we had contacted a different driver and his tariff for car rental and his service was 2 Million rupiah/122 USD/114 euro just for one day. I found that the price is ridiculous but as we did not know any other information, we were not able to gauge this-just the feeling. Fortunately, we came across this page and you have helped us to find a very good driver (Mr/Pa Donatus) and rent his car with a fair cost. We enjoyed our road trip with Pa Donatus. He was an experienced driver and knows Flores very well. We had a nice memorable journey in Flores.

Once again, we thank you for your time and sacrifice to entertain us with our endless questions even though you do not have any financial gain by doing this. Please continue your very good work to support people in Flores.

Note : our road trip was from 18 April 2024 to 22 April 2024.

Sebastiaan (Friday, 07 June 2024 12:06)

Thank you, Anne Mieke, for helping us with planning our trip around Flores and getting us in touch with Donatus as our driver and Uni as our guide around Bajawa.

We had the most wonderful 14 days roundtrip around the island. I can highly recommend Donatus as driver. His English is good, he’s calm and he drives safe. He also was good with our children (age 2&4).

I can also recommend Uni to anyone for your days in the Bajawa area. He guided us for three days. He’s also calm, has lots of knowledge about the area and can arrange a wonderful sleepover in Tololela traditional village. He included our children with every activity we did and really took time for them. They loves him and Donatus as well.

What a wonderful trip we had!

Scott (Tuesday, 07 May 2024 12:51)

Anne was extremely helpful in arranging a driver from Maumere to Ende for us (Mr Sonny).
During the trip we visiting Kelimatu for sunrise and stopped for photos at many other scenic spots along the way. Everything was very smooth, and Mr Sonny was professional and only too happy to recommend spots of interest along the way.
For us there was an added bonus as we had the good fortune to meet Anne on our arrival at the airport at Maumere as she was in town updating information for the website.
A fantastic experience .

Erik en Danielle (Friday, 12 April 2024 00:36)

We willen even ons ervaringen terugkoppelen van onze guide/ driver Pak Sipri
Het is alleen maar lof! Wat een aardige behulpzame professionele top kerel!
Hij was ze geld dubbel en dwars waard. Wilde ons echt een goede tijd bezorgen en dat is gelukt!
Flores was überhaupt super! Wat een aardige mensen, lekker eten en mooie natuur!
Nu weer veilig in b&b world wat ook een aanrader is met fijn zwembad,.
Veel dank voor je tips! We hebben er een super mooie herinnering bij.

Alex & Wulan (Friday, 05 April 2024 17:55)

Hi, we just want to express our sheer gratitude both to our excellent driver Donatus but also to Bu Anne who supported us with great advice both through this website but also over e-mail. We had a very nice trip to Flores and without the two of you, we are sure our trip would not be as memorable and succesful.

We set out on a relatively ambitious week long overland trip (we went to Kelimutu and back) and our driver Donatus really showed proffesionalism, local knowledge and flexibillity. We had a very memorable trip with lots of good fruits (sorry for the durian fiesta), village visits, beautiful scenery (despite shifting weather) and the friendly people of Flores. The small cozy homestays along the route was also an experience in itself.

We can highly recommend both Anne as a resource on Flores and Donatus as a driver and resource on Mainland Flores.

Mbana Rewo :)

Lena Granqvist (Thursday, 28 March 2024 03:01)

We can not express enough how pleased and satisfied we were with our excellent driver, Donatus. He took care of us as we would have been his family and with extra thoughtfulness for my mother 80 years. Always in time, prepared with a clean car. Never stopping to give answers to our millions of questions about the interesting life on the island.

He had a positive and professional approach. Driving always with safety as a goal.

We got memories for life!

Wendy and Curt (Thursday, 15 February 2024 11:29)

Thanks to discovering this website and wonderful suggestions from Anne Mieke, our 11-day trip through Flores went extremely well. The driver recommended, Mesakh, was safe, knowledgeable and good company along the way. He picked us up at the airport in Maumere, drove us from Larantuka to Labuan Bajo, where he dropped us off at the airport. He was much more than a driver, advising us on places to see, eat and shop.

The site has suggested activities with plenty of choices that suited us well. There was so much to explore, from churches to caves to craters as well as historical sites, traditional villages and agriculture. We will need another trip to see more!

Anne Mieke has developed a wonderful resource to support local tourism in Flores and she spent valuable time responding to our questions and making thoughtful recommendations based on our needs. And in every place we stayed the owners knew her!
Bravo and many thanks!

Felix (Monday, 30 October 2023 07:25)

Hi Anne
In September, the four of us did our 3 week trip through Indonesia, including Flores. The arrangement with our driver Sipri worked out perfectly. He was everything we could ask for, reliable, safe driver, friendly, knowledgeable and his English was at a good level. We really can recommend Sipri. So thank you very much for bringing us in contact, your knowledgeable services are highly appreciated.
Best, Felix and family

Jan & Mike (Saturday, 21 October 2023 08:28)

We have just returned from our six week adventure in Indonesia, the first part being an overland car journey to Maumere.

Thank you so much for referring Donatus to us as our driver in Flores. Mike and I were very happy with the service that Donatus provided from the time he met us at Labuan Bajo airport to when he dropped us in Maumere six days later.

Donatus was a safe and steady driver with a reliable and comfortable car. He listened to what we wanted, or did not want to do, and made suggestions which improved our experience. He was always on time to
pick us up in the morning after he had stayed somewhere in town, rather than our accommodation which was usually out of town.

After Donatus had dropped us at our final hotel, 10km out of Maumere, he re-appeared an hour later with Mike's shoulder bag that had been left under a seat in the car. That really saved us a lot of angst because Mike's prescription sunglasses were in the bag.

We would thoroughly recommend Donatus as a driver to anyone thinking of tripping in Flores.

And, most importantly, we would like to thank Anne Mieke for her help and her wonderful, informative website.

Raymond en Shirley Schmitz (Wednesday, 04 October 2023 13:41)

In de maand augustus 2023 hebben wij een 8 daagse rondreis gemaakt door Flores. Via Anne miek hebben wij onze driver Robbie gevonden. Een zeer bescheiden, aardige man die ons naar alle hotspots heeft gereden. Onderweg heeft hij ook hier en daar een gids geregeld en een boottour bij 17 Islands. Niks was hem teveel! Anne miek bedankt voor alle informatie en reisschema! Een onvergetelijke reis!!

Barbara (Thursday, 31 August 2023 13:51)

I was searching for information about Flores and casually found Anne’s website. It was so well done that I thought it was from a travel agency :)
I first wrote Anne for information about the driver but then she helped me not only with the driver but also with the organisation of my whole tour (9 days from Maumere to Labuan Bajo). I wrote Anne so many times and every time she was patient and gave me precious suggestions (about things to see, planes, arrangements, etc).
Last but not least the driver she found for us (Mr. Mesakh) was perfect: always on time, reliable, gave us a lot of information about the island, drove carefully, stopped whenever and wherever we needed.
Our tour was perfect and Anne played a great part in this success. Thank you!

Ronald Westdorp (Sunday, 20 August 2023 10:45)

Searching for info about flores found Anne mieke her website with so much info made with passion , so she aranged for us driver Rino and with him we had an amazing 8 days Roadtrip from maumere to Labuan Bajo . Rino was perfect for us we had so much fun and every day we so different beautiful things . Thanks a lot Anne Mieke and Rino .

Lilly & Eduard (Wednesday, 16 August 2023 07:33)

Enthousiast gemaakt door de website van Anne Mieke zijn we met onze drie kinderen in een week van Labuan Bajo via Ruteng, Bajawa, Riung en Moni naar Maumere gereisd.

De chauffeur Donatus, die we via Anne Mieke kregen, was geweldig. Vriendelijk, zorgzaam, een goede chauffeur op de vele kronkelwegen en met veel ideeën wat we onderweg konden doen.

Hoogtepunten waren de boottocht naar de 17 eilanden, de Hot Springs, de beklimming van de vulkaan en de verschillende zonsopkomsten en ondergangen.

Bedankt Anne Mieke en Donatus!

Karel & company (Saturday, 01 April 2023 21:08)

We send a big thank you once again to Anne Mieke for preparing our program via Flores from Maumere to Labuan Bajo. The program was full of interesting places and experiences and we managed almost all of it. Fun from sunrise to sunset.
Guide Mr. Mesakh was amazing and we thank him for his perfect ride around Flores, which given the state of the roads was often an admirable feat. He took care of us carefully - banana time, water and lunch time ;-) and helped us solve all the problems that suddenly appeared - undelivered luggage from Kupang, insufficient hotel booking and express laundry.
Thank you both so much for the Flores trip.

Jeroen and claire (Wednesday, 01 March 2023 00:40)

We just finished a 8 day inlandtour, with a lot of help from Anne Mieke. She Made a whole plan for us, including tips for overnightstay,
recommandad driver/guide Mr. Mesakh and gave information About Entrance fees. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge about Flores and show us the best places. It Made it so much easier.
Mr. Mesakh was A very good driver, the roads are Not easy but he knows them well. He Provided us with bananas and water and information about Flores, indonesian food, Words.
We really had a great 8 days Thanks to Anne Mieke (the guesthouse she recommanded) and Mr. Mesakh.

Mark & family (Monday, 28 November 2022 21:17)

Every country/island/region should be so lucky as to have someone like Anne Mieke, putting travelers in touch with local guides and drivers, answering questions and giving information.

We're so grateful for Anne Mieke's help organizing a driver for our trip to Wae Rebo with the limited time we had, and answering any question that arose, both before and after the trip. We were so happy we were able to see a small part of the island, and can't wait to return some day to see more.

Thank you, Anne Mieke!

Salina (Friday, 02 September 2022 17:00)

Wij hebben zojuist onze reis door Flores afgerond. Ik had werkelijk geen idee hoe we dat allemaal moesten regelen maar gelukkig kwam ik op deze site terecht. Anne Mieke heeft ons er regelmatig doorheen 'gereden' als een gids op afstand, of het voor haar nu dag of nacht was. Wel met een fysiek aanwezige chauffeur natuurlijk die zij geregeld had. Een geweldige, lieve en geduldige chauffeur. Gelukkig had ik de tickets nog niet allemaal geboekt want dan had ik waarschijnlijk nog geen 10% gezien van wat ik nu heb gezien. Anne Mieke heeft een perfecte trip voor ons uitgestippeld, naar onze wensen geluisterd, en we vielen van het ene adembenemende stuk van Flores in het andere. Dit had ik zonder hulp echt niet voor elkaar gekregen. Alles was compleet en perfect. En we hebben uiteindelijk veel minder betaald dan ik had verwacht dankzij de tussenkomst van Anne Mieke. Zij regelt dit allemaal gratis overigens. Alles gaat direct naar de lokale bevolking omdat ik heb begrepen dat haar hart op dit eiland ligt. Nu ik Flores heb gezien snap ik het nog ook. Wij hebben veel gereisd maar dit is het meest mooie, bijzondere, adembenemende eiland dat ik ooit heb gezien. Dank je Anne Mieke, zonder jou hadden wij nooit zo'n mooie, complete reis mogen beleven en zeker niet op zo'n soepele manier.
Tip voor reizigers: boek de vluchten naar/op/van Flores niet voordat je trip is uitgestippeld want dan mis je meer dan de helft.

Lucas (Friday, 02 September 2022 14:23)

Very comprehensive and up to date info of the island. We did a two weeks trip by scooter around the island (very recommended) and this blog was incredibly useful (the best source by far). Also, we asked Anne a question and she was very kind. Great job Anne, thanks for your hard work :)

Donno (Wednesday, 15 June 2022 20:34)

do you know or even you have been to Pulau Komba ? Thanks... great website, I'm Indonesian but i can"t build the website as you do . Salute

Christian, Vienna (Sunday, 24 January 2021 14:17)

Die Homepage ist eine Wucht! Würde mir mehr solche Informationsseiten wünschen. Auch hilft Anne Mieke persönlich gerne weiter und ist offen für alle Fragen. Vielen Dank und alles Gute!

Gabriel (Tuesday, 29 September 2020 18:51)

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Mery (Tuesday, 28 January 2020 10:45)

Anne was amazing and SUPER helpful! She helped us to find a local drive, Jack who is super reliable, friendly, polite and very helpful! Jack was so flexible and drives very carefully. We went to 10 days trip from Maumere- Labuanbajo with Jack. Anne designed several itineraries for us as option( due to rainy season ). We followed Anne's itinerary and consulting this everyday with Jack if it is possible due to the current weather. The trip was AMAZING! Thank you so much Anne for helping us and more important Anne helps the local Flores people. She doesn't get any cents from the trip she designed for us. Such a warm heart!! Tips for traveller, pls bring some clothes or toys (if possible no plastic) if you have some places in your luggage. the local people was so happy to receive this small gifts. Also for such long trips, ask the driver in advance to buy a water in a gallon as well as the water pump for the gallon. We brought our own bottles and refill this. With this, you helped Flores to avoid the plastic bottles and reduce rubbish. We hope that Flores will become rubbish free island one day. Flores is just BEAUTIFUL and amazing!!! Thank you again ANNE and JACK for your help. We had such an amazing trip thanks to your help!

Richard (Friday, 24 January 2020 21:41)

Anne was a wonderful source of information for our recent trip to Flores - found us a driver directly and gave us suggestions for where to see and stay that we would not have found by ourselves. There is a lot more to Flores than what you can see in the guidebooks. Thank you!

Driss Amri (Tuesday, 14 January 2020 11:05)

Last year in October we decided last minute to go to Flores. After finding this site Anne Mieke was SUPER helpful and we jumped on a quick call to make a basic itinerary and got us in contact with driver Jack.

We only had 5 days to spend to get from Maumere to Labuan Bajo before our diving trip started. Jack was fabulous! He is a kind, sweet man and also are careful driver. The roads can be long and lots of turns but we didn’t get car sick at all and he was very safe.

We got to see quite a few highlights and amazing scenery along the way. For us 5 days in the end was a bit too short, since the you need to cover quite a bit it distance, so we’ll definitely go back and take a slower pace somewhere in the future.

We can’t thank Anne Mieke and Jack enough for helping us explore Flores beauty! Definitely contact them if you are looking to go to Flores.

Niels (Thursday, 24 October 2019 10:53)

Anne Mieke heeft ons fantastisch geholpen met de 5daagse trip van maumere naar labuanbajo. Door omstandigheden hebben wij onze voorziene trip naar Borneo moeten wijzigen en besloten last minute naar Bali, Lombok, Flores te gaan. Op Flores hadden wij totaal een week waarvan 5 dagen van oost naar west, maar wij hadden ons door de plotse wijziging geen tijd gehad om ons te verdiepen in het eiland Flores.

Anne Mieke heeft voor ons een compleet reisschema verzorgd inclusief chauffeur (Inno, die ook geweldig was). Hoewel wij graag op eigen gelegenheid reizen waren wij achteraf erg blij met onze chauffeur. De reistijden zijn vrij lang en in 5 dagen langs alle highlights kost behoorlijk wat tijd en energie. Het was mij nooit gelukt als ik dat elke dag zelf zou moeten uitvogelen tegen redelijke prijzen. Bovendien heeft Anne Mieke op ons plekken gewezen die wij op eigen gelegenheid nooit hadden gevonden. Ze heeft werkelijk onze trip onovertroffen gemaakt!

William (Tuesday, 22 October 2019 02:33)

Anne Mieke, we willen je graag bedanken voor de trip die je voor ons hebt uitgestippeld

Voor de lezers: Ik was geen voorstander om te reizen met chauffeur, graag doen we alles op eigen gelegenheid. Maar in dit geval heb ik er geen spijt van gehad, dat ik gebruik heb gemaakt van Anne Mieke haar kennis. We hebben een zesdaagse reis gemaakt van Labuhanbajo naar Maumere, via Ruteng, Bajawa, Riung naar Moni, het laatste stukje hebben we op eigen gelegenheid gedaan. De chauffeur Roby heeft ons veilig alle hoogtepunten laten zien. Tijdens deze reis hebben we ook de 17 islands bezocht wat zeker de moeite waard is als je van snorkelen houd. Ook de traditionele dorpen en de Liang Bua cave waren zeker de moeite waard. Het voordeel van de chauffeur is, dat hij hij je rechtstreeks naar alle hoogtepunten brengt, anders was het wel een zoektocht voor ons geweest en had de reis een stuk langer geduurd. Anne Mieke nogmaals bedankt voor alles. Top geregeld in een hele korte tijd..
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Amy (Wednesday, 09 October 2019 11:05)

Anne Mieke helped us plan our 5 day overland Flores tour (Maumere to Labuan Bajo). We knew we did not have a much time to spend, but Anne Mieke made sure that we got the maximum fun out of it. We got driver Mesak, who was very kind and his English was fine as well. He drove very safely and made sure we were happy every day. He even showed us an extra tour through the rice fields of Ruteng, which was one of the best experiences during our stay on Flores. Besides, he helped us arrange a 2D1N boat tour from Labuan Bajo to Komodo national park. Many thanks again Anne Mieke! Could not have planned our short stay on Flores any better. Keep up the good work!

Jenneke (Tuesday, 08 October 2019 12:03)

We would like to know that we had a great time on Flores Island, with help of Anne Mieke. The island is amazing. We did an overland tour with driver Jack for 7 days. Jack was a great driver (i was a little bit afraid getting carsick because of the roads, but it never happen :-)). Our first day was there a little problem, but Anne Mieke resolved that problem for us in the middle of the night (she was in “Blanda”)! Didn’t expect so much service on the way, but she arranged it for us. Also here tips for restaurants, guesthouse and guides are really great! Thank you very much Anne Mieke!

Aurélien & Norah (Saturday, 05 October 2019 09:05)

We spent 10 days in Flores and Anne was extremely helpful! She helped us plan the overland part of our trip, suggesting how many nights to spend in each town, hotel and restaurant suggestions, as well as activities suggestions based on our interests! She helped us find a driver who sadly had conflicting schedules a few days before, but then she helped us and called to make sure that we would have another serious English-speaking driver, and we did!
The website also has tons of useful information, such as laundry places, Komodo tour tips, etc.
Our trip to Flores was wonderful. Thank you so much, Anne, for doing this for free just to help tourists and locals in Flores!
Aurélien & Norah

Chantal en Wesley (Thursday, 26 September 2019 15:21)

2 years ago we traveled trough Sulawesi with the help of a local guide who (just like Anne Mieke) helps tourists that like to visit beautiful indonesia. This year, we seeked out for guidance for traveling through Flores. We came into contact with Anne Mieke, whom helped us so much! We had some ideas about what we wanted to visit, but Annemieke knew all the ins and outs. She connected us with a local driver (Yamin) who is one of the nicest drivers we have ever met. His English and knowhow about secret places (where hardly any tourist come) gave us such an authentic Indonesian experience of Flores... A driver is also a very important thing to arrange on Flores (missing unique spots and absurt high prices for taxis if not arranged). Yamin was a very reliable driver, which is also very important due to Floris its curvy and bad roads. Except for Labuan bajo, the rest of Flores is still authentic without many tourist and should not be missed /skipped when traveling to Indonesia. We would like to thank Anne Mieke again for all the information and sharing her love to Flores with us. Chantal & Wesley

Anne-Louise fitzpatrick (Sunday, 15 September 2019 23:24)

We found this wonderful website so useful in planning our12 day trip to Flores. Anne’s guidance and information was reliable in every aspect. Using this website gave us a unique window into Flores. Her responses before and during our trip were quick and helpful. She connected us with a great driver, Stef who was professional, safe and friendly. His communication skills were great and he was able to add lots of local knowledge for us. Highly recommended.

Roger & family (Saturday, 24 August 2019 21:46)

Annemiek helped us out planning a wonderfull trip through the inlands of Flores. We (a family with 2 young daughters of 10 and 12 y/o) have been so lucky to discover and experience significant parts of the real authentic Flores Island and life of its inhabitants. This all thanks to great advice and recommendations by Annemiek who always will be able to identify new rare spots throughout your routing. Only had email contact with her but she always responded very fast and extensively. She really takes care of the authentic life within Flores and does her utmost to disseminate this to other people interested to experience this beautiful Indonesian island as well. The driver she connected us with - Jack Meo - is a great driver! Reliable and a very safe driver on the curvy roads of Flores! He speaks English quite well and was always able to explain further when any question during our 6 days trip rose. We will never forget the great smile of him! So, thanks for all this! Unless we're already well travelled over the world, Flores was thanks to Annemiek and Jack an unforgettable experience for us!

Marian and Leo (Thursday, 22 August 2019 21:35)

We were lucky to find this website. O, what a lot info over Flores.
We contacted Anne Mieke, and we got a quick respons from her.
Together we made a program for an 8 days tour in Flores, from Maumere to Labuan Bajo. She gave us advice and helped us with the hotels, the route, the sightseeings and she found us a good local driver . Jack our driver was a friendly man. He drove very safe. That is important because the roads are many times bad and winding.
We had an unforgettable time on Flores, thanks to Anne Mieke. We wish you all the luck. And thanks again for all your help.

Marian and Leo

Lucas (Wednesday, 31 July 2019 12:13)

We found Anne Mieke’s website while we were searching for a reasonably priced driver. Within 5 minutes after sending our initial itinerary, she replied extensively. She helped us to plan the perfect trip and arranged a driver named Inno for us. Additionally, she arranged some good guesthouses and places for dinner. Inno was a wonderful driver. He was funny, always laughing and with a smile on his face. Most importantly, he drove very safe and always knew what to do, or where to go. Inno and Anne Mieke made our trip unforgettable. Thanks a lot.

Ton & Anne-Marie (Monday, 13 May 2019 19:49)

Wat hebben wij genoten van onze rondreis door Flores. Een prachtig eiland, waanzinnig mooie natuur en hele vriendelijke mensen.
Anne Mieke, wij willen jou graag bedanken voor het meedenken en uiteindelijk het maken van onze reisroute. Ook dank voor het in contact brengen met onze chauffeur Yance. Waren superblij met hem! Iemand met een enorme kennis, warme persoonlijkheid en een zeer betrouwbare chauffeur.
Wij wensen je verder veel succes toe met je prachtige site en nogmaals bedankt voor al je hulp.
Flores was fantastisch!

Tilly & Johan (Wednesday, 01 May 2019 11:59)

Toen we op familiebezoek naar Bali gingen, beslisten we, 10 dagen voor ons vertrek, ook een bezoek te brengen aan Flores, een tot dan toe voor ons onbekend eiland. We probeerden wat info te verzamelen op het internet en stootten op de website van Anne-Mieke.
De passie waarmee ze over Flores vertelde en de enthousiaste reacties van reizigers maakten ons nieuwsgierig.
We stuurden een bericht naar Anne-Mieke en nog diezelfde dag kregen we antwoord, meer zelfs, we hebben ’s avonds een uur met elkaar getelefoneerd en info uitgewisseld.
A.M. stelde voor een programma op te stellen voor een vijfdaagse trip. Ze deed suggesties voor overnachtingen (vrijblijvend) en maakte de reservatie voor een chauffeur. Achteraf bleek hoe belangrijk dit laatste was. Chauffeur Jack was heel attent, gereserveerd, drong zich nooit op, paste zijn muziekvolume in de auto aan, had aandacht voor onze wensen en …. sprak Engels. Hij beantwoordde onze vragen en respecteerde verder de stilte. Maar het voornaamste : hij was een veilige chauffeur. Hij reed met aangepaste snelheid door de kronkelwegen en anticipeerde op gevaarlijke toestanden langs de weg. Pas na onze trip beseften we hoe belangrijk dit laatste was toen we in Labuan Bajo van andere hotelgasten verhalen hoorden van drivers die zich als cowboys gedroegen (oververmoeide knikkebollende drivers, zelfs 2 passagiers die in het ziekenhuis belandden omdat de driver van de weg afreed). De suggestie van Anne-Mieke was echt wel goud waard : Jack was (is) een topdriver.
Anne-Mieke bleef zelfs tijdens de reis in contact met ons en i.v.m. een boottocht naar omliggende eilanden reikte zij ons waardevolle info aan.
Kortom onze trip door Flores was super geslaagd, met dank aan Anne-Mieke.

Daniela & Fabio (Thursday, 28 February 2019 11:05)

We were lucky to have found your website. We received so much help from you. Driver guide Stef picked us up in Maumere for a 5 days trip over Flores to Labuan Bajo. Everything from planning at short notice to taylored to our needs stopps on the way worked so smooth and easy. Usual travel agencies want to sell a fixed program. Anne Mieke is able to listen and to make recommendations of what she heard. Thank you for sharing your knowledge about Flores.

Vishnu (Monday, 28 January 2019 08:36)

We had a great visit to Flores in mid January. It was only possible because of your help. Your recommendation of Mateo was very helpful and made it possible to visit Kelimutu and Moni. In Labuan Bajo we stayed in Puri Sari Beach Hotel which is a bit away from the centre but was good for relaxing before and after our Komodo trip. We took the slow boat (negotiated at the harbor as you suggested) to Padar/Komodo/Pink Beach/Manta point which is a bit loud but pricing was reasonable (500k per person).

Thanks again Anne for your generous help with our trip.

Vishnu

Aldyn (group of 4) (Thursday, 10 January 2019 05:13)

How glad I am to have stumbled across Anne's website. She was absolutely instrumental in our epic Flores trip, helping create an itinerary and connect us with Jack, an expert driver who knows the island like the back of his hand. Our only regret is that we did not have a few more days to spend along the way (we did 4d, 3n - Maumere to LBJ). That made for a lot more time in the car than out of it, but we didn't have any more time to spare, so the only alternative would have been to not do it at all. I am SO glad we went for it. An incredible island. We will be back, for a few more days, and hopefully with drier weather. Thank you, Anne!

Tara (Wednesday, 19 December 2018 11:06)

Thank you Anne Mieke. What a kind and generous person to give so much help to strangers! Your advice and suggestions have really helped in planning our trip to Flores and you responded straight away. You provide everything we need to know and nothing we don't! I wish there was an Anne Mieke for every country! Tara

Laurie Britten (Wednesday, 14 November 2018 20:25)

Anne Mieke was a huge help in our travel plans for Flores Island. She designed a custom itinerary for us and located a good, safe driver with a comfortable vehicle who was much more reasonable than any one else I had found.
Anne is very responsive in her communications and recently returned from visiting the island herself, so she is completely up to date.
I highly recommend her.

Harold & Anita (Thursday, 18 October 2018 08:46)

Via a facebook group we found Anne Mieke's website and contacted her; now we're back home already after a really great 5-day trip from Maumere to Labuan Bajo: Flores is a wonderful island with a lot to see and do, we absolutely enjoyed it!

Anna (Saturday, 22 September 2018 12:51)

I found Anne's website by coincidence and contacted her via what's app. She responded immedietely and provided a lot of helpful information. In a very short time Anne aranged for us a very good driver Paul. He was very comunicative and funny guy. We had a wonderful 3 day tour arround Flores. Thank you Anne

Larissa van Geijlswijk (Thursday, 06 September 2018 12:38)

Anne Mieke has been an enormous help in planning our trip from Labuan Bajo to Maumere. I contacted her only shortly before our trip and wished I had done it earlier, it would have saved me a lot of effort and time. Despite the time constraint she found us a wonderful driver, Yance, who was reliable and funny and made our week unforgettable. Flores is amazing and so is Anne Mieke, who knows the island thoroughly and helps travelers for the benefit of the island, its inhabitants and visitors. Thanks Anne Mieke!

Patrice Nijman (Friday, 24 August 2018 10:36)

Anne Mieke helped us lot with planning our 9 day trip to Flores. She has so much knowledge about this beautiful Island.

We really, really enjoyed our overland trip on Flores from Maumere to Labuan Bajo. It is such a green, authentic and unspoiled Island.

Our driver/guide Vincent was recommended by Anne Mieke and he is such a nice guy and very safe driver. Also our kids loved him!

I can highly recommend a trip to Flores!

Natan (Sunday, 12 August 2018 13:44)

A really beautiful website, and a very kind and helpful person.
Thanks a lot Anne!

Gaye (Monday, 06 August 2018 09:47)

What a fantastic sight this is -so much advice and knowledge about Flores.
Due to an oversight by us -we desperately needed help sorting car hire and flights in a quick time frame...Anne was so quick in responding and offering really good solid advice to us.
I really can't thank Anne enough -we are now so looking forward to our holiday in Flores.
And if I can offer any advice to travellers -it is check check and double check your itineraries!

Rod (Thursday, 02 August 2018 03:52)

Thank you for all your assistance Anne.
I had a wonderful 8 day trip though Flores.
Wanted to tell you about the driver/guide you organised for me (Rolin)...
A wonderful guide with great local knowledge.
A very safe and considerate driver.
He has excellent english skills.
He is an all-round nice guy!

Cheers,
Rod

Rien van Loon (Wednesday, 18 July 2018 17:24)

Prima website! Duidelijk en informatief.
Dank voor al die moeite

Lous (Monday, 30 April 2018 14:32)

Prachtige website met boordevol duidelijke en interessante informatie, vergezeld van hele mooie foto's.
Wie wordt hier nou niet enthousiast van !
Heel veel succes !

Bert Pril (Sunday, 11 December 2016 08:16)

Wat heb je een prachtige website opgezet Anne mieke. Uit al je reisverhalen heb ik al begrepen dat je een zwak hebt voor Flores en de mensen die daar wonen. Nu heb je je voorliefde en kennis van Flores gebruikt om een website op te zetten, en daarmee tegelijkertijd het toerisme naar Flores te promoten, dat is een super initiatief Anne mieke.

Luo Ni (Wednesday, 30 November 2016 10:39)

Anna Mieke ,
Bagus sekali , fei chang hao , with compliments , il semble très bon avec les compliments .
Ziet er erg goed uit, wij genieten er van .
Permisi , zaijian , take care
Luo Ni / Dashiqiao / China ( Ron )

Anne Mieke (webmaster) (Monday, 28 November 2016 19:06)

Allereerst dank voor de vele mooie complimenten.
Thanks for all the nice comments.
Terima kasih untuk pujian2 yang bagus.

@Paola
Het gebruik van Engels is een bewuste keuze: het is internationaal. De website is niet alleen bedoeld voor Nederland of Belgie maar juist wereldwijd inclusief Indonesie zelf. Vandaar dat ik ook voor .info heb gekozen ipv .nl in het webadres.
Echter opmerkingen en/of vragen kunnen in zowel Engels, Nederlands als Indonesisch.
De meeste toeristen die Flores bezoeken zullen communiceren in het Engels (als men geen Indonesisch spreekt). Gidsen zijn bijna altijd Engelstalig op een enkele uitzondering na die daarnaast ook Italiaans, Frans of Duits spreken.

Paola (Monday, 28 November 2016 16:32)

Anne Mieke, het ziet er gelikt uit. Prachtige website. Je hebt jezelf overtroffen. Zeer overzichtelijk ook. Helaas is niet iedereen het Engels machtig (of een beetje). Dit zou weleens mensen uit Nederland/België af kunnen schrikken. Kan er een keuze mogelijkheid komen Engels/Nederlands?

Shirley (Friday, 18 November 2016 12:36)

Top gedaan dame! Ziet er goed uit, mooie foto's! Je hebt mij wel nieuwsgierig gemaakt! Zal je site zeker promoten onder de familie- en vriendenkring.
Banjak rejeki!! Hormaté, Shirley X

Peter (Friday, 18 November 2016 05:19)

Prachtige website Anne Mieke, als straks ons huis klaar is gaan we zeker naar Flores en zullen je website dan zeer zeker gebruiken.
Groetjes, Peter.

Joke (Thursday, 17 November 2016 22:08)

Hoi Anne Mieke,
Je hebt er iets moois van gemaakt.
Hoop dat er veel gebruik van zal worden gemaakt, zal het zonodig onder de aandacht brengen van toekomstige reizigers.
Groetjes Joke

Irene (Thursday, 17 November 2016)

Een prachtige website en de foto's subliem. Ik heb maar een woord voor: Toppie Anne Mieke!

meggie (Thursday, 17 November 2016 02:55)

Wat een geweldig mooie website. Overzichtelijk en prachtige foto's. Hier zullen veel mensen iets aan hebben. Echt top!