Flores The villages of Nggela, Wolojita and Jopu on the island of Flores are renowned for their beautiful ikat sarongs and shawls. The traditional whaling village of Lamalera on Lembata in the Solor and Alor archipelago east of Flores is a fascinating place to poke around the boatsheds and watch men making harpoons. The villagers are subsistence whalers and are therefore exempt from international whaling bans. Keli Mutu's tri-coloured lakes are Nusa Tenggara's most fantastic attraction. No-one has managed to explain the cause of the colours or why they change, except to suppose that different minerals are dissolved in each lake.
Local legend has it that the souls of the dead go to the lakes.
Young people's souls supposedly go to the warmth of the green lake, old people to the milky turquoise one, and those of thieves and murderers to the black lake. If you're tempted by the horses for rent, check their health and make sure they come with saddles. Sulawesi Most travellers head to the beautiful rugged hill country of Tanatoraja in central and southern Sulawesi, and the small town of Rantepao pulls in many of them. Of all the Torajan ceremonies, the most important are those concerned with sending a dead person to the afterworld. Without proper funeral rites, the spirit of the deceased will cause misfortune to its family.