Kolbano Beach ( aka Pantai Kolbano ) is located in the Indonesian province of East Nusa Tenggara. Located about 92 miles from the capital Kupang. The beach is know for its beautiful  rocks, and blue water. Not being able to find much information about the place on the web, I decided to go there on my own and document what I found. 

   After arriving in Kupang at the airport, I was greeted by a "tour guide" who offered me his services which I politely declined, I was then told by people where giving the "tour guide" dirty looks to go to the booth and get a number for the Taxi. I was given a ticked with a taxi number and the value 70 000 Rupiah ( ≃ $5.25 USD ) written on it. The "tour guide" followed to the taxi, talked to the driver, and there we went on our merry way. Then suddenly the taxi driver stopped and drop off the "tour guide". I guess he wanted a ride home. The taxi guy dropped me off where I wanted, Lavalon Seaview Hostel & Cafe, and I gave the driver a 100 000 rupiah and told him to keep the change. Make sure you write down the name of the place along the the address and phone number, as drivers are not always familiar with places.

    Lavalon is a well known hot spot for tourist in the area, the owner is a movie star which I didn't have the pleasure to meet, I was told he had gone camping. The people working there speak good English and have good knowledge about the Island, they can arrange anything, bus tickets, tours, visa authorization runs to the East-Timor embassy, etc. Unfortunately they only have two private rooms available, one that goes for 160 000 rupiah and the other one with the sea-view for 260 000, dorms are only 50 000. 
   A group of students showed up at one point and they asked if I could help them with the English project where they were expected to have a conversation with a foreign. I had three large groups of students coming to me for this matter and I helped them. I just wish they were more willing to show me around town.

    The pick up truck took me all the way to the end of the Beach. So I had to walk all the way back to the village, on a 89°F heat, while raining. Luckily I found some nice people who got the shelter and offered me food, which I ate even though I wasn't hungry, but as I was told it was tradition food from their village I couldn't refuse, so i ate it. It was some corn I had never seen before. I offered them some traditional American food, a box of Twinkies, the rest of my M&Ms, some cans of soda, and a can of Penne Pasta on chicken broth soup. I had read before that it is a good idea to always bring something from your country on occasions like this. Some people from the village came and gather around me, and we tried to communicate using Google Translator.

 

This is the house where people offered me shelter from the rain

     I told them that I needed a place to stay for the night and they took me to a guest house which they referred to as "Home Stay" . The place was just a bed, a fan, and a roof on your head. The lady that ran the place seemed very skeptical of me, she told us that the police was gonna come and search me things, which they never did. She took my passport as guarantee that I was gonna pay the 100 000 rupiah per night that they charge.  The "Home Stay" is not near the beach, so you have to walk about 15 minutes to get there. 

    The lady that ran the place had a little kid, and by chance I had found a football in a parking lot a night before I left the states, it was like one of those stress balls, only bigger, with a bank logo on it, so I gave it to the kid who loved it. 

The Map shows the location of the "Home Stay"  -10.038801, 124.525852

This is the "Home Stay"

The Accommodations

The rules of the place, just use common sense.

This is their shared towel so bring your own.

This is what their bathroom looks like

The place where you can take a shower for 5000 rupiah

 The Beach 

This is the end of the Beach

There is a nice pier on the Beach, I have no idea what for

The nice pier

Blue water