Above: Very spacious seating but the air-con wasn’t working properly.
After a leisurely morning we departed Makassar on a bus journey to Rantepao. The scheduled departure was 1300 and the supposed journey time 8 hours.
After a small delay due to air-con failure and a few other mechanical problems we arrived 11h15 later … at 0030 in the morning. It was not so nice for our guide Yosep who had been waiting for a few hours despite me having kept in touch with him over the phone with constant revisions of our arrival time.
While the air-conditioning was running (nominally), it wasn’t exactly cool inside. After sundown the temperature was pleasant but the windy road in the highlands made me a little queasy. I shouldn’t complain about the bus ride. Even though was an older bus, it was Executive Class and so had plenty of legroom. It was the best that money could buy here!
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- Our bus.
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- Snacks for the journey.
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- Very spacious seating but the air-con wasn’t working properly.
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- Scenery along the way.
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- Scenery along the way.
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- Scenery along the way.
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- Scenery along the way.
