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20/12/2025
Flores Island lies in eastern Indonesia, far from the noise people usually chase.
Most don’t know it by name. That’s its strength.
Here, the land feels older than ambition.
Volcanoes rise without drama. Villages move at their own pace.
The sea doesn’t perform — it simply exists.
People live close to routine: fishing, farming, fixing roofs before rain.
No hurry to impress. No urge to sell a dream.
You walk through Flores and realise something uncomfortable —
not everywhere is trying to be discovered.
Some places are content being lived in.
And maybe that’s why they stay with you longer than postcards ever do.
Rajat Chandra Sarmah
Guwahati , Assam , India
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