Flores is one of the larger islands in the Indonesian province of East Nusa Tenggara (Bahasa Indonesian = Nusa Tenggara Timur). Its name, meaning flowers in Portuguese, pays homage to its history as a former portuguese colony in the 16th century before becoming part of the Dutch East Indies. Flores is more than double the size of Bali with only half the inhabitants. Its population density sits at 135 per square kilometre - compared to almost 10 times the amount in Java (1,121 per square … [Read more...]