I had long dreamed of going to Flores for reasons I can not quite explain. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that its name is derived from the Portugese word for flower, or that I had long ago read about the three-colorer lakes of Kelimetu. It could have even been its proximity to Komodo Island – hell, I do not have any clue what originally put Flores on my map, but it had a bright red pin hitting the dead centre of it.
