{"id":47,"date":"2007-07-07T22:26:00","date_gmt":"2007-07-07T20:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southeastasia.fr\/blog-de-voyage\/2007\/07\/07\/cap-sur-tomohon\/"},"modified":"2018-11-05T04:45:10","modified_gmt":"2018-11-05T03:45:10","slug":"cap-sur-tomohon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/en\/cap-sur-tomohon-20070707\/","title":{"rendered":"Heading Tomohon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Now that I am the queen of the mikrolet, I am embarking without hesitation in the first blue minibus that displays &quot;Karombasan&quot; direction &quot;Wanea&quot;. <strong>Karombasan<\/strong> is the bus terminal south of <strong>Manado<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h2>Take the good bus ...<\/h2>\n<p>The place is packed with people and I am encumbered by my big bags. But a kind gentleman and his wife take the one containing my diving stuff and lead me nicely to the bus to <strong>Tomohon<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>They leave to spend the weekend in <strong>Tondano<\/strong>like many city dwellers. People are really nice here, with the tourists straying ...<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_313\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-313\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/market.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-313\" src=\"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/market.jpg\" alt=\"Entered through the window of the mikrolet, a small piece of the Manado market, near the Karombasan terminal.\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/market.jpg 600w, https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/market-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/market-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/market-293x220.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-313\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Entered through the window of the mikrolet, a small piece of the Manado market, near the Karombasan terminal.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Arrived safely at Tomohon, in a dilapidated bus, which by some miracle is still rolling.<\/p>\n<p>As the road twists and turns, I discover the beauty of the region: cultivated fields, small provincial towns, bits of forest, and the panorama on Manado and its bay. It's relatively fast, three quarters of an hour.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_314\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-314\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/tomohon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-314\" src=\"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/tomohon.jpg\" alt=\"The countryside around Tomohon, with Mount Lokon on the horizon.\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/tomohon.jpg 600w, https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/tomohon-390x293.jpg 390w, https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/tomohon-16x12.jpg 16w, https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/tomohon-385x289.jpg 385w, https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/tomohon-293x220.jpg 293w, https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/tomohon-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/tomohon-500x375.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-314\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The countryside around Tomohon, with Mount Lokon on the horizon.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>A bungalow in the mountains<\/h2>\n<p>In Tomohon, I opt for the <a href=\"http:\/\/happyflowerresort.blogspot.fr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Happy Flower Homestay<\/a>which also belongs to Tommy, the Indonesian who holds <a href=\"https:\/\/www.froggiesdivers.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Froggies<\/a> with Christiane.<\/p>\n<p>The garden is nice, but the four bungalows are starting to show their age. The hot water works only in two rooms out of four... And the cleaning is obviously not done very often.<\/p>\n<p>Too bad. Bungalow at 120 000 Rp. I am lazy to visit the two neighboring guesthouses. I settle down.<\/p>\n<p>That said, I was right to opt for the <a href=\"http:\/\/happyflowerresort.blogspot.fr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Happy Flower<\/a>He is the only one who speaks English, apart from a guide who is staying here. And he's the only one who speaks English, apart from a guide I'll meet later, who has his quarters here. Tommy, very nice, makes a phone call, and arranges me <a href=\"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/en\/viree-a-moto-entre-lacs-et-volcans-20070708\/\">a motorcycle trip<\/a> for the next day.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_315\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-315\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/happyflower.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-315\" src=\"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/happyflower.jpg\" alt=\"The farmers return from the fields by the path that passes in front of the Happy Flower Homestay.\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/happyflower.jpg 600w, https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/happyflower-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/happyflower-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/happyflower-293x220.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-315\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The farmers return from the fields by the path that passes in front of the Happy Flower Homestay.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>My pilot will be Anto. A nice guy, but with whom the conversation is extremely limited, as his English level is even worse than my Indonesian one...<\/p>\n<p>I learn, in the evening, at the return of Yoce (pronounced Yotch\u00e9), the guide who works for the <a href=\"http:\/\/happyflowerresort.blogspot.fr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Happy Flower Homestay<\/a> and who makes visit the corner to the rare tourists of passage, that I missed the <em>\"french family\"<\/em>. That's right. Olivier and Ariane slept here, and they've just gone back to <strong>Manado<\/strong>with their three daughters. We just missed each other, simply because in the afternoon, I went to the local Internet caf\u00e9, not far from the <em>homestay<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>It is pleasant and refreshing, <strong>Tomohon<\/strong>. Big and peaceful provincial town, very spread out, with a lot of churches there too. I saw several weddings from my mikrolet, with bridesmaids in pink dresses and fanfare...<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now that I am the queen of the mikrolet, I board without hesitation in the first blue minibus that shows \"Karombasan\" direction \"Wanea\". 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