kangge island
GIVEN NAME OF MARISA BY THE NETHERLANDS, THE VILLAGE RESIDENTS ARE VERY HETEROGEN Marisa Village, a very heterogeneous village Our second stopover inland during the 2017 Coral Reef Expedition in Alor Waters and East Flores with WWF-Indonesia was Marisa Village, on Kangge Island, Pantar Barat Laut District, Alor Regency, NTT on March 28 2017, the sixth day. Again, I was very happy to be able to step on land. From the Menami Ship we took the Simba speedboat to reach the village. The process of docked at the dock that looked like a fortress took quite a while due to the current. Along the way we were also amazed to see the current so strong and clearly visible from the surface. There are even some currents twisting, sucking downward. Hiy, it's scary to dive in a current like that. Mr. Darwin Laba and his wife, villagers who already know Khaifin (WWF-Indonesia Biodiversity Monitoring Coordinator for Lesser Sunda) welcomed us and invited us to...