Day 147 Labuan Bajo to Bajawa

We scoffed down our banana pancake at 7am as the driver of the bus waited for us to come and we joined one other western guy in the back row. He booked through the guys we didn't like and paid 30,000IDR more than us for the same trip.
We climbed fast, central Flores is high mountainous terrain, the roads were so windy I actually remember the only two short straight pieces. It was 5hours to Ruteng where we had a break for a couple of hours and lunch in a local Warung(basic cafe). The 2nd half of the trip was just under 5 hours the road was just as windy but maybe slightly less potholes and dug up bits of road. Surprisingly the road wasn't busy at all and its the only road along the island of 1.8million people.
At a short stop for a drink I brought some passion fruit they were so tasty I went back over the road to the woman's stall and brought a 2nd bag. They were nearly the size of oranges and cost €0.45 for 6.
We arrived in the dark and the bus driver refused to drop us in the town since they were continuing on to Ende. So 3km out we walked instead of getting on one of the many motorbikes waiting with our big bags and being taken probably to a hotel of their choice(commission driven). Along the walk we were offered a ride by several bikes, plenty of Bemos(small vans) and unmarked taxis but it wasn't far and luckily the first hotel we tried was too expensive but a guide was there he took us to our first choice hotel and we booked him for a tour tomorrow.
Bit difficult to snap a picture out the bus on the windy roads but got one of a typical house, walls are a wooden frame covered by weave panel and the one in the photo has been painted. Most the roofs are corrugated steel but the odd one or two is grass.