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The Sleepy Lagoon Beach House

Entire home

hosted by Jen

4 guests
2 bedrooms
3 beds
1 bath

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On the beautiful Flores island of Indonesia, 27 kms east of Maumere, nestled right at the water's edge, sits the Sleepy Lagoon.
Built traditionally from coconut wood and bamboo with grass roof, it's the perfect artist retreat or getaway holiday for couples or small families. If you have more than 4 people in your party you might like to consider also renting our little sister hut right next door (the Sleepy Sister - sleeps 2 - see separate listing).

The space
The Sleepy Lagoon is the 'big sister' to Lena House, owned by Didakus and Esy Stanislaus.
The house is simple but comfortable and very spacious for four people. It sits right on a beautiful calm bay with gorgeous views to outer islands.
Lovingly constructed out of local materials, it has a beautiful 'open air' feel to it. Huge shutters in the main living area open up completely to give a sense of merging with the outdoors, and to catch the sea breeze. A wide verandah provides protection from sun and rain, and plenty of space for relaxing and enjoying the scenery. The main bedroom with queen sized bed is downstairs whilst upstairs on the mezzanine level are two single beds. Great views can be enjoyed from two upstairs viewing decks.
The washroom is dual access - it's an ensuite downstairs with 'upstairs guest' entry via the kitchen and south side. The cold water shower is open plan Indonesian 'mandi' style but in a discrete setting with lovely view to the garden. The toilet is western style.
Generator power is available during the evenings(usually from around 6pm til 10 pm). We also have small 12 volt solar system that powers a USB port (to charge small items like phone) bedside fans, and it also provides lighting for when generator is off.

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Where you’ll be

Wodong Beach, via Maumere, Flores, NTT, Indonesia

Wodong Village is a small community of mainly Indonesian locals, most of whom make their living fishing or growing crops such as rice or coconuts.
There's a few tourist bungalows and hotels in the vicinity but the island is only just starting to open to tourism. This is not the place to come if you are looking for night life, gourmet catering, and lots of shopping! But it IS the place to come if you want peace and quiet, and to experience life amongst the friendly happy local people. We feel very privileged to have had the opportunity to get to know the community here, and it gives us a wonderful break from our hectic 'Western' life.

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Hosted by Jen

Joined in February 2014

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I'm a musician first and foremost and violin is my instrument of choice - I've played professionally in bands for many years - rock, country, folk bands- and also write music for film and television which is great work when you can get it. Love music, love my artistic friends many of whom are musicians, writers, film makers, designers or painters. I'm always interested in the creativity of people and think we've all got some in us somewhere.. I'm also very interested in health, especially refugee and migrant health. I gained my Masters in Public Health as a mature age student and now I work part time in the community. My husband Dave and I love travelling and have both been to some fantastic locations around the world - mainly Asia and Europe but also Africa and the United States. We loved Flores in Indonesia so much we decided to build a house there! So now we have two places to call home. We also enjoy nature, open spaces and gardens. We consider ourselves very lucky to have a great temperate garden In Melbourne Australia and a tropical one in Flores - best of both worlds! And our other great love is dogs - we lost our 14 year old English Staffy a while ago but hope to get another dog later on this year. In Flores we've got a few doggie friends (as well as human ones!) We like travelling in the 'real world' ie not staying in flash hotels - we like to really experience the places we're travelling to. The house we are hosting in Flores is exactly the type of house we'd like to stay in when travelling around Asia - comfortable but not formal, easy living, close to nature.

I'm a musician first and foremost and violin is my instrument of choice - I've played professionally in bands for many years - rock, country, folk bands- and also write music for f…

During your stay

We spend much of our time in Melbourne Australia, so most of our interaction will be over the internet!Fredh, or caretaker is onsite however, and is most helpful with your needs.
However the Sleepy Lagoon is part of the 'Lena House' bungalow business next door, and all requests will be attended to by Didakus, Esy, and the Lena House crew.
If we are in Flores at the same time as a guest booking, we will stay nearby in one of the Lena House bungalows.

We spend much of our time in Melbourne Australia, so most of our interaction will be over the internet!Fredh, or caretaker is onsite however, and is most helpful with your needs…

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