Finally, the Water Flows Again

KOMPAS/RADITYA HELABUMI

Pengunjung menyusuri lorong Gua Batu Cermin di Labuan Bajo, Manggarai Barat, Nusa Tenggara Timur, Senin (13/6/2016). Untuk menikmati seluruh lorong gua batu dapat ditempuh selama sekitar 30 menit. Gua yang berada tidak jauh dari pusat kota Labuan Bajo tersebut termasuk salah satu alternatif kawasan wisata Manggarai Barat.

Water flows amid trees in Sololama hamlet, Batu Cermin village, Komodo district, West Manggarai regency, East Nusa Tenggara. A 10-meter wide and 100-meter long cannel was built among the trees to convey the water. It also helps preserve local trees that are on the brink of extinction.

The 10-hectare forest is the result of efforts by Pastor Marsel Agot SVD since 2005. He bought a bare plot of land belonging to local people. Five men were recruited to help him prepare the tree seeds in polybags, water them and plant them.