Word: larantuka
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...side trip to Lamalera, on the island of Lembata just east of Flores, where subsistence whaling has been practiced for centuries. Depending on the currents and swell, it can be anything from a four-to seven-hour odyssey in a small, pitching craft from the Flores town of Larantuka. Sometimes months go by without a single whale sighting, but if you happen to be present when a bull sperm whale is harpooned you will think you've been swept back to the days of Nantucket whaling and Moby Dick. Getting on a boat will require Ahab's dogged determination...
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